October Sky

The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes.

Cast

Jake Gyllenhaal

as Homer Hickam

Chris Cooper

as John Hickam

Chris Owen

as Quentin Wilson

Laura Dern

as Miss Riley

William Lee Scott

as Roy Lee

Chad Lindberg

as O'Dell

Natalie Canerday

as Elsie Hickam

Ilya Baskin

as Ike Bykovsky

Chris Ellis

as Principal Turner

Scott Thomas

as Jim Hickam

Reviews

r96sk

<em>'October Sky'</em> got me in the feels. I tend to (unintentionally) be a bit of a hardnose when it comes to fiction (even if a biopic) making an impact, but it does occasionally happen and this is one of those times. Weirdly too, because it is cheesy/cliché/whatever, but it worked tremendously f...

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