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Release Date: 1999

Cast: Terry Loughlin, Natalie Canerday, Kailie Hollister, Randy Stripling, Chad Lindberg, Elya Baskin, William Lee Scott, Jake Gyllenhaal, David Dwyer, Scott Miles, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern ...MORE

Cast: Terry Loughlin, Natalie Canerday, Kailie Hollister, Randy Stripling, Chad Lindberg, Elya Baskin, William Lee Scott, Jake Gyllenhaal, David Dwyer, Scott Miles, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern, Chris Ellis, Chris Owen, Courtney Cole-Fendley ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Drama Film, Biographical Film, Film Adaptation, Biography, Period Piece, Family Drama, Family, Coming Of Age

October Sky is a 1999 American biographical film directed by Joe Johnston, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper and Laura Dern. It is based on the true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the launch of Sputnik 1 to take up rocketry against his father's wishes, and who eventually became a NASA engineer. Most of the film was shot in rural East Tennessee, including location filming in: Morgan County, Tennessee, Roane County, Tennessee, Oliver Springs, Harriman, and Kingston, Tennessee. October Sky is an anagram of Rocket Boys, the title of the book upon which the... MORE

October Sky is a 1999 American biographical film directed by Joe Johnston, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper and Laura Dern. It is based on the true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the launch of Sputnik 1 to take up rocketry against his father's wishes, and who eventually became a NASA engineer. Most of the film was shot in rural East Tennessee, including location filming in: Morgan County, Tennessee, Roane County, Tennessee, Oliver Springs, Harriman, and Kingston, Tennessee. October Sky is an anagram of Rocket Boys, the title of the book upon which the movie is based. It is also used in a period radio broadcast describing Sputnik as it crossed the "October sky." Homer Hickam stated that "Universal Studios marketing people got involved and they just had to change the title because, according to their research, women over thirty would never see a movie titled Rocket Boys", so Universal Pictures changed the title to be more inviting to a wider audience. The book was later re-released with the name in order to capitalize on interest in the movie. The film is set in Coalwood, West Virginia in the year 1957. The coal mine is the town's largest employer LESS