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Release Date: 1999

Cast: Courtney Cole-Fendley, William Lee Scott, Scott Miles, Chris Owen, Randy Stripling, Chris Ellis, Jake Gyllenhaal, Kailie Hollister, Terry Loughlin, Chris Cooper, Elya Baskin, Natalie Canerday ...MORE

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

Categories: Movies, Biography, Family Drama, Period piece, Coming of age, Film adaptation, Family Film, Biographical film

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. Will Smith was featured in the interviewing of this movie in 2002 by Universal Studios. The film is set LESS