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Synopsis. The film is set in Coalwood, West Virginia in the year 1957. The coal mine is the town's largest employer and almost every man living in the town works in the mines. John Hickam (Chris Cooper), the mine superintendent, loves his job and hopes that his boys, Jim (Scott Miles) and Homer (Jake Gyllenhaal), will one day join him in his mine.
October Sky (1999) PG | Biography, Drama, Family. Trailer. The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up ...
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Watch October Sky | Netflix. Inspired by Soviet satellite Sputnik streaking across the heavens in 1957, a teenager builds a rocket to compete for a science fair scholarship. Watch trailers & learn more.
October Sky. 1999 • 107 minutes. 4.6star. 174 reviews. 91%. Tomatometer. family_home. Eligible. info. Add to wishlist. infoWatch in a web browser or on supported ...
October Sky - Apple TV. Coalwood, West Virginia, 1957. Working in the coal mines is an inescapable way of life in this small town. When high schooler Homer Hickam, Jr. (Jake Gyllenhaal) sees the Sputnik satellite in the night sky, he dares to break free of the mines and reach for the stars. With the support of his teacher (Laura Dern) and three ...
October Sky is the first memoir in a series of four, by American engineer Homer Hickam Jr. originally published in 1998 as Rocket Boys. Later editions were published under the title October Sky as a tie-in to the 1999 film adaptation. It is a story of growing up in a mining town, and a boy's pursuit of amateur rocketry in a coal mining town.
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