October Sky
This true story (well, based on one anyway) tells the tale of Homer Hickam, a go-nowhere coal miner's son who, in the late 1950s, decides to take up amateur rocketry for no discernable reason. Secretly, this is a movie about overcoming adversity and fatherly love, and the sentiment is heaped on so high you can't help but shed a tear. Stand By Me meets The Right Stuff.
Rating
3.5 out of 5 Stars
Buy October Sky on DVD from Amazon.com
Buy October Sky on VHS from Amazon.com- Director: Joe Johnston
- Producer: Larry J. Franco, Charles Gordon
- Screenwriter: Lewis Colick
- Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern, Chris Owen, William Lee Scott, Chad Lindberg
- MPAA Rating: PG
- Year of Release: 1999
- Released on Video: 07/27/1999
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