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.
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October Sky
Reviewed by
Christopher Null
on Jun 24 1999
DVD Release Date: July 27, 1999
DVD Release Date: July 27, 1999
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