October Sky
- Released on
Drama, Family
•- Runtime
- 108 mins
(1227 votes)
Based on the true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes, and eventually became a NASA scientist.
Based on the true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes, and eventually became a NASA scientist.
Cast
- Laura Dern
- Jake Gyllenhaal
- Chris Owen
- Chris Cooper
- William Lee Scott
- Chad Lindberg
- Natalie Canerday
- Elya Baskin
- Chris Ellis
- Scott Thomas
- Randy Stripling
- Courtney Cole-Fendley
- David Dwyer
- Terry Loughlin
- Kaili Hollister
- David Copeland
- Don Henderson Baker
- Tom Kagy
- Donald Thorne
- Justin Whitsett
- Larry Rue
- Neva Howell
- Terry Nienhuis
- Brady Coleman
- Rick Forrester
- Terrence Gibney
- Doug Swander
- Keeli Hale Kimbro
- Mark Jeffrey Miller
- Blaque Fowler
- Don Tilley
- Rockford Davis
- John Bennes
- Jonathan Fawbush
- Larry Black
- Frank Schuler
- Tommy Smeltzer
- Charles Lawlor
- Tom Turbiville
- Ida Ginn
- Richard Lumpkin
- Mark W. Johnson
- Don Taylor
- Don G. Campbell
- Liz Byler
- Bradford Ryan Lund
- Frank Hoyt Taylor
- Dave Hager
- Ray Elder
- Andy Stahl
- Joe Digaetano
- Thomas Taylor
- David Ducey
- Jenny Patterson
- O. Winston Link
Director
- Joe Johnston
Producers
- Larry Franco
- Charles Gordon
Screenwriter
- Lewis Colick
