October Sky
(1999)

Sometimes one dream is enough to light up the whole sky.

Released: 1999-02-19

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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.

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Laura Dern

as Miss Riley

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Jake Gyllenhaal

as Homer Hickam

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Chris Owen

as Quentin Wilson

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Chris Cooper

as John Hickam

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Natalie Canerday

as Elsie Hickam

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Elya Baskin

as Ike Bykovsky

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Chris Ellis

as Principal Turner

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Scott Thomas

as Jim Hickam

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David Dwyer

as Jake Mosby

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Terry Loughlin

as Mr. Dantzler

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Kaili Hollister

as Valentine Carmina

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David Copeland

as Coach Gainer

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Julie D'Antoni

Production Office Assistant

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Peter Cramer

Executive Producer

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Marc Sternberg

Executive Producer

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Mark Isham

Original Music Composer

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Fred Murphy

Director of Photography

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Barry Robison

Production Design

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Tony Fanning

Art Direction

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Chris L. Spellman

Set Decoration

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Betsy Cox

Costume Design

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Julie Callihan

Makeup Artist

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Lynn Barber

Makeup Supervisor

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