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| Release Date: |
February 19, 1999 |
| On DVD: |
January 25, 2005 |
| Genre: |
Drama |
| Running Time: |
108 minutes |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG for language, brief teen sensuality and alcohol use, and for some thematic elements. |
| Director: |
Joe Johnston |
| Writer: |
Homer H. Hickam Jr., Lewis Colick |
| Cast: |
Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern, Chris Owen, William Lee Scott, Chad Lindberg, Natalie Canerday, Scott Thomas, Randy Stripling, Chris Ellis, Courtney Fendley, 'Big Frank' Schuler, Kailie Hollister, Don G. Campbell, Cliff Cudney, Jeff Galpin, O. Winston Link |
In Coalwood, West Virginia in 1957, all the boys grow up to be coal miners, and Homer Hickam has no reason to think he'll be any different. Too small to earn a football scholarship, Homer has no way out of his predetermined life - until the Soviet satellite Sputnik flies over the October sky and changes everything. Homer's world just got a lot bigger. Universal Pictures presents October Sky, based on the triumphant true story Read more
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