October Sky

John Hickam is a West Virginia coal miner who loves his job and expects his sons, Jim and Homer, to follow in his footsteps. But Jim gets a football scholarship, and Homer becomes interested in rocket science after seeing Sputnik 1 crossing the sky. John disapproves of his son's new mania, but Homer begins building rockets with the help of friends and a sympathetic teacher . Rocketry, he hopes, will prove his ticket to a better life.

Cast :

• Jake Gyllenhaal
• Homer Hickam

• Chris Cooper
• John Hickam

• Laura Dern
• Miss Frieda Riley

• Chris Owen
• Quentin Wilson

• William Lee Scott
• Roy Lee Cook

• Chad Lindberg
• Sherman O'Dell

• Natalie Canerday
• Elsie Hickam

• Scott Miles
• Jim Hickam

• Randy Stripling
• Leon Bolden

• Chris Ellis
• Principal Turner

• O. Winston Link
• Locomotive Engineer

• Courtney Fendley
• Dorothy Platt

• Frank Schuler
• Moonshiner

• Kailie Hollister
• Valentine Carmina

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