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October Sky (1999)

October Sky (1999)

PG 108 minutes EN Drama , Family
Sometimes one dream is enough to light up the whole sky.
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
Miss Riley
Jake Gyllenhaal
Homer Hickam
Chris Owen
Quentin Wilson
Chris Cooper
John Hickam
Natalie Canerday
Elsie Hickam
Elya Baskin
Ike Bykovsky
Chris Ellis
Principal Turner
Scott Thomas
Jim Hickam
Randy Stripling
Leon Bolden
Courtney Cole-Fendley
Dorothy Platt

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Production Office Assistant
Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Production Design
Art Direction
Set Decoration
Costume Design
Production companies: Universal Pictures
Production countries: United States of America
Budget: $25,000,000
Revenue: $34,698,685

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