October Sky 1999

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

7.641 / 10   1174 vote(s)
PG
Drama Family

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.

Release Date 1999-02-19
Runtime 1h 48m
Directors Joe Johnston, Fred Murphy, Betsy Magruder, Jonathan McGarry, Andrew Menzies
Producers Larry J. Franco, Marc Sternberg, Peter Cramer, Charles Gordon, Mark S. Miller
Writers Lewis Colick, Homer H. Hickam Jr.