Joe JohnstonDirector
Jake GyllenhaalHomer Hickam
Chris CooperJohn Hickam
Chris OwenQuentin Wilson
Laura DernMiss Riley
William Lee ScottRoy Lee
Chad LindbergO'Dell
Natalie CanerdayElsie Hickam
Elya BaskinIke Bykovsky
Chris EllisPrincipal Turner
Scott ThomasJim Hickam
Randy StriplingLeon Bolden- Courtney Cole-FendleyDorothy Platt
October Sky
- drama
- history
- family
19 Feb 1999
7.7
5
1h 47min
Sometimes one dream is enough to light up the whole sky.
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.
