October Sky
Driving by his great talent in creating flying rockets by using the available materials of our daily life and intelligent, Homer Hickam, a young teenager guy who lives in a coal city and struggles against his life as mines, the thing that puts him in dilemma with his father, but when his invention meets with success and acceptance by people, he begins to be proud of him.
7 August 1944
9 July 1951, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
27 January 1947
1 November 1976, Mount Vernon, Washington, USA
14 April 1956, Dallas, Texas, USA
1 April 1952, Passaic, New Jersey, USA
April 22, 1977 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
9 March 1962, Russellville, Arkansas, USA
December 26, 2010
Inspiring tale for older tweens and up.
January 01, 2000
It is a film that treats its teen-aged hero and his pals as distinctive, sentient human beings.
January 01, 2000
A professionally crafted family film that reserves all its challenging moments for its characters, letting the audience bask comfortably in the approach of a predetermined warm and fuzzy ending.
April 07, 2006
...plays like a TV movie made for everyone who subscribes to Reader's Digest. Still, its manipulations are sincere rather than cynical...
August 29, 2015
...compulsively watchable...
January 26, 2006
The TV movie subject matter is infused with genuine feeling for the value of learning as a passport to freedom, and an authentic regard for the honest graft of working men.
January 01, 2000
This movie has deep values.
February 24, 2011
uplifting family film with great values
January 29, 2005
October Sky is a movie you want to believe in.
January 01, 2000
A must-see for every student, parent and teacher in the country!
April 09, 2005
Director Joe Johnston has crafted a feel good film that doesn't pander to cheap emotions.
January 01, 2000
Believable, subtle, and consistently intelligent!
