October Sky (1999)
- Directed by
- Joe Johnston
- Genre
- drama film, biographical film, teen film, family film, children's film, coming-of-age film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 7.7 of 10 from 1,450 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A teenage boy in a West Virginia coal mining town dreams of building rockets. He and his friends teach themselves rocket science and compete in a science fair.
inspiringhopefuldeterminedwarmunderdognostalgicearnestlow-key
What happens
October Sky is a 1999 American biographical drama film directed by Joe Johnston from a screenplay by Lewis Colick. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Chris Owen, and Laura Dern. Based on the book Rocket Boys (later published as October Sky), it tells the story of Homer H. Hickam Jr., a coal miner's son from Coalwood, West Virginia, who takes up amateur rocketry with his friends. Hickam would later become a NASA engineer. Filming for October Sky took place at several locations in rural East Tennessee, including Oliver Springs, Harriman, and Kingston. The film continues to be celebrated in the region of its setting and filming. "October Sky" is an anagram of "Rocket Boys", the title of the 1998 memoir upon which the film is based. According to Hickam, Universal Studios changed the title of the film to October Sky because their research indicated that women over thirty would not see a film called Rocket Boys. The book was later re-released with the name October Sky to capitalize on interest in the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
The Iron Giant (1999)
Max, 13 (1999)
Outside Providence (1999)
The Wood (1999)
The Dream Catcher (1999)
The Secret Life of Girls (1999)
Trippin' (1999)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.