October Sky
[Category]
Science, True Story
[Language]
English
[Director]
Joe Johnston
[Producer]
Larry J. Franco,
Charles Gordon,
Marc Sternberg
[Cast]
Jake Gyllenhaal,
Chris Cooper,
Laura Dern
[Story][Wikipedia Ref.]
This one of the best film i have ever seen. Actullay this is based on a true story. But the direction and screen-play done the magic. Every students who is intersetd in Science should see this film. I Just remember this movie at the time of Chandrayan-1 India's first moon mission.
In 1957 Coalwood, West Virginia, the coal mine is the town's largest employer and almost every male living there works, or will work, in the mines. John Hickam (Chris Cooper), the mine superintendent, loves his job -- despite its headaches and inherent dangers -- and hopes that his boys, Jim (Scott Thomas) and Homer (Jake Gyllenhaal), will one day join him working there. When it appears that Jim will receive a football scholarship to attend college, however, that leaves Homer to fulfill his father's dream, although the boys' mother, Elsie (Natalie Canerday), hopes for more for her son. It's not long before a prominent event gives him that chance.
As the townspeople gather outside one starry October night, they see the Soviet satellite Sputnik race across the sky. Filled with awe and a belief that this may be his ticket out of Coalwood, Homer sets out to build rockets of his own and enter the space race. Of course, most everyone thinks he's crazy, especially when he teams up with Quentin (Chris Owen), the school math geek who happens to know a thing or two about rocket science. With the aid of friends Roy Lee (William Lee Scott) and Odell (Chad Lindberg), however, the foursome begins experimenting with their new passion. With the help and encouragement of some local townsfolk and their science teacher, Miss Riley (Laura Dern), who hopes that Homer and his friends will enter their work in a science fair contest, the boys begin their tests, but quickly run into several obstacles. First, they don't really know what they're doing, their tests are initially disastrous, and they eventually get themselves into hot water with the local authorities. That, coupled with John not understanding nor supporting his son's "hobby," soon derails the "rocket boys' " dreams.
From that point on, and contending with the many obstacles that face them, Homer and his pals set out to prove that they can build a rocket that will soar unimpeded into the sky, proving that they have what it takes to leave the confines of their predetermined, coal miner lives.
[Awards]
Best Family Film- 2000 Critics Choice Award
OCIC Award Ajijic International Film Festival 1999
Humanitas Prize Feature Film Category 1999
11 Nominations
[Links]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0132477/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Sky
http://www.harrymaugans.com/2006/05/03/october-sky-and-rocket-boys/
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/october_sky/
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=octobersky.htm
http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1999/OCTSY.php
http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/octobersky
http://blip.tv/file/464938
http://www.homerhickam.com/
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