Overview

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.

Beesley's Ratings

Id

1575

Name

October Sky

Genre

Drama

Leads

Gyllenhaal

Rating

7
Content Advisory

Parental guidance, ?

Comments

None

Metadata from themoviedb.org

Genre Ids

Drama, Family

Id

13466

Popularity

25.812

Release Date

1999-02-19

Title

October Sky

Vote Average

7.655

Vote Count

1206

Budget

$25,000,000

Revenue

$34,698,685

Runtime

108 minutes