October Sky (1999)

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PG | 1 hr 55 mins | Comedy, Drama, Biopic, Period, Adaptation | Released: 2/19/1999 |Box Office Total: $32.5M

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Synopsis:

It's 1957 in Coalwood, West Virginia and while most of the town mines the earth, young Homer Hickman dreams of only the sky. Inspired by the dawn of the space age and the historic launching of the Soviet satellite Sputnik, Homer enlists his two best buddies as well as the school's resident math geek to help him design and launch space rockets. After a series of disastrous crash landings, in particular one that sends an entire coal mine full of workers running for cover, Homer's father demands that his son get serious about his future and abandon his silly science projects. However Homer's potential is limitless and when he starts winning science fairs and scholarships he's on a non-stop journey straight to the stars.

Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
2/19/1999

Studio	Credit
Universal	Studio
Director	Credit
Joe Johnston	Director
Cast	Credit
Jake Gyllenhaal	Homer Hickam
Chris Cooper	John Hickman
Laura Dern	Miss Reilly
Chris Owen	Quentin
William Lee Scott	Roy Lee
Chad Lindberg	O'Dell
Natalie Canerday	Elsie Hickman
Scott Miles	Jim Hickam
Randy Stripling	Leon Bolden
Chris Ellis	Principal Turner
Elya Baskin	Ike Byskovsky
Courtney Fendley	Dorothy Platt
David Dwyer	Jake Mosby
Terry Loughlin	Mr Dantzler
Kaili Hollister	Valentine Carmina
David Copeland	Coach Gainer
Don Henderson Baker	Jensen
Tom Kagy	Lenny
Donald Thorne	Trooper One
Justin Whitsett	Kid
Larry Rue	Neighbor
Neva Howell	Neighbor
Terry Nienhuis	Neighbor
Brady Coleman	Anderson
Rick Forrester	Roper
Terrence Gibney	Basil Thorpe
Doug Swander	Corvette Guy
Keeli Hale Kimbro	Corvette Girl
Mark Jeffrey Miller	Vernon
Blaque Fowler	Reverend
Don Tilley	Rescue Worker
Rockford Davis	Chemistry Teacher
John Bennes	Doctor
Jonathan Fawbush	Barney
Larry Black	Fred Smith
Frank Schuler	Moonshiner
Tommy Smeltzer	Man at Mine
Charles Lawlor	Miner
Tom Turbiville	Miner
Ida Ginn	Quentin's Mom
Richard Lumpkin	Judge at Welch
Mark W Johnson	Union Official
Don Taylor	Union Official
Don G Campbell	Mr Morris
Elizabeth Byler	Ivy League Girl
Bradford Ryan Lund	Ivy League Boy
Frank Hoyt Taylor	Judge at Indy
Dave Hager	Head Judge
Ray Elder	Tom Webster
Andy Stahl	Jack Palmer
Joe Digaetano	Wernher Von Braun
Thomas Taylor	Miner in Elevator
David Ducey	Man in Crowd
Jenny Patterson	Nurse
O Winston Link	Locomotive Engineer
Production Credits	Credit
Charles Gordon	Producer
Marc Sternberg	Executive Producer
Larry J Franco	Producer
Peter Cramer	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Rocket Boys Productions Inc	Production Company
Daybreak Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Universal	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
UIP The Film Consortium	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Universal Studios Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Locations
Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Writer	Credit
Homer Hickam Jr	Novel as Source Material - from autobiographical novel
Lewis Colick	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Mike Revell	Production Accountant
Michael B Beaudin	Assistant Accountant
Art Department	Credit
Eric J Luling	Set Dresser - on-set dresser
Susan Zeh	Art Department Coordinator
Ed Fitzgerald	Swing Gang
Okan Ataman	Art Department - Sabre artist
Michael Calabrese	Lead Person - leadman
Chris Spellman	Set Decorator
Andrew Menzies	Assistant Art Director
Barry Robison	Production Designer
Bill Glenn Davis	Set Designer
Tony Fanning	Art Director
Alan Hook	Set Designer
Jonathan Wank	Art Department - Sabre artist
C J Pyles	Swing Gang
John Rabasca	Swing Gang
Spencer H Register	Swing Gang
Fred W Schwendel	Swing Gang
Manny Serrano	Swing Gang
Margaret A Thigpen	Swing Gang
David Weathers	Swing Gang
Casting	Credit
Diana Jaher	Casting Associate
Jo Doster	Location Casting
Nancy Foy	Casting Director
Kim Petrosky	Extras Casting
Owen J Rice	Extras Casting Assistant
Craft Services	Credit
Gerald Bean	Craft Service
Diane Johnson	Craft Service
Film Camera	Credit
Van Redin	Photography - still photographer
Mike Stanwick	Color Timer
David Galbraith	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Paul Varrieur	Camera Operator
Al Jacques	Projectionist
Fred Murphy	Director of Photography
Deana Newcomb	Photography - still photographer
Robert McMahan	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Sean Casey	Photography - still photographer
Music	Credit
Charlie Monroe	Song
Ken Kugler	Music Conductor - conductor & orchestrator
Sid Page	Soloist - solo violin
Sandy DeCrescent	Music Contractor - orchestra contractor
Tom Carlson	Music Editor
The Monroe Brothers	Song Performer
Central High School Band	Music Performer
Mark Isham	Music
The Platters	Song Performer
Georges Boulanger	Song
Pete Doell	Music - assistant score recorder & mixer
Joe E Rand	Music Editor
Elvis Presley	Song Performer
Jimmy Kennedy	Song
Janice Hayen	Music - music preparation
Buddy Holly & The Crickets	Song Performer
Jerry Leiber	Song - songs
O'dell Willis	Music
Mike Stoller	Song - songs
W T Purdy	Music
The Coasters	Song Performer
Shirley & Lee	Song Performer
Carl Beck	Music
Norman Petty	Song
Jerry Allison	Song
Fats Domino	Song Performer
Buddy Holly	Song
The Cadillacs	Song Performer
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers	Song Performer
Jerome Kern	Song
Otto Harbach	Song
Tommy Edwards	Song Performer
Leonard Lee	Song
Shirley Goodman	Song
Ande Rand	Song
Buck Ram	Song
Fats Domino	Song
Dave Bartholomew	Song
Esther Navarro	Song
Frankie Lymon	Song
Morris Levy	Song
Carl Sigman	Song
Charles G Dawes	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Cliff Cudney	Stunt Coordinator
Chris Bennett	Stunts
John Fagan	Stunts
Jeff Galpin	Stunts
Robert Girard	Stunts
David Brian Martin	Stunts
Chad Rose	Stunts
Michael Smith	Stunts
Russell Towery	Stunts
Peter Paterson	Stunts
Robert Vazquez	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
Betsy Magruder	Assistant Director
Brenda Wachel	Script Supervisor
Michael Tomlinson	Location Scout
Jeff Talman	Assistant Location Manager
Katie Willard Troebs	Production Coordinator
Zane Weiner	Unit Production Manager
Charles Thomas Baxter	Location Manager
Jonathan S McGarry	Assistant Director
Rusty Mahmood	Assistant Director
Matt Marshall	Assistant Director
Publicity	Credit
David Fulton	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Carolyn Tapp