October Sky

  • Drama
2/19/1999
108
PG

Sometimes one dream is enough to light up the whole sky.

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.

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Revenue:
$34,698,685
Budget:
$25,000,000

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  • r96sk

    'October Sky' got me in the feels. I tend to (unintentionally) be a bit of a hardnose when it comes to fiction (even if a biopic) making an impact, but it does occasionally happen and this is one of those times. Weirdly too, because it is cheesy/cliché/whatever, but it worked tremendously for me.

    I felt my heartstrings tug a fair number of times throughout, culminating with those lovely final few scenes; I was actually welling up, would you believe? Any longer and tears may have been shed <i>shudder</i>. I've basically only seen one movie this last month - what has the break done to me?!

    Humour aside, I did love this though. I've said it before, but to be honest if you give me what I consider to be great cast performances then I'm p...

    July 2, 2025

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