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October Sky is a 1999 American biographical drama film directed by Joe Johnston, and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Chris Owen, and Laura Dern.The screenplay by Lewis Colick, based on the book of the same name, tells the story of Homer H. Hickam Jr., a coal miner's son who was inspired by the launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957 to take up rocketry against his father's wishes and eventually ...
October Sky is the first memoir in a series of four, by American engineer Homer Hickam Jr. originally published in 1998 as Rocket Boys. Later editions were published under the title October Sky as a tie-in to the 1999 film adaptation. It is a story of growing up in a mining town, and a boy's pursuit of amateur rocketry in a coal mining town.
Homer Hadley Hickam Jr. (born February 19, 1943) is an American author, Vietnam War veteran, and a former NASA engineer who trained the first Japanese astronauts.His 1998 memoir Rocket Boys (also published as October Sky) was a New York Times Best Seller and was the basis for the 1999 film October Sky.
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October Sky is a 1999 American biographical film directed by Joe Johnston based on the memoir by Homer Hickam, Jr. October Sky may also refer to October Sky (band) October Sky, (originally published as Rocket Boys), the 1998 memoir by Homer Hickam Jr
Their tribute blends cozy, warmly-lit talking head interviews with footage (raw home movies and on-air segments) and behind-the-scenes photos, walking us through the story of the program, its ...
The Coalwood Way (2000) is the second memoir in a series of three, by Homer Hickam, Jr. The Coalwood Way is a story of the Rocket Boys and Coalwood. Homer calls it an "equal," rather than a sequel because the story happens during the same timeframe as the first book.
The conclusion of the book — a love story between art gallery owner Soléne Marchand and a famous (and much younger) boy bander named Hayes Campbell — leaves its two leads in a much different ...