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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 ...
After making his acting debut in City Slickers (1991), [1] Gyllenhaal's first nominations were for October Sky (1999), an American biographical film about NASA engineer Homer Hickam. [2] His performance as the title character in the 2001 psychological thriller film Donnie Darko earned him a Young Hollywood Award and a nomination for the ...
Jake Gyllenhaal is an American actor who has appeared in over 35 motion pictures ... In 1999, Gyllenhaal starred in the Joe Johnston-directed drama October Sky; ...
Jake Gyllenhaal. Though it's perfectly possible that right now L.A. native Jake Gyllenhaal is best known throughout the zeitgeist as the unconfirmed subject of Taylor Swift's ... October Sky (1999 ...
October Sky (1999) October Sky tells the true story of Homer Hickam (played by Jake Gyllenhaal), the son of a coal miner from West Virginia. After watching the Soviet Union’s Sputnik 1 launch in ...
Gyllenhaal's first lead role was in October Sky, Joe Johnston's 1999 adaptation of the Homer Hickam autobiography Rocket Boys, in which he portrayed a young man from West Virginia striving to win a science scholarship to avoid becoming a coal miner.
Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal both earned Oscar nominations for their roles in Brokeback Mountain — but they weren’t the only actors considered for the complex characters. Set against the ...
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.