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Release Date:
19 February 1999 (USA) moreTagline:
Sometimes one dream is enough to light up the whole sky. morePlot:
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. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
3 wins & 11 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Nostalgic, Inspirational and Worthwhile more (305 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jake Gyllenhaal | ... | Homer Hickam | |
| Chris Cooper | ... | John Hickam | |
| Laura Dern | ... | Miss Riley | |
| Chris Owen | ... | Quentin | |
| William Lee Scott | ... | Roy Lee | |
| Chad Lindberg | ... | O'Dell | |
| Natalie Canerday | ... | Elsie Hickam | |
| Scott Miles | ... | Jim Hickam | |
| Randy Stripling | ... | Leon Bolden | |
| Chris Ellis | ... | Principal Turner | |
| Elya Baskin | ... | Ike Bykovsky | |
| Courtney Cole-Fendley | ... | Dorothy Platt (as Courtney Fendley) | |
| David Dwyer | ... | Jake Mosby | |
| Terry Loughlin | ... | Mr. Dantzler | |
| Kailie Hollister | ... | Valentine Carmina (as Kaili Hollister) |
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Rated PG for language, brief teen sensuality and alcohol use, and for some thematic elements.Parents Guide:
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108 minCountry:
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EnglishColor:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
Iceland:L | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Finland:K-3 (2004) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Canada:14A | France:U | Germany:6 | Hong Kong:II | Mexico:A | New Zealand:PG | Norway:7 | Portugal:M/12 (video premiere) | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | Sweden:7 (re-rating) | Sweden:Btl (original rating) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | USA:PG | Finland:K-10 (2000)Filming Locations:
Fountain City Elementary School - 2910 Montbelle Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA moreFun Stuff
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The boys rarely tested a single rocket per day. They often manufactured several rockets and tested them in sequence. The rocket that hit Homer's father's office during their early testing, when they were launching rockets near the mine, was actually the last rocket of several they launched that day. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When the boys make their first rocket, they say they need someone to weld on the washer, cause they don't know how to weld. However, their rocket shows fins that are already welded on. moreQuotes:
Homer: [to John] Dad, I may not be the best, but I come to believe that I got it in me to be somebody in this world. And it's not because I'm so different from you either, it's because I'm the same. I mean, I can be just as hard-headed, and just as tough. I only hope I can be as good a man as you. Sure, Wernher von Braun is a great scientist? but he isn't my hero. moreSoundtrack:
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I was watching this when my wife called to inquire from the other room as to my choice of fare. My comment? "I am watching my Life!"
Though younger, but only by 5 years or so, than the "Rocket Boys" I remember the absolute urgency with which Sputnick was greeted by our administrators of education and how the whole Science Fair thing gained momentum and took me and others into the competitive whirlwind. My own tornado landed me in my own State's Science Fair, in Physics by '62, though our group was less successful in gaining the support of, for example, firefighters we approached for guidance and counsel until after a tragic event, our city went so far as to allow us to tour the Nike missile site on Chicago's lakeshore.
This movie brought it all back for me and I will bet that it brought it all back for a bunch of us "UberNerds" of the late '50s and early 60's.
We are in a similar science brain drainage period now and really need this movie as a country. See It!