October Sky

★7.7

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

Based on 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, and eventually became a NASA scientist.

Joe Johnston

Director

Homer H. Hickam Jr.,Lewis Colick

Writers

Larry Franco,Marc Sternberg,Peter Cramer,...

Producers

$25,000,000

Budget

$34698685

Revenue

19-02-1999

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7.7

Rating

1257

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108 min

Runtime

Released

Status

English

Language

★ 7.7

$25,000,000

Budget

$34,698,685

Revenue

19-02-1999

Release Date

Country

7.7

Rating

1,257

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Age Rating

108 min

Runtime

Released

Status

English

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Joe Johnston

Joseph Eggleston Johnston II (born May 13, 1950) is an American film director, producer, writer, and visual effects artist. He is best known for directing effects-driven films, including Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989), The Rocketeer (1991), Jumanji (1995), Jurassic Park III (2001), The Wolfman (2010), and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). Description above from the Wikipedia article Joe Johnston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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