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October Sky
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Living in such a community of coal city, where all guys work in the mines, makes Homer Hickam, a young teenager but intelligent guy, who enjoys with his great intelligence and big talent in creating rockets, the thing that brings terrible for him with his father, who wants him to follow his footsteps, but with the great success he achieves, his father begins to appreciate his thoughts.
Living in such a community of coal city, where all guys work in the mines, makes Homer Hickam, a young teenager but intelligent guy, who enjoys with his great intelligence and big talent in creating rockets, the thing that brings terrible for him with his father, who wants him to follow his footsteps, but with the great success he achieves, his father begins to appreciate his thoughts.
Actors:
Frank Schuler,
Elya Baskin,
Charles Lawlor,
Tom Kagy,
Chris Cooper,
Larry Rue,
David Copeland,
Mark Jeffrey Miller,
Joe Digaetano,
Terry Loughlin,
Justin Whitsett,
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Frank Schuler
Elya Baskin
11 August 1950, Riga, USSR [now Latvia]
Charles Lawlor
Tom Kagy
Chris Cooper
9 July 1951, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Larry Rue
David Copeland
Mark Jeffrey Miller
9 June 1953, Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Joe Digaetano
1 April 1952, Passaic, New Jersey, USA
Terry Loughlin
Justin Whitsett
Director:
Joe Johnston
Joe Johnston
13 May 1950, Austin, Texas, USA
Country:
United States
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It is a film that treats its teen-aged hero and his pals as distinctive, sentient human beings.
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Believable, subtle, and consistently intelligent!
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A must-see for every student, parent and teacher in the country!