October Sky

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coming-of-age film drama film film

"October Sky" is a 1999 coming-of-age drama film about a young man's passion for rocketry in a 1950s coal-mining town, based on Homer Hickam's memoir "Rocket Boys."

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October Sky canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coming-of-age film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
basedOn Rocket Boys ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Homer Hickam ⓘ
castMember Chad Lindberg ⓘ
Chris Cooper ⓘ
Chris Owen ⓘ
Elya Baskin ⓘ
Jake Gyllenhaal ⓘ
Laura Dern ⓘ
Natalie Canerday ⓘ
Randy Stripling ⓘ
Scott Miles ⓘ
William Lee Scott ⓘ
cinematographyBy Fred Murphy ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Joe Johnston ⓘ
distributor Universal Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Robert Dalva ⓘ
genre coming-of-age ⓘ
drama ⓘ
hasAlternateTitle Rocket Boys (anagrammatic title reference) ⓘ
inspiredByEvent launch of Sputnik 1 ⓘ
leadActor Chris Cooper ⓘ
Jake Gyllenhaal ⓘ
Laura Dern ⓘ
mainCharacter Homer Hickam ⓘ
surface form: Homer Hickam Jr.
musicBy Mark Isham ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Charles Gordon ⓘ
Larry Franco ⓘ
surface form: Larry J. Franco
productionCompany Charles Gordon Productions ⓘ
Universal Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate 1999-02-19 ⓘ
releaseYear 1999 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 108 ⓘ
screenwriter Lewis Colick ⓘ
setInIndustry coal mining ⓘ
settingPlace Coalwood, West Virginia ⓘ
settingTime 1950s ⓘ
subject rocketry ⓘ
space race ⓘ
targetAudience families ⓘ
teenagers ⓘ
theme education ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ
overcoming adversity ⓘ
pursuit of dreams ⓘ
science and technology ⓘ

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Laura Dern → notableWork → October Sky ⓘ
Joe Johnston → notableWork → October Sky ⓘ
Joe Johnston → directed → October Sky ⓘ
Chris Cooper → notableWork → October Sky ⓘ
Robert Dalva → edited → October Sky ⓘ
Jake Gyllenhaal → notableWork → October Sky ⓘ