Top billed cast

1. 

   Jake Gyllenhaal

   Homer Hickam

2. 

   Chris Cooper

   John Hickam

3. 

   Chris Owen

   Quentin Wilson

4. 

   Laura Dern

   Miss Riley

5. 

   William Lee Scott

   Roy Lee

6. 

   Chad Lindberg

   O'Dell

7. 

   Natalie Canerday

   Elsie Hickam

8. 

   Elya Baskin

   Ike Bykovsky

9. 

   Chris Ellis

   Principal Turner

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Reviews

A review by r96sk

Written by r96sk on 2025-07-02

'October Sky' got me in the feels. I tend to (unintentionally) be a bit of a hardnose when it comes to fiction (even if a biopic) making an impact, but it does occasionally happen and this is one of those times. Weirdly too, because it is cheesy/cliché/whatever, but it worked tremendously for me.

I felt my heartstrings tug a fair number of times throughout, culminating with those lovely final few scenes; I was actually welling up, would you believe? Any longer and tears may have been shed *shudder*. I've basically only seen one movie this last month - what has the break don...read the rest

Recommendations

1. The Iron Giant79%
2. Testament64%
3. Richard Jewell74%
4. Dad63%
5. Steve Jobs67%
6. Dante's Peak62%
7. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas78%
8. Fences68%
9. First Man70%
10. The 3363%
11. Sarah's Oil77%
12. Stand by Me78%
13. Propeller One-Way Night Coach65%
14. Dark Waters75%
15. A Million Miles Away77%
16. The Giver65%
17. Dead Poets Society82%
18. Leave No Trace67%
19. Jobs61%
20. Red Joan66%

Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$25,000,000.00

Revenue
$34,698,685.00

Keywords

• small town
• based on novel or book
• parent child relationship
• satellite
• biography
• based on true story
• rocket
• west virginia
• mining accident
• teacher
• coal mine
• 1950s
• sputnik
• rocketry