---
title: 'October Sky (1999)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Joe Johnston'
released: '1999-02-19'
runtime_minutes: 103
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
  - 'Family'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/october-sky-1999'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0132477/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# October Sky (1999)

1999 · 103 min · Drama, History, Family · United States


## Synopsis

October Sky is a 1999 American biographical drama film directed by Joe Johnston from a screenplay by Lewis Colick. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Chris Owen, and Laura Dern. Based on the book Rocket Boys, it tells the story of Homer H. Hickam Jr., a coal miner's son from Coalwood, West Virginia, who takes up amateur rocketry with his friends. Hickam would later become a NASA engineer.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Joe Johnston](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-johnston)
- **Screenplay:** [Homer Hickam](https://cinepixo.com/people/homer-hickam), [Lewis Colick](https://cinepixo.com/people/lewis-colick)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Mark Isham](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-isham)
- **Director of Photography:** [Mark Isham](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-isham), [Fred Murphy](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-murphy)
- **Producer:** [Larry J. Franco](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-j-franco), [Charles Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-gordon)
- **Editor:** [Robert Dalva](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-dalva)

## Cast

- [Chris Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-cooper)
- [Laura Dern](https://cinepixo.com/people/laura-dern)
- [Chad Lindberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/chad-lindberg)
- [O. Winston Link](https://cinepixo.com/people/o-winston-link)
- [Terry Loughlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/terry-loughlin)
- [Natalie Canerday](https://cinepixo.com/people/natalie-canerday)
- [Jake Gyllenhaal](https://cinepixo.com/people/jake-gyllenhaal) as Homer Hickam
- [Frank Hoyt Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-hoyt-taylor)
- [William Lee Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-lee-scott)
- [Andrew Stahl](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-stahl)
- [Chris Owen](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-owen)
- [Elya Baskin](https://cinepixo.com/people/elya-baskin)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/october-sky-1999
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