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New page: '''''October Sky''''' is a 1999 movie set in 1957 in the small town of Coalwood, West Virginia. Four high school boys led by Homer Hickam, Jr. (played by Jake Gyllenhaal) take up ...
'''''October Sky''''' is a 1999 movie set in 1957 in the small town of Coalwood, [[West Virginia]]. Four [[high school]] boys led by Homer Hickam, Jr. (played by Jake Gyllenhaal) take up the hobby of model [[rocket]]ry, inspired by the [[space race]] that began with the [[Soviet Union]]'s launch of the [[Sputnik]] [[satellite]].
Coalwood being a [[coal]] [[mining]] town, it is widely believed the only way to get out of the town is to get a college scholarship as a [[football]] player, and otherwise you go to work in the coal mines, but the boys in the rocket club have other goals in mind. They diligently refine their amateur [[pyrotechnics]] over the objections of a few in the town who think the hobby is "dangerous", and eventually enter a [[science]] fair and win. This leads to college scholarships, and eventually, a career at [[NASA]] for Homer Hickam, Jr.
''October Sky'' was filmed in several East [[Tennessee]] locations, especially Petros and Oliver Springs which are coal mining communities in their own right.
The movie was based on the autobiographical book ''Rocket Boys'' by Homer Hickam, Jr. "October Sky" is an [[anagram]] of "Rocket Boys" and also refers to the Soviet launch of Sputnik in October, 1957.
Coalwood being a [[coal]] [[mining]] town, it is widely believed the only way to get out of the town is to get a college scholarship as a [[football]] player, and otherwise you go to work in the coal mines, but the boys in the rocket club have other goals in mind. They diligently refine their amateur [[pyrotechnics]] over the objections of a few in the town who think the hobby is "dangerous", and eventually enter a [[science]] fair and win. This leads to college scholarships, and eventually, a career at [[NASA]] for Homer Hickam, Jr.
''October Sky'' was filmed in several East [[Tennessee]] locations, especially Petros and Oliver Springs which are coal mining communities in their own right.
The movie was based on the autobiographical book ''Rocket Boys'' by Homer Hickam, Jr. "October Sky" is an [[anagram]] of "Rocket Boys" and also refers to the Soviet launch of Sputnik in October, 1957.