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Based On Novel Or Book | Parent Child Relationship
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1999 | Joe Johnston
Feature Film Category | 1999 | Lewis Colick
Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Drama Film | 1999 | Chris Owen
Film Breakout Performance | 1999 | Jake Gyllenhaal
Film Choice Sleazebag | 1999 | Chris Cooper
Best Performance in a Feature Film Leading Young Actor | 2000 | Jake Gyllenhaal
Best Sound Editing Dialogue ADR | 2000 | Stephanie Flack
Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published | 2000 | Lewis Colick
Best Casting for Feature Film Drama | 1999 | Jo Doster
Budget 25,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 34,698,685 USD
The author wished the movie to be called "Rocket Boys," like the book it's based on, but the studio believed that title would not sell well. The compromise title "October Sky" works on two levels: it's the month when the hero is first inspired by Sputnik flying overhead, and it is an anagram of "Rocket Boys".
The town of Coalwood, West Virginia, has lost so many residents that it no longer holds the annual October Sky Festival. The event was moved to Beckley, West Virginia, in 2012 due to the lack of able-bodied volunteers remaining in Coalwood.
This film was released in the United States on February 19, 1999, which was also the 56th birthday of the real-life Homer H. Hickam Jr..
The location of the slag dump where the Rocket Boys actually tested their rockets still exists. It is now a large grassy field. It is located in the actual town of Coalwood, WV which still exists today. They erected a replica test stand, launch pad, and "shed" after the movie brought the rocket boys story back into the public light. Every year the town of Coalwood celebrates the Rocket Boys with a festival in October called "October Sky Festival".
On the commentary, one of Homer Hickam's regrets about the movie is that it does not show the more intellectual side of his father. He claims that his father was regularly reading and owned many books.
"Homer: [to John] Dad, I may not be the best, but I come to believe that I got it in me to be somebody in this world. And it's not because I'm so different from you either, it's because I'm the same. I mean, I can be just as hard-headed, and just as tough. I only hope I can be as good a man as you. Sure, Wernher von Braun is a great scientist, but he isn't my hero."
"Homer: No. Coal mining may be your life, but it's not mine. I'm never going down there again. I wanna go into space."
