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In October Sky, the main characters include Homer Hickam, who dreams of building rockets, and his friends Quentin, Roy Lee, and O’Dell, who support him. Miss Riley, their teacher, also plays...
Chris Cooper joined October Sky as John Hickam, the father to Gyllenhaal's Homer. Appearing in American Beauty the same year, Cooper plays the stern mine manager who is skeptical of Homer's...
Sep 6, 2024 · Discover the real-life story of Homer Hickam Jr., the 'Rocket Boy' who inspired 'October Sky'. Learn how this coal miner's son from West Virginia pursued his passion for rocketry and achieved his dream of working for NASA.
Lewis Colick. Screenplay. Based on the true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes, and eventually became a NASA scientist.
Homer H. Hickam Jr.. Writer: October Sky. Homer H. Hickam, Jr., the second son of Homer and Elsie Hickam, was raised in Coalwood, West Virginia. He graduated from Big Creek High School in 1960 and from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech) in 1964 with a BS degree in Industrial Engineering.
- January 1, 1
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- Coalwood, West Virginia, USA
Jake Gyllenhaal: Homer Hickam. Showing all 40 items. Jump to: Photos (20) Quotes (20) Photos. Quotes. 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.
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Homer Hickam. Homer Hadley Hickam Jr. (born February 19, 1943) is an American author, Vietnam War veteran, and a former NASA engineer who trained the first Japanese astronauts. His 1998 memoir Rocket Boys (also published as October Sky) was a New York Times Best Seller and was the basis for the 1999 film October Sky.
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