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.

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Film Cast:

• Homer Hickam: Jake Gyllenhaal
• John Hickam: Chris Cooper
• Quentin Wilson: Chris Owen
• Roy Lee: William Lee Scott
• O’Dell: Chad Lindberg
• Miss Riley: Laura Dern
• Elsie Hickam: Natalie Canerday
• Ike Bykovsky: Elya Baskin
• Principal Turner: Chris Ellis
• Jim Hickam: Scott Miles
• Leon Bolden: Randy Stripling
• Dorothy Platt: Courtney Cole-Fendley
• Jake Mosby: David Dwyer
• Mr. Dantzler: Terry Loughlin
• Valentine Carmina: Kaili Hollister
• Coach Gainer: David Copeland
• Jensen: Don Henderson Baker
• Lenny: Tom Kagy
• Trooper One: Donald Thorne
• Kid: Justin Whitsett
• Neighbor: Larry Rue
• Neighbor: Neva Howell
• Neighbor: Terry Nienhuis
• Anderson: Brady Coleman
• Roper: Rick Forrester
• Basil Thorpe: Terrence Gibney
• Corvette Guy: Doug Swander
• Corvette Girl: Keeli Hale Kimbro
• Vernon: Mark Jeffrey Miller
• Reverend: Blaque Fowler
• Rescue Worker: Don Tilley
• Chemistry Teacher: Rockford Davis
• Doctor: John Bennes
• Barney: Jonathan Fawbush
• Fred Smith: Larry Black
• Moonshiner: Frank Schuler
• Man at Mine: Tommy Smeltzer
• Miner: Charles Lawlor
• Miner: Tom Turbiville
• Quentin’s Mom: Ida Ginn
• Judge at Welch: Richard Lumpkin
• Union Official: Mark W. Johnson
• Union Official: Don Taylor
• Mr. Morris: Don G. Campbell
• Ivy League Girl: Liz Byler
• Ivy League Boy: Bradford Ryan Lund
• Judge at Indy: Frank Hoyt Taylor
• Head Judge: Dave Hager
• Tom Webster: Ray Elder
• Jack Palmer: Andy Stahl
• Wernher Von Braun: Joe Digaetano
• Miner in Elevator: Thomas Taylor
• Man in Crowd: David Ducey
• Nurse: Jenny Patterson
• Locomotive Engineer: O. Winston Link

Film Crew:

• Screenplay: Lewis Colick
• Producer: Larry J. Franco
• Original Music Composer: Mark Isham
• Assistant Art Director: Andrew Menzies
• Director: Joe Johnston
• Editor: Robert Dalva
• Casting: Nancy Foy
• Art Direction: Tony Fanning
• Producer: Charles Gordon
• Special Effects Supervisor: Joe Digaetano
• Director of Photography: Fred Murphy
• Production Design: Barry Robison
• Set Decoration: Chris L. Spellman
• Costume Design: Betsy Cox
• Unit Production Manager: Zane Weiner
• Set Designer: Alan Hook
• Executive Producer: Marc Sternberg
• Book: Homer H. Hickam Jr.
• Set Designer: William G. Davis
• Key Makeup Artist: Gloria Belz
• Music Editor: Joe E. Rand
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Jim Mitchell
• Music Editor: Thomas A. Carlson
• Makeup Artist: Leigh Ann Yandle
• Supervising Sound Editor: Howell Gibbens
• Visual Effects Producer: Mark S. Miller
• Hairstylist: Beka Wilson
• Key Hair Stylist: Susan Mills
• Stunts: Mike Smith
• Production Office Assistant: Julie D’Antoni
• Supervising ADR Editor: Elizabeth Kenton
• Makeup Supervisor: Lynn Barber
• Production Sound Mixer: Mary H. Ellis
• First Assistant Director: Betsy Magruder
• Special Effects Makeup Artist: Bill Johnson
• Second Assistant Director: Jonathan McGarry
• Makeup Artist: Julie Callihan
• Executive Producer: Peter Cramer
• Hairstylist: Michealle Vanderpool

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