Based on an extraordinary true story
CoaIwood, West Virginia, 1957. Working in the coaI mines is an inescapable way of Iife in this small town. When high schooler Homer Hickman, Jr. sees the Sputnik sateIlite in the night sky, he dares to break free of the mines and reach for the stars. With the support of his teacher and three friends, Homer sets out on an inspiring quest to build his own rocket. Overcoming poor education, a tough father and a series of misfires, Homer turns his dreams into reaIity in this incredible true story of hope, determination and triumph. "You'Il laugh with it, cry with it, and go away absoIutely Ioving it," says Robert Butler of the criticalIy acclaimed OCTOBER SKY. |