October Sky

1999 · 108 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 101,007 VOTES · DIR. Joe Johnston

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Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,247 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:04 While most of President Eisenhower's advisors...
00:04:25 Homer, your dad say anything about the layoffs? No.
00:07:33 We ought to just shoot the damn thing down.
00:10:52 Six, five, four, three... My name is Homer Hickam.
00:14:19 #I'm searchin'# You missed a spot.
00:17:31 W- W-Well, what do you mean? Homer, you got a great mind.
00:21:03 You don't know what the mine gives me.
00:25:39 We hiked eight miles for this?
00:28:45 along with some other by-products.
00:32:33 It's abandoned. See, the county's covered with abandoned spur lines.
00:36:12 #Ain't that a shame #
00:39:40 Hey, Homer. Come on. We don't got all day.
00:43:36 Do you want me to sit quiet, let 'em breathe in coal dust the rest of their life?
00:47:37 I just know you're gonna be really famous someday.
00:52:40 Hi, Dorothy.
01:00:02 stock ought to do you fine.
01:06:10 Hey, Lenny, how's he doing?
01:11:57 Are you gonna tell Roy Lee and O'Dell where I live?
01:16:47 It's an aeronautical flare.
01:21:26 Do we know what we want? Yeah!
01:25:57 They even took my picture of Dr. Von Braun.
01:30:53 Tom Webster of Virginia State College. I wanna talk to you about a scholarship.
01:36:14 We're gonna launch the rocket in a minute, but we'd like to say thank you first.
01:47:10 #Away ##

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,247
Dialogue density11.5 lines / min
First line00:00:04
Final line01:47:10

Production Record

DirectorJoe Johnston
LanguageEnglish
Budget$25,000,000
Revenue$34,698,685
IMDb votes101,007