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October Sky
Summary: 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.
Runtime: 1 h 48 min
MPAA: PG
Production: Universal Pictures
Distributor: Universal Studios Home Video
Country: United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 25,000,000
Domestic: $ 32,570,685
International: $ 2,128,068
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| Message | Themes include curiosity, empathy, integrity, and perseverance. Emphasizes the importance of following your dreams, no matter how impossible they might seem. Also underlines the necessity of hard work and creativity. |
| Role model | Homer works hard for his achievements, despite some rather challenging odds. His father isn't supportive and is sometimes harsh, but it's made clear that he does love his son underneath it all. Homer has a wonderful teacher in Miss Riley. |
| Violence | A boy is beaten in public by his stepfather. There's a brief glimpse of a dead body, as well as a potentially scary mine cave-in. Someone shoots at a character through a window (no injuries). Some accidents with the test rockets. |
| Sex | Some talk of kissing and putting the moves on girls, but nothing is really shown. |
| Language | Includes a couple of uses of "s--t," as well as "damn," "hell," "ass," etc. Characters also say things like "goddamn" and "swear to God." |
| Drugs | Some drinking; a minor character is an alcoholic. Brief glimpse of smoking. |
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