It’s like “Rudy“ for rocket-making kids and it’s fantastic, “October Sky“ (1999) dir Joe Johnston, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Chr

October Sky movie clips: BUY THE MOVIE: Don’t miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: CLIP DESCRIPTION: Homer Hickam (Jake Gyllenhaal) rebels against his small town ideals by learning rocketry. FILM DESCRIPTION: NASA engineer Homer H. Hickam, Jr.’s autobiography provided the basis for this drama about a teenager coming of age at the dawn of the space race. In 1957, Homer Hickam (Jake Gyllenhaal) is a high school student in Coalwood, West Virginia when