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Programme Information

The Russians have sent a satellite into space. Meanwhile, four American schoolboys, intent on leaving their small mining town, design a rocket for a local science fair.

Keywords:

Drama, Family, Based-on-Novel, Based-on-True-Story, Biographical, Biography, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1999) (USA) (4 Star)

Cast:

Jake Gyllenhaal	.... Homer Hickam
Chris Cooper	.... John Hickam
Laura Dern	.... Miss Frieda Riley
Chris Owen	.... Quentin Wilson
William Lee Scott	.... Roy Lee Cook
Chad Lindberg	.... Sherman O'Dell

Supporting Cast:

Natalie Canerday	.... Elsie Hickam
Scott Miles	.... Jim Hickam
Randy Stripling	.... Leon Bolden
Chris Ellis	.... Principal Turner
Elya Baskin	.... Ike Bykovsky
Courtney Cole-Fendley	.... Dorothy Platt
David Dwyer	.... Jake Mosby
Terry Loughlin	.... Mr. Dantzler
Kailie Hollister	.... Valentine Carmina

Directors:

Joe Johnston

Writers:

Homer H. Hickam Jr.
Lewis Colick