October Sky (9/11) Movie CLIP - First Prize (1999) HD

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CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Homer (Jake Gyllenhaal) and the Rocket Boys win first place at the Indianapolis Science Fair.
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 the Soviet Union launches Sputnik, the first man-made satellite. While most of his friends and neighbors react with fear or distrust, Homer is instantly fascinated and begins studying everything he can find on jet and rocket design. While many of Homer's friends are puzzled by his new obsession, several new friends share his enthusiasm, and with the encouragement of his teacher (Laura Dern), Homer and his fellow "Rocket Boys" begin designing and launching their own homemade missiles. However, Homer's father (Chris Cooper) takes a dim view of his son's interest in rockets and is convinced Homer's future should be the same as his own, working in the local coal mines. October Sky mixes the drama of traditional family conflicts with a nostalgic glimpse of life in the mid-50's and a look at the earliest days of our journey into space.
CREDITS:
TM & © Universal (1999)
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Frank Hoyt Taylor
Director: Joe Johnston
Producers: Peter Cramer, Larry J. Franco, Marc Sternberg, Charles Gordon
Screenwriters: Homer H. Hickam Jr., Lewis Colick
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[@falcon3268]

They earned that award considering that during the time period none of this stuff was really known outside of NASA.

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[@n0denz]

Those college recruiters passing through the crowd to throw scholarships at Homer is one of the most uplifting moments I've seen in a movie. There was a scene early in the movie when Homer first started building rockets where the principal told his teacher in private that only a few lucky ones get football scholarships, and the rest end up in the mines. Seeing a guy shove his business card in Homer's pocket is just so hopeful.

[@eldingo617]

It was true in those days. My grandparents grew up like Homer did

[@NominalOrbit]

Man when he realizes he shook hands with Wernher von Braun. Such a powerful moment.

[@13tjk]

The guy that said "What did he say to you" at 1:24 is a spainish teacher at my high school he told us about it.

[@ghostdiaries369]

wow who was that guy

[@floridamaddogg]

I went to Virginia Tech and was in the Corps of Cadets, just as Homer was. In matter of fact, I actually met him. He created the Skipper which is used at each home football game and shot off when VT scores. He made the first skipper so powerful, it was blowing out windows. It has been toned down since.

[@Eggly69]

I went to Fork Union and got to visit VT and learn about Homer. Huge inspiration to me to continue learning about space

[@E2theBizzle]

A little detail that I love in this scene is how there is a slight delay in Homer looking up upon hearing his name called. He isn’t sitting on the edge of his seat, eager to see if he won, he is thinking about everyone back home.

[@shankarsubramaniam1779]

I had the same feeling !

[@clairetellkamp6253]

When I first watched this movie I heard the German accent from the guy in the crowd and knew INSTANTLY... He just spoke to Wernher Von Braun, didn't he? But seriously, Von Braun is one of my biggest heroes. I love astrophysics and all that.

[@lolwhatidk]

you should look up his history during world war 2, you might change your mind about him being your hero

[@clairetellkamp6253]

@@lolwhatidk Nope. Doesnt change anything

[@Leafy-ut6xc]

@@clairetellkamp6253 more amazed that you replied to a comment almost 2 years lated

[@clairetellkamp6253]

@@Leafy-ut6xc I'm still using the account, so I got the notification.

[@NoMoreBsPlease]

@@Thorium_ His quote? Really? Who heard him say it?

[@vaccumsealed]

EPIC movie. Been in my top 10 since it was made, and it was filmed in my hometown of Knoxville, TN and Oliver Springs. However, that's not why I love this film. It's a true story that could honestly be anybody throughout all the hardships, rejections, criticism, and fears of never being successful and achieving goals. This is just a true story about how one kid set the example for so many others who can believe in themselves against all odds as so much is pushing against you. You just push back 10 fold. Got dreams, ambitions, and goals, yet the weight of the world's against you? It's so much easier just to give up, but so much more rewarding to keep striding forward against all that's against you and those who'll say you'll never make it, you'll never achieve, or you're just gonna be here with the rest of us in this small town. Mrs. Ripley said she has to believe in some of her students escaping the cluthes of a small rural community with not much to do other than coal mine, or she'd go crazy. It's nice to have a solid motivator like that in a kids life, and well, that's what many kids need in their lives is someone to motivate, encourage, and push that potential in a kids life cause ya just never know...they might do something great for all of mankind. Mad props to ya Homer and The Rocket Boys.

[@TheHonestPeanut]

Ah back when America was synonymous with scientific advancement and rewarded hard work, intelligence and a level head.

[@drews1152]

Theo S Operation Paperclip lmao

[@iloveplasticbottles]

Theo S the internet, cellular technology, and many more were American inventions.

[@FreshTillDeath56]

Don't be such a downer. It's been discredited on the media outlets, but American intelligence and hard work still exist!

[@TheHonestPeanut]

​@@FreshTillDeath56 I said they were synonymous with America and rewarded, which isn't true anymore. I didn't say scientific advancement and hard work don't exist in America.

[@TheHonestPeanut]

شيخ جوجل Past tense.

[@ChristopherSaindon]

"Congratulations Son.."

[@Aakino]

I've had similar moments like this. I remember meeting an old man at college, wheelchair-bound and very kind. I knew his name, but other than one of our campus buildings was named after him, I knew nothing about him. I remember holding a door open while someone wheeled him in. I waved to him, and he waved back. It wasn't til I went to his memorial after he passed that I found out he was one of the greatest science-fiction writers of our time (Jack Williamson). I learned that every year, people would come from all over the world to hear him speak about writing. They say he coined the term bio-engineering or something like that! I'm also a writer (one of my few talents), and had I known then what I know now, I'd have bought him lunch and listened to him for an hour or two. I shook his hand, and had no idea I was shaking hands with a genius!

[@luckylucykitty]

this was one of the best scenes. when the 2nd girl comes and everyone,all her friends, is over her. but when their name is announced ,he is amazed and thankful but is still sitting ,so people are still searching who came first. the last when he is trying to look for the vonBraun,but hes nowhere in sight.the look on his face at having lost what he got.. but didn't even know .

[@livelaughlove2359]

I was an extra in this scene!! Was very hot and miserable that day!

[@blue-phoenix115]

That's awesome grandma!

[@Shadowkey392]

Thank you for suffering for our pleasure!

[@lordtachanka5512]

Penny Henry that’s awesome!

[@midamega-tool7393]

Nobody cares!

[@hellomoney333]

Probably because you were there. 😉

[@mpireone]

Top 10 favorite movie!! The ending when his dad showed up to the last launch... that got me good! 😭😭😭😭

[@Subzero2151]

Met his big hero, didnt even know it :)

[@xjcrossx]

Props to the actor behind Homer who genuinely looked like he was scanning audience for movement to find out who the winner was instead of looking and knowing immediately.

[@charliedallachie3539]

Kinda cool van Braun came all that way for a science fair

[@runyanpiano]

This movie warms my heart. America has traded righteousness and intelligence for corruption and depravity. Wish I could have witnessed this time in history.

[@duckyduck6563]

We watched this in science class. LOVED IT

[@zaphill4346]

My 9th grade science class did too.

[@shankarsubramaniam1779]

In my part of the world, they just bored us with theories in science class.

[@TXRager]

Watched it in chemistry my junior year. Our teacher Mrs. Patterson left that summer to intern at NASA.

[@jarhead565]

This is when there was a time where things were getting figured out social-wise and brilliant people had brains and people exceeded the standards of being an outstanding American thinking of things that would benefit for the good of this country, not for a corporate company. It's time like these that made America great, and it's no excuse to let ourselves grow lazier and lazier instead of excelling and making this country stronger.

[@FFF813]

im pretty sure that laziness isnt the issue, we place much more economic value on entertainment in america that science competitions tend to get the backseat on media coverage. there are brilliant kids who win those competitions, who go on to make intuitive leaps in the fields of science. just one of the many sad byproducts of our country is that unless we seek out their story, they may as well not exist in our eyes.

[@jarhead565]

I agree. We some how lost the knowledge of what's more important for our country and for the good of the people. That's why I stopped watching sports. After enlisting in the Army, I thought getting paid thousands of dollars just to throw pigskin across a field or a whacking a white-red stitching ball into the crowd or even simply lobbing an orange ball into a red hoop is the biggest disgrace in our country's history. I chuck rounds down range at the enemy, so that sport players can have the freedom to play, or giving the bystanders the freedom to get more drunk and not understand what's going on at all. And here we are getting paid technically under minimum wage as an E3 soldier. Where's the justice in that?

[@madmartagan100]

Ryan Heath Be careful which sports you include. With Pro Foot Ball I can't think of many instances where History has been changed because of it. But it is historical fact that professional sports teams, and individuals, has had an impact on the norms that peace time has given to us. Jackie Robinson may have not been the best Base Ball player, but his involvement in the sport, and the way he behaved helped spear head the Civil Rights movement. The reason why JR was able to even try out for the Major Leagues was because his superiors noticed that changes were being made in Basket Ball, and Foot Ball, at least on an academic level. It is not a far stretch of the imagination that it can be argued that those athletes who make millions of dollars a year, actually make the world a more peaceful place then it would be without them. I'm not saying I agree with what athletes say and do all the time, or really that their intentions are pure, but the same could be argued on the flip side for soldiers. They only difference between a pro athlete and a soldier is the pay check.

[@madmartagan100]

On the flip side, I did see this movie when it first came out. I think it's interesting how different things have been. Back then the Cole mines were dying, and the Space Programs was brand new. Now Nasa, and the main space groups have all but gone away, and people are now worried about if the US can sustain it's self if we went to war with the major Oil countries.

[@The20thCenturyLimited]

+Martha Wilder coal*

[@DazedMMJ87]

Such a great inspirational movie.

[@km_1911]

I tear up every time, love this movie

[@riadm270]

Me too 😢

[@sponky475]

I love how he's not really taking anything in while all these people are standing around him, clapping and cheering

[@duckyduck6563]

0:38 this smile ahh 🥺

[@anibaldk]

- What did he say to you? - He said "Ze Führer would be stoltz auf dich" - ...

[@arbCannons3395]

This was one of my favorite movies when I was a kid.

[@joejackson4202]

An indescribably great film.

[@luqp9834]

Jake Gylenhall should won an Oscar for this award.😁

[@mynameisralfbob2276]

Did this in jr high. Won 2nd place three years in a row.. didn’t get to go to any of the competitions.. Thanks mom and dad.. your really awsome!

[@charliedallachie3539]

Hopefully STEM becomes popular in the US again

[@forrestgumball]

Nah bro, gotta get some school funding into gender studies lol

[@shankarsubramaniam1779]

It is always been in U.S., just that it is showing up in Tech field. The world would be wondering what would they be doing with their life if the top 5 tech companies didn't exist

[@klausledda5903]

1:19 that's Dr. von Braun homer!!!!

[@Stuff8522]

I'm not an aeronautical genius. If I had the honor of Wernher von Braun shaking my hand and I missed it, I honestly don't know if I could've handled that fact. Starstruck is a helluva feeling, and I'm glad that I won't have to deal with that burden in my life.

[@RandomStuff-he7lu]

Don't say that he's hypocritical, Say rather that he's apolitical. "Once the rockets are up, Who cares where they come down? That's not my department," Says Wernher von Braun.

[@Jaachi_Aaron-CJ041]

I always wanted to go back to school with my friends to make a comedy or drama movie but I still need to catch up with my grades so I am willing to graduate until next year. 🙂

[@jenniferann7212]

This scene always makes me tear up.

[@TheCattyKid]

When they played "Desert Island" in that episode of The Office...this is always the first movie I think of on my list...

[@fernandotocoapaza1653]

mi película favorita no me canso de verla una y otra vez (aunque se me hace muy difícil encontrarla) la historia, la música los personajes son perfectos.

[@josueg.2964]

Es una obra maestra

[@IMadeYouUpsetHuh]

Can you imagine bumping into your idol & not even knowing it

[@steves2694]

Portions filmed near my house in Oliver Springs, TN. Still looks like the 50's there.

[@DeckardCain1986]

The man giving the prizes looks like Sergei Korolev

[@captain_hat6247]

1:24-1:32 Great job, Don.

[@falcon3268]

A lot better than some photograph

[@Jodie1396]

1:25 - 1:32 That's my spanish teacher!!! I love this movie!:D

[@alec4672]

1:18 I never realized that was Warner von Braun

[@8HumblePie]

Prodigious!

[@sauldesantiago2699]

Una vez gane un concurso en la prepa y el auditorio estaba lleno no. Podía creer que había ganado lo recuerdo y se siente algo similar a. Lo que. Pasa en. Esa escena

[@jamesramos8952]

It’s crazy watching this now after learning about operation paper clip

[@editingman95]

Mysterio & Mr. ditkovich

[@DragoonEnNoir]

Being from smaller rural communities doesn't make people any less intelligent

[@cxdion]

I go into public in disguise so no one knows when they meet me

[@marcmaza2821]

True story movie vibe days!

[@Fhebio]

your teacher meeted Jake Gyllenhaal. OH MY FUCKING GOD.

[@johnlayfield9778]

im in love with this movie

[@JaumePlumbPlanas]

I love this movie

[@debasishdhar8436]

One of the best movies I have seen

[@troydixson8097]

Time

[@sirsamalot90]

Pretty sure Von Braun said Heil Homer.

[@sandyrollinsuhomefromthisi7373]

Great movie

[@Noliving]

And to think he would go on robbing banks and using ambulances.

[@JohnDoe____]

Ahhh... Back when it wasn't known that Herr Werner directed a concentration camp... It is said that he felt pretty bad after the war. Hope it's true

[@suityboi2126]

Source?

[@JohnDoe____]

@@suityboi2126 Take your back to a freaking library you doofus. I won't send you the 13 pages of my history lessons.

[@jayzandstra1830]

he oversaw production at the camp your most likely referring to. something that was done by most countries including yours. didn't america have labour camps for multiple specific ethnic groups during its existence? russia had and still has enough. im sure he didn't lose any sleep from his involvement lol.

[@suityboi2126]

@@JohnDoe____ so you don't have a source

[@JohnDoe____]

@@suityboi2126 Dora Nordhausen Don't know why I would help you.

[@troydixson8097]

Volunteer ems

[@eklavya80]

Look at the new generation of America who said education is nothing

[@MrBaseball101010]

i heard you met your big hee-ro ..... didn't even know it

[@falcon3268]

His father was somewhat jealous of the fact that his son looked up to the man of the rocket age.

[@JWagsWasHere]

He may be a great man, but he ain't my hero.

[@nathanhammond666]

Still is

[@LuisRivera-pe2dv]

I wonder who stole his things from his demostración

[@tronghai55]

Either in technical fields or space, when there is a failure it always begins with a man failure to do the right job and bees always swirl around honey but in the end they lose their wings...... Just like Jean Luc montagnier the founder of the test Elisa for Aids who said =I didn't make it the first time and I had to redo a thousands times till then.

[@josecepeda8117]

If you don't have anything good to say. Just keep bad comments to yourself. This is a kids movie.

[@lonniedaniels125]

They created the McDowell county space administration.

[@toolgatefilms]

best movie scene ever.

[@eldrugoalex]

Things like these were what made America great in first place. Now, they decide to not believe in science like if they were talking about religion.

[@ColeForged]

Operation paperclip

[@Tesseract1887]

The sad thing is that even though he is a huge space fan he does not know what wernher von braun looks like I mean even I know what wernher con braun look like and he died before I was even born

[@ben9144]

He knew what he looked like; earlier in the film von Braun mailed him an autographed photo which was then stolen from Homer's exhibit. He was in such a daze and so caught up in the excitement from winning and being swamped by people that he simply didn't see him.

[@Tesseract1887]

Ben Chelemer even then I feel like that's a bit far fetched, I mean that's just something you miss, I mean I don't care what is going on when you meet someone like von braun you recognize it, I mean that is like saying you met the president or something like that. I mean the man was a legend, and really still is, it's just not sowmthing you miss.

[@Tiisiphone]

I believe he's so overwhelmed by the situation that he's barely aware of his surroundings. When I defended my thesis my dad was attending, it was a surprise since I didn't knew he was coming. I never noticed him until the end, I was lost in my own world.

[@angryviking8808]

How could you not he’s got a giant dueling scar on his face

[@mtpc2015]

@@ben9144 Yes, he was overwhelmed and didn't expect to win and let alone Virginia Tech offered him a scholarship right after he won.

[@affannasruddinroshidi1735]

This movie spark my interest to be a rocket scientist. even tough it seems hopeless now, but hey, I still pursuing my study in another science field; biology.

[@blu7855]

well, at least there is one asian kid 1:34

[@ranjirhodes]

Does this movie use Appollo 13's background music ?

[@AudioArcturia]

It's just a common mode used in this kind of movie: Apollo 13, October Sky, and a few others. James Horner had a habit of changing film scoring norms much in the same way Zimmer did in the 2010s. Mark Isham (this movie's composer) is an excellent orchestrator, and I imagine he took a few cue ideas from Apollo 13's themes for the sake of consistency.

[@cherukurisaitharun5012]

Now American schools are giving first prizes for being identifying themselves 😂

[@009munkleys]

Back when mankind rooted for each other not try to steal the thunder or sabotage each other. 90s were the last golden age. Now we’re dumb and some can’t define what a woman is. My gawd aliens will never visit us lol we’re too stupid

[@Imabookworm1]

Great movie but how just.. **insert Karen comment abt how many major plot points were skipped**

[@KrisLI1408]

Sound like Arnold

[@vaughnvail5279]

kris lee i think that was werhner von braun

[@rutger5000]

I mean Von Braun was an amazing scientist. But I'd feel all sorts of conflicted shaking his hand.

[@chuckd5877]

Von Braun was all about the science and the advancement of the human race. Nothing wrong with that.

[@rutger5000]

@@chuckd5877 And he had no objection using his genius to bomb cities. And I don't think he'd feel conficlited about nuking cities either had it been a possibility for his side.

[@jayzandstra1830]

@@rutger5000 nobody had any objection to bomb cities back then buddy. why do you think the USA used incendiary bombs on purpose in warm wooden cities from japan? america russia england hell everybody has gallons of blood on their hands if we talk about that.

[@rutger5000]

@@jayzandstra1830 Past lack of morality within a society isn't an excuse for personal moral failures.

[@rogeryoung9934]

@@rutger5000 Then you've got a lot to learn, kid

[@tommyhall2]

thats mine too!! this is Tommy who are you lol

[@aruanamic8766]

liked the book better

[@patsik182]

Then you learn that Von Braun, Richkey, Axster and the like used slaves from Dora to be worked to death at Mittelwerk complex making these rockets

[@isaacpiper510]

Wtf did my teacher want me to watch this for tho?

[@traviro3329]

This is back when white kids actually won these types of competitions instead of asians and Indian kids lol

[@dodgeplow]

Before they felt entitled to everything in society