Coalwood, West Virginia, 1957. Working in the coal mines is an inescapable way of life in this small town. When high schooler Homer Hickam, Jr. (Jake Gyllenhaal) sees the ..

Running from a series of killings in Los Angeles, three fugitives head for Star City, Arkansas, where the hot dog local sheriff and two Los Angeles detectives await them.

Based on the memoir "Rocket Boys" by Homer¬?H. Hickam Jr., "October Sky" emerged as one of the most delightful sleepers of 1999--a small miracle of good ol' fashioned movi..