Cinematic background from October Sky 1999 - Based on 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, and eventually became a NASA scientist.

October Sky

1999

Biography, Drama, Family

Directors:
Joe Johnston
Writers:
Lewis Colick, Homer H. Hickam Jr.
Official poster of October Sky 1999 directed by [object Object]
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A couple of men standing next to each other on top of a field; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – Three men standing next to each other in front of a car; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A woman in a suit and a red tie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A woman walking down a street in the rain; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – Two men standing next to each other on a dirt road; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A group of young people riding in a car; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A man in a suit and tie looking down; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – Two people looking at a book in a room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A woman's face in front of a group of people; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A man in a brown jacket talking to another man in a brown jacket; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A man wearing a hard hat talking to another man in front of a building; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A woman talking on a phone while sitting in a room; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A young man in a brown shirt and a man in a suit; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A man is speaking at a microphone in front of a crowd; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A woman in a brown jacket standing in front of a car; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – Two young men sitting next to each other in a vehicle; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A man sitting at a table in front of a laptop computer; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A person wearing a red shirt; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A young man holding a medal in his hand; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A man with glasses is holding a piece of paper; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A man sitting in front of a tv in a dark room; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A young man in a plaid shirt and a jacket; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A young man is looking into the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A person wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – Two young men sitting at a dinner table; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A person wearing a jacket; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A man with a hard hat looking out of a jail cell; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A young man looking off into the distance; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A woman's face in the dark; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A woman standing in front of a group of people; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A woman looking up at the sky with her eyes wide open; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A young woman with short brown hair wearing a white shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A young man standing in front of a group of people; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A person with a crowd in the background; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A person with a bruise on his face; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A rocket is flying through the air with smoke coming out of it; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A group of men standing in front of each other in a room; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A crowd of people watching a rocket launch; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A group of men standing next to each other; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A person looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A person wearing a white shirt; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A person wearing a hard hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A person wearing a white shirt; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A person wearing a shirt; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A person wearing a red shirt; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A group of people sitting at a table eating food; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A young man wearing glasses and a blue jacket; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A person wearing a jacket; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A man standing next to a man reading a book; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A young man sitting in front of a tree; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A group of young football players in a field; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A man in a sweater holding a pair of chopsticks in his hand; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A group of people standing in the rain under an umbrella; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A young man in a plaid shirt is looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A man and a woman sitting in the back of a car at night; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A man with a goatee looking into the distance; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A man with glasses smiling for the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A group of people standing on top of a dirt field; Extreme Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A man wearing a hard hat talking to another man; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A young man standing in front of power lines; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A person wearing a jacket; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A group of people standing next to an old car; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – Two men standing next to each other on a field; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – Two men standing in front of a fire pit at night; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A young man looking at another man with a helmet on; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A group of people sitting in a classroom; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – Two men sitting in the back of a truck; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – Two young men standing next to each other in front of a house; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A man in a tan shirt is sitting in a room; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A young man in a blue and white plaid shirt looks to his left; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A woman standing in front of a group of people; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A young man in a brown jacket looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A man sitting on top of a couch in front of a window; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A woman is laying in a bed with a smile on her face; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A person wearing a football helmet; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A man in a hard hat talking to another man in a blue shirt; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A young man wearing glasses and smiling for the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A young man is looking into the distance in the woods; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A man standing in a field with trees in the background; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A group of people standing in front of a parked bus; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A group of people sitting at a table with food; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – Two young men standing next to each other in front of a table; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A person laying in a bed; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A woman with a ponytail smiling for the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A man in a plaid shirt is talking to a woman; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A young man in a plaid shirt is looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A group of men sitting on top of train tracks; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – Two people are walking in a field near a forest; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A man wearing a suit and tie looking up; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A man sitting at a table writing on a piece of paper; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A young woman in a white shirt and a blue jacket; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A person wearing a blue shirt; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A person wearing a shirt; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A young man holding a cardboard box and a wooden spoon; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A person wearing a jacket; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A young girl smiling for the camera with a crowd in the background; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “October Sky” (1999), directed by Joe Johnston – A man and a woman talking to each other; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle