“Sometimes one dream is enough to light up the whole sky.”
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.
Director
Writers
Lewis Colick, Homer H. Hickam Jr.
Budget
$25,000,000
Revenue
$34,698,685
Homer Hickam
John Hickam
Quentin Wilson
Miss Riley
Roy Lee
O'Dell
Elsie Hickam
Ike Bykovsky
Principal Turner
Jim Hickam
Leon Bolden
Dorothy Platt