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Spotlight on Location: October Sky (1999)
Video | 12 min | Documentary, Short

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Spotlight on Location: October Sky (1999)

Video | 12 min | Documentary, Short

Year 1957: the Soviets launch Sputnik in space. A young student from a small village in West Virginia gets fascinated & inspired by the technology progress and decides to get to know everything about missiles & aircrafts.

Producer

Christopher Sliney

Editor

Mike Deisinger

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Updated Apr 30, 1999

Release date

Apr 1999 (United States)

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13 cast members

Name	Known for
Homer H. Hickam Jr. Self Self See fewer	October Sky (1999)
Joe Johnston Self Self See fewer	Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Charles Gordon Self Self See fewer	Waterworld (1995)
Jake Gyllenhaal Self / Homer Hickam Self / Homer Hickam See fewer	Nightcrawler (2014)
Laura Dern Self / Miss Riley Self / Miss Riley See fewer	Jurassic Park (1993)
Chris Cooper Self / John Hickam Self / John Hickam See fewer	Adaptation. (2002)
Natalie Canerday Elsie Hickam Elsie Hickam See fewer	Sling Blade (1996)
Chris Ellis Principal Turner Principal Turner See fewer	Armageddon (1998)
Chad Lindberg Self / O'Dell Self / O'Dell See fewer	The Fast and the Furious (2001)
O. Winston Link Locomotive Engineer Locomotive Engineer See fewer	October Sky (1999)
Chris Owen Self / Quentin Self / Quentin See fewer	The Mist (2007)
William Lee Scott Self / Roy Lee Self / Roy Lee See fewer	The Butterfly Effect (2004)
Scott Thomas Jim Hickam (as Scott Miles) Jim Hickam (as Scott Miles) See fewer	October Sky (1999)