October Sky (1999)

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Basic facts

Original title October Sky
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 7
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1999-11-26

Cast

Jake Gyllenhaal
Homer Hickam

Chris Cooper
John Hickam

William Lee Scott
Roy Lee Cook

Chris Owen
Quentin Wilson

Chad Lindberg
Sherman O'Dell

Natalie Canerday
Elsie Hickam

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Links and resources

Download the study guide for this film (in Swedish)

Titles

Original title
  • October Sky
Swedish release title
  • October Sky

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Executive Producer

Cast

Jake Gyllenhaal Homer Hickam
Chris Cooper John Hickam
William Lee Scott Roy Lee Cook
Chris Owen Quentin Wilson
Chad Lindberg Sherman O'Dell
Natalie Canerday Elsie Hickam
Elya Baskin Ike Bykovsky
Chris Ellis rektor Turner
Laura Dern Miss Freida Riley
Scott Miles Jim Hickam
Randolph B. Stripling (as Randy Stripling) Leon Bolden
Courtney Fendley Dorothy Platt
David Dwyer Jake Mosby
Terry Loughlin Mr. Dantzler
Kaili Hollister Valentina Carmina
David Copeland tränare Gainer
Don Henderson Baker Jensen
Tommy Smeltzer man vid gruvan
Tom Kagy Lenny
Brady Coleman Anderson
Rick Forrester Roper
Terrence Gibney Basil Thorpe
Doug Swander pojken i corvetten
Keeli Hale Kimbro flickan i corvetten
Mark Jeffrey Miller Vernon
Blaque Fowler kyrkoherden
Don Tilley räddningsarbetaren
Rockford Davis kemiläraren
John Bennes läkaren
Jonathan Fawbush Barney
Larry Black Fred Smith
Frank Schuler hembrännaren
Charles Lawlor gruvarbetare
Tom Turbiville gruvarbetare
Ida Ginn Quentins mor
Richard Lumpkin domaren i Welch
Mark Whitman fackföreningsman
Johnson Don Taylor fackföreningsman
Don G. Campbell Mr. Morris
Elizabeth Byler Ivy League-flickan
Bradford Ryan Lund Ivy League-pojken
Frank Hoyt Taylor domaren i Indy
David Hager huvuddomaren
Ray Elder Tom Webster
Andy Stahl Jack Palmer
Joey DiGaetano Wernher Von Braun
Thomas Taylor gruvarbetare i hissen
David Ducey en man i mängden
Jenny Patterson sköterskan
O. Winston Link lokomotivföraren

Companies

Production Company Universal Pictures
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) United International Pictures AB 1999

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 136320
Date 1999-09-01
Classification Allowed from age 7
Original length 2940 meters
Notes Aktlängder: 451-452-555-484-481-517


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 2.35:1 (Panavision)
Sound type Sound
Sound system Dolby Stereo
Colour type Colour
Colour system DeLuxe Color
Frames per second 24


Original work

Original title Rocket Boys (Biography)
Author Homer H. Hickam jr.


Release dates

First showing 1999-02-19 USA
Release in Sweden 1999-11-26 Saga Stockholm Sweden 107 min
TV showing 2004-09-15 SVT1 Sweden 103 min
2019-07-20 SVT1 Sweden
2019-11-16 SVT1 Sweden

Related films

The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) Cited in October Sky (1999)
Hail Columbia! (1982) Cited in October Sky (1999)

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Item base Polyester
Carrier type 35 mm


Holdings Scripts

Script type Cutting continuity
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print 13
Slides SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


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