7/7/2023 0 Comments John hickam october sky![]() ![]() But, this film had a very special significance for me: in 1957, I was the same age as Homer Hickham like him, I looked up at the night stars to watch Sputnik as it scudded across the blackness like Homer also, I experimented with rocketry in my backyard and used even the exact same chemicals for fuel and like Homer, I also had most of my attempts end in explosive disaster! What fun it was. It's a fine story, with very believable people (well, it's based upon the author's early shenanigans with rocketry), a great cast Chris Cooper is always good, and Laura Dern is always on my watch list with the appropriate mix of humor, pathos, excitement.and the great sound track with so many rock n roll oldies to get the feet tapping. That's not to denigrate this film at all. I feel sure that, if he lands some meaty roles, he'll crack an Oscar one day. Like Clive Owen, he has an intensity (and he even resembles Owen somewhat) that just oozes from the screen. I first saw Jake Gyllenhaal in Jarhead (2005) a little while back and, since then, I've been watching every one of his movies that arrives on my radar screen. ![]()
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