October Sky (1999, USA) C-108m. SCOPE *** D: Joe Johnston. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern, Chris Owen, William Lee Scott, Chad Lindberg. Good drama set in 1957, where a 17-year-old teen (Gyllenhaal) is inspired by the launch of Sputnik to become a rocket scientist. He makes experiments with his friends against the will of his father, who would rather see his son as a coalminer like him. Good performances, fine score (by Mark Isham), this is a very American movie, with a typical emotional crescendo at the end. Based on the book by Homer H. Hickam Jr.