October Sky

Summary


This movie is based on a true story which takes place in

Coalwood,

West Virginia in 1957. The movie October Sky begins with the launching

of Sputnik. Ms. Riley's class sits and listens as Sputnik flies

through outerspace. This captures the attention of a student named

Quentin. Quentin is not liked by most of the other students because

he is smart and considered a "geek". After seeing Quentin's passion

for science and rocket building fellow student Homer Hickam Jr.

becomes interested. Homer asks Quentin one day in lunch if he

could teach him everything he knew about rocket building. This upset his

friends Roy Lee and Odell because they believed talking to Quentin could

be devastating to their reputation. Finally, Homer convinced his friends to

help. They began to build rockets and try new and effective ways to

get them to fly. In the process, they blew up Elsie's (Homer's Mom) new

picket fence....