Genres: Biography, Drama, Family

Keywords: tmdb.based-on-novel-or-book, tmdb.parent-child-relationship, tmdb.small-town, tmdb.satellite, tmdb.biography, tmdb.rocket, tmdb.west-virginia + 193 more, tmdb.mining-accident, tmdb.teacher, tmdb.coal-mine, tmdb.1950s, tmdb.sputnik, tmdb.rocketry, mdblist.certified-fresh, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.miner, imdb.school-gymnasium, imdb.watching-tv, imdb.lens-flare, imdb.rolodex, imdb.dirty-face, imdb.science-fair-project, imdb.chemistry-lesson, imdb.stray-rocket, imdb.moonshine, imdb.rural-town, imdb.depleted-mine, imdb.rocket-launch, imdb.mine-shaft, imdb.national-science-fair, imdb.bus-journey, imdb.montage, imdb.miner-s-strike, imdb.hospital-visit, imdb.signed-photograph, imdb.17-year-old, imdb.18th-birthday, imdb.alcohol, imdb.rocket, imdb.hope, imdb.competition, imdb.nerd, imdb.theft, imdb.jealousy, imdb.scientist, imdb.drunkenness, imdb.hero, imdb.friendship, imdb.train, imdb.principal, imdb.police-officer, imdb.telephone-call, imdb.mining-town, imdb.earthquake, imdb.car-trouble, imdb.abusive-stepfather, imdb.1950s, imdb.high-school-student, imdb.coal-miner, imdb.letter, imdb.high-school-teacher, imdb.arrest, imdb.radio-broadcast, mdblist.ext.2k-blu-ray, imdb.original-author-as-character, imdb.cigarette-smoking, imdb.docudrama-drama, imdb.domestic-drama, imdb.teen-drama, imdb.period-drama, imdb.coming-of-age-drama, imdb.husband-wife-relationship, imdb.jet-propulsion, imdb.wernher-von-braun-character, imdb.college-scholarship, imdb.homemade-rocket, imdb.obsession, imdb.high-school-principal, imdb.cameo-appearance, imdb.bigger-dreams, imdb.18-year-old-boy, imdb.homer-hickam-character, imdb.18-year-old, imdb.rocket-design, imdb.cameo-appearance-by-special-effects-supervisor, imdb.female-teacher, imdb.17-year-old-boy, imdb.rural-setting, imdb.coal, imdb.sputnik, imdb.mining, imdb.mine, imdb.science, imdb.friend, imdb.science-fair, imdb.high-school, imdb.college, imdb.coal-mine, imdb.rocketry, imdb.satellite, imdb.west-virginia, imdb.scholarship, imdb.gym, imdb.pushing-a-vehicle, imdb.underdog, imdb.cold-war-era, imdb.triumph, imdb.train-track, imdb.cold-war, imdb.bomb, imdb.mining-accident, imdb.mine-collapse, imdb.cafeteria, imdb.chemistry-class, imdb.welder, imdb.steel, imdb.launchpad, imdb.home-movie, imdb.45-recording, imdb.recording, imdb.record-player, imdb.dancing, imdb.dancer, imdb.dance, imdb.vanguard-rocket, imdb.african-american, imdb.chinese, imdb.basement, imdb.guided-missile, imdb.layoff, imdb.labor-strike, imdb.demonstration, imdb.rocket-launching, imdb.barber, imdb.teenage-boy, imdb.year-1957, imdb.coalwood-west-virginia, imdb.coal-industry, imdb.wheelchair, imdb.crying, imdb.telephone, imdb.forest, imdb.woods, imdb.fire, imdb.bus, imdb.shooting-a-car, imdb.target-practice, imdb.rifle, imdb.rain, imdb.cement, imdb.robbery, imdb.determination, imdb.geek, imdb.death, imdb.marching-band, imdb.football-coach, imdb.coach, imdb.football-player, imdb.football-practice, imdb.football-field, imdb.high-school-football, imdb.car-radio, imdb.radio-news, imdb.radio, imdb.listening-to-a-radio, imdb.classroom, imdb.class, imdb.teacher-student-relationship, imdb.rocket-scientist, imdb.headlamp, imdb.abuse, imdb.month-in-title, imdb.space-race, imdb.space-satellite, imdb.historical-event, imdb.aerospace-industry, imdb.mother-son-relationship, imdb.labor-union, imdb.indianapolis-indiana, imdb.hospital, imdb.hodgkin-s-disease, imdb.handcuffs, imdb.german, imdb.forest-fire, imdb.american-football, imdb.fence, imdb.explosion, imdb.coal-mining, imdb.brother-brother-relationship, imdb.mathematics, imdb.mine-disaster, imdb.generation-gap, imdb.calculus, imdb.appalachia, imdb.small-town, imdb.father-son-relationship, imdb.death-of-father, imdb.based-on-true-story, imdb.based-on-novel, imdb.title-spoken-by-character

Production companies: Universal Pictures

Country: United States
Languages: English