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October Sky Quotes

"Sometimes one dream is enough to light up the whole sky."

PG 1999 · 1h 47m
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8 quotes
October Sky
A Town's Secrets and Rumors
Freida Riley Homer, I was in the store today, and I heard some talk. Boy, it's sure hard to keep a secret in this town, isn't it? But I guess I did a pretty good job. You know, there's a rumor going around that I've been sneaking off to Welch to see some beau. I wish that rumor'd been true.
Homer Hickam Jr Yeah.
Freida They told me Hodgkin's can go into remission, so I might have some time.
Homer Is there anything I can do, Miss Riley?
Freida You can accept my apology.
Homer For what?
Freida My life's work is teaching. And I believed that if you boys won that science fair, got scholarships, went off and did something great with your lives, somehow my life would have counted for something. Homer. You know what? Sometimes you really can't listen to what anybody else says. You just gotta listen inside. You're not supposed to end up in those mines. You know why? Cause I think you made other plans. I want you to know something. I'm proud of you.
Homer I am.
Freida Whatever you choose.
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October Sky
Struggle Between Pride and Responsibility
John Elsie, I don't have the power to settle this strike.
Elsie The bosses listen to you. They'll do what you tell them.
John I'm not gonna crawl on my belly in front of those miserable union rats.
Elsie Is that what this is about? Is this about your pride?
John It's about what's best for Coalwood. If this mine doesn't produce, then the town dies. Think the union gives a damn about that? They're nothin but a bunch of greedy sons of bitches...
Elsie Shut up. Just shut up. Homer once said you love the mine more than your own family. I stuck up for you because I didn't want to believe it. Homer has gotten a lot of help from the people in this town. They've helped him build his rockets. They've watched him fly em. But not you, John. You never showed up, not even once. I'm not asking you to believe in it, but he's your son, for God's sake, John. And I am asking you to help him. If you don't, I'll leave you. I'll do whatever it takes to get away from here. I will work, if that's what it takes. I'll live in a tree to get away from you. Don't think I won't.
[John is silent]
John Where would you go?
Elsie Myrtle Beach.
[leaves room in tears]
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October Sky
Discussion of Scholarship Opportunities
Official 1 Tom Webster of Virginia State College. I wanna talk to you about a scholarship.
[slips him calling card and pats him in the back]
Official 2 Jack Palmer, ]. We got the best science program in the state, buddy, okay?
[shakes his hand and slips calling card; [w:Virginia Tech|Virginia Tech]
Man Congratulations, son. Good luck to you.
[shakes Homer's hand; in German accent; leaves as Homer walks on]
Official 3 What did he say to you?
Homer Hickam Jr What did who say?
Official 3 Von Braun. That was ]. You just shook his hand!
[[Wernher von Braun; Homer tries to look back and see von Braun, but couldn't amidst the crowd]
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October Sky
The Train Moves Along Its Track
Taglines The train is moves was a track.
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October Sky
A Dream Can Illuminate the Sky
Taglines Sometimes, one dream is enough to light up the whole sky.
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October Sky
Classroom Dispute Over Rocket Experiment
Principal Turner In the first place, you are not a member of this classroom.
Homer Hickam Jr Neither are you, Mr. Turner.
[students chuckle]
Freida Riley Why don't you let the boy defend himself?
Turner And in the second place, this rocket proves nothing. You've already admitted having lost a number of your rockets. You cannot prove conclusively that another one of them didn't start that fire.
Hickam Yes, I can.
[starts drawing diagram of rocket trajectory]
Turner Are we to conclude, Mr. Hickam, that since leaving school, you've not only become an expert in rocket science, but in the field of trigonometry?
Hickam I didn't say that I was a rock-
Turner Obviously, you learned more in the coal mines than you did in high school.
[students chuckle again]
Riley Let the boy talk. Go ahead, Homer.
Hickam Now, that fire was near Welch, just under three miles from our launch pad. And at the time of the fire, the best that we could do was 1.2 miles which is exactly where we found that rocket, Mr. Turner. See, Mr. Turner, that rocket fell for about 14 seconds, which means that it flew to an altitude of 3,000 feet according to the equation "S" equals one-half "A" "T" squared. Where "S" is the altitude, "A" is the gravity constant or 32 and "T" is the time it took for that rocket to come back down. Velocity equals acceleration times time.
[Explains diagram; writes on blackboard]
Quentin Wilson Get him, Homer, get him.
[mutters]
Hickam Are you following this, Mr. Turner?
[students laugh again]
Turner All right, we're all duly impressed. But do you mind telling me, if you did not start that fire, who did?
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October Sky
Discussion on Rocket Launch Conditions
Homer Hickam Jr Hey, was there a wind that day?
[thinks for a moment]
Quentin Wilson Uh, I don't remember.
Homer Cause if there was, the wind probably came from the west, which means that it would've pushed the rocket...'...right there.
[raises his hand to point in the relative direction, then looks and slowly smiles]
Quentin Prodigious!
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October Sky
Tensions Rise Among Family Members
John Hickam Hey, hey, don't trouble yourself, Homer. You got more important things to worry about. Just go look for your suitcase.
[derisively]
Jim Hickam Forget about it, Homer.
Homer Hickam Shut up, Jim! Listen, I'm sorry about what's going on here but it isn't my fault! What do you want from me anyway?
[furiously goes back into house and angrily confronts his father]
John Better watch yourself, Homer.
Homer If I win at Indianapolis, maybe I can go to college, maybe even get a job at Cape Canaveral! There's nothing here for me! The town is dying, even the mine is dying...EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT BUT YOU!
John You want to get out so bad, then go. Go!
[incensed]
Homer Yeah, I'll go! Yeah, I'll go!
John GO! GO!
Homer And I'll be gone forever! I won't even look back!!!!
[angrily gets out and violently slams door behind him]
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