Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes.
- small town
- based on novel or book
- parent child relationship
- satellite
- biography
- based on true story
- rocket
- west virginia
- mining accident
- teacher
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- William Lee Scott — Roy Lee
- Chad Lindberg — O'Dell
- Natalie Canerday — Elsie Hickam
- Elya Baskin — Ike Bykovsky
- Chris Ellis — Principal Turner
- Scott Thomas — Jim Hickam
- Randy Stripling — Leon Bolden
- Courtney Cole-Fendley — Dorothy Platt
- David Dwyer — Jake Mosby
- Terry Loughlin — Mr. Dantzler
- Kaili Hollister — Valentine Carmina
- Directed
- Joe Johnston
- Written
- Lewis Colick
Production
- Rating
- 7.7 / 10 · 1,490 ratings
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
