7.7 / 10
(1,252 votes)
Based on 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, and eventually became a NASA scientist.
United States of America
Drama,
Family
108 minutes
1999
Joe Johnston
Universal Pictures
$25,000,000
$34,698,685
1941
5.0
1997
6.3
1984
6.8
1967
7.3
1994
6.6
1989
6.3
2011
5.9
2005
7.2
1962
0.0
2017
0.0
2004
4.8
1985
7.2
1996
6.1
2007
6.6
2008
7.6
2008
7.0
2004
5.0
2000
6.8
2008
6.7
2008
6.8