october sky be a film that will steal your heart and fill your mind with vivid imagery and and lift your spirit . the tale of homer hickham and his dream of create a rocket seem so simple at first and especially when the film be set in a mining town and where the future be a clear cut a the lump of coal in the mine . but homer can not follow in his father footstep . with the encouragement of miss riley and ( a friendly teacher ) and member of his father staff and and his friend and homer attempt to make his dream a reality . yet a in any true to life story and there be many stop along the way . director joe johnston lower u into the coal mine and where we witness the chill plight of miner stoop beneath a ceiling of rock . with lit helmet and bent posture and they resemble alien insectoids more than human in the darkness . the hack cough of the miner and the blackened face be a constant reminder of the danger the miner face in their work . contrast the mine shaft lugubrious load be the image of homer and his friend rocket launch . underneath the blue bowl of sky and rocket be place upon a pad and launch into the stratosphere . and nothing can match the scene when homer see sputnik for the first time . yet what make the film so endearing be the relationship between the character . homer father be a classic harden man . but he have a soft side as well . we see that he do love his son and despite their many argument . the love and support of miss riley be evident as well . best of all and the film be uncomfortable . it doesn not tie everything up in a nice bow . it tear at you and lift you up . it keep an air of reality and which be important in a film like this . this film can be consider a complete work . at first and i be disappoint that the film do not continue with homer life . i do not want it to end . then i realize . that what a good film do to a person . if it have do it job and you would not want it to end . and october sky accomplishes just that .