Is october sky available to watch on canadian netflix. October sky by joe johnston stanley pham october sky after seeing sputnik 1 crossing the sky, homer hickam main character becomes interested in the rocket and begins building it with the help of his classmates and a teacher. Finally, october sky is a totally moving, and inspirational story that offers superb performances and drama that earns its emotional moments and deserved awards. I enjoyed to watch the movie because it had many lessons and touches on some issues such as building the rockets, in life with friends and family problems to solve. As homers mother, natalie canerday of sling blade shows more zest than even the niftiest schoolboy rocket launch can provide. My two favorites i worked on were october sky because of the wonderful people involved in front of and behind the camera. The natalie canerday story according to natalie by caroline damron on august 1, 2011. Especially, this movies teaching me that never giving up just following my dream.
Natalie canerday was born on march 9, 1962 in russellville, arkansas, usa as natalie suzanne canerday. The christian science monitor is an international news organization that delivers thoughtful, global coverage via its website, weekly magazine, online daily edition, and email newsletters. Canerday has been a longtime supporter and frequent guest of the. The russellvile native has been in multiple movies such as sling blade, october sky, walk the line, south of heaven west of hell, the rough south of larry brown, one false move, the boys of summerville, when i find the ocean, and many more. In my experience, people either love october sky, or have never heard of it.
Opening ceremonies for the 2009 october sky festival begin at 10 a. Natalie canerday played elsie hickam, offering maternal wisdom to homer as. Canerday, natalie 1962personalfull name, natalie suzanne canerday. Set in the 1950s, this reallife story tells of homer hickam, jr. A stand by me for space and science enthusiasts, the film features an excellent young cast, with jacob gyllenhaal, chris owen, and chad lindberg sharing the screen with veterans laura dern and chris cooper, the latter playing homers. Natalie also been in plenty of plays at theatres such as murrys dinner. Feb 19, 1999 as homers mother, natalie canerday of sling blade shows more zest than even the niftiest schoolboy rocket launching can provide. Joe johnstons sentimental film, based on nasa engineer homer hickams autobiographical the rocket boys, is a largely breezy, uplifting picture. Hickams books will be available for purchase at the festival. Capturing time and place with impeccable detail and superbly developed characters including laura dern as an inspiring schoolteacher, october sky is a family film for the ages, encouraging the highest potential of the human spirit while giving viewers a clear view of a bygone era when the final frontier beckoned to the explorer in all of us.
It was originally published under the title rocket boys in 1998. This section contains mature content and you need to be at least 17 years old. Jake gyllenhaal and laura dern star in october sky, a touching and inspirational drama thats based on a true story. The boyhood trials and tribulations of future nasa scientist homer hickham in 1950s west virginia, he and his friends bond over a mutual love of model rocket construction. Jake gyllenhaal, chris cooper, laura dern, chris owen, william lee scott, chad lindberg, natalie canerday, scott miles ii, randy. Natalie canerday played elsie hickam, offering maternal wisdom to homer as he butts heads with his father. Canerday and the cast of sling blade were nominated for best ensemble performance at the screen actors guild awards.
Of the fear generated when the commies put sputnik into orbit in 1957 and how that. Homer hickam said producers considered filming in the town of coalwood but the small, rural town did not have. Her bestknown roles are as alabamaborn lucas blacks mom in sling blade and alabama author homer hickams mom in october sky. Working in the coal mines is an inescapable way of life in this small town. October sky star to appear at coalwoods festival this. October sky directed by joe johnston available on vhs, blu. Upcoming, new, and past natalie canerday movies, tv shows, tv movies, appearances, specials, and more plus, a biography, news, awards, and nominations. She is known for her work on sling blade 1996, october sky 1999 and walk the line 2005. Korschverlag timer small 18 trend starry sky 18 month calendar 2020 october 2019 to march 2021 pocket calendar a6 with copper embossing one week on 1 page 9 cm x 14 cm. October sky actress natalie canerday on jake gyllenhaal. October sky star to appear at coalwoods festival this year. October sky is rated pg parental guidance suggested. Why was the movie called october sky instead of the books title, rocket boys. October sky the true story of homer hickam, a young boy trapped in a closeminded coalmining town in the 1950s.
Actor randy stripling to be a guest at october sky. Screen actors guild award nomination with others, outstanding performance by a cast, 1997, for sling blade. Jake gyllenhaal, chris cooper, laura dern, william lee scott, natalie canerday, chris owen, chad. We could list more about natalie and her life, but who better to tell her own story than the vibrant, honest and flavorful. This is the festival where youll usually find homer hickam and some of the original rocket boys in attendance. Jake gyllenhaal and laura dern star in this inspiring true story about a teenager living in a west virginia mining town who dares to reach for the stars after seeing the sputnik satellite. October sky is a 1999 american biographical drama film directed by joe johnston and starring jake gyllenhaal, chris cooper, chris owen, and laura dern. In an interview in 2014, natalie canerday recalled that gyllenhaal was tutored on.
October sky 1999 2017 bluray us release based on an extraordinary true story. It is also available in abridged audio book, electronic book, large print, and is a readers digest condensed book. A whirlwind christmas romance builds as cynical dash and optimistic lily trade notes in a book they pass back and forth in locations around new york. After earning a bachelor of arts degree in theatre in 1985 from hendrix college where she performed in plays with hermans head star william ragsdale, she began her motion picture career as a production secretary for the. I also loved working on an independent feature in north carolina. October sky 1999 pg 1h 47m dramas based on books inspired by soviet satellite sputnik streaking across the heavens in 1957, a teenager builds a rocket to compete for a science fair scholarship. Posted jul 23, 2014 natalie canerday interview on october sky 7. Essentially, october sky is another universal pictures paintbynumbers feelgooder, in which homer and his friends decide to win a national science fair for their little town and, ultimately.
Natalie canerday is an actress, born and raised in russellville arkansas. October sky the title on the mass market movie tiein version of the bestselling the rocket boys is the first memoir in a series of four, by homer hickam jr. Rocket boys, his capraesque autobiography, has been turned into a similarly mistyeyed. When sputnik is successfully launched, homer becomes obsessed with the concept of rocket launching. It is also available in abridged audio book, electronic book, large print, and is. For the memoir by homer hickam, see october sky book.
She is known for her work on sling blade 1996, october sky. October sky special edition, widescreen, subtitled, dubbed. Natalie canerday is a native arkansan, a fabulous person and a sensational actress. The title of the paperback released at the same time was changed to the movie title, which is an anagram of rocket boys take the letters of rocket boys and move them around to spell october sky. Jake gyllenhaal, laura dern, chris cooper, chris owen, william lee scott, chad lindberg, natalie canerday, elya baskin, chris ellis, joe johnston, charles. October sky is a 1999 american biographical film directed by joe johnston, starring jake gyllenhaal, chris cooper and laura dern.
The 2011 october sky festival was the last october sky festival held in coalwood. Who are the main characters in october sky answers. October sky is a 1999 american biographical drama film directed by joe johnston and starring. Find natalie canerday movies, filmography, bio, co stars, photos, news and tweets. Chad lindberg, chris owen, william lee scott, natalie canerday, scott. When sputnik is successfully launched, homer becomes obsessed with the concept of. I am a sucker for dramas with true life characters, especially those that are based on true events.
October sky still stands out to me among all those if only because it accomplishes one thing that no other movie alone could do. Natalie canerday elsie hickam and randy stripling leon bolden along with nasa shuttle astronauts thomas jones and bill readdy. October sky 1999 is not available on netflix in australia, but you may still be able to watch it with the steps below. In previous years, october sky cast members scott miles jim hickam and natalie canerday elsie hickam attended the festival as vip guests, along with nasa shuttle astronauts thomas jones and. Starring laura dern, natalie canerday, chad lindberg, chris owen, william lee scott, chris cooper, jake. It is based on the true story of homer hickam, a coal miners son who was inspired by the launch of sputnik 1 in 1957 to take up rocketry against his fathers wishes, and who eventually became a nasa engineer. October sky actress natalie canerday on jake gyllenhaal, chris. October sky i was seven years old when i joined my awestruck neighbors in searching the skies for sputnik back in the cool autumn nights of 1957. As october skies opens the russian satellite glides through the evening expanse in the drab west virginia mining town of coalwood, eyes point upward and ears squeeze every ounce of information from pretransistor radios about the foreign, silent. Starring laura dern, natalie canerday, chad lindberg, chris owen, william lee scott, chris cooper and jake gyllenhaal.
After appearing in his 1991 effort one false move, natalie landed the unforgettable role of linda in his landmark 1996 picture sling blade. Natalie canerday as elsie hickam, left, and chris cooper as john hickam in october sky. Natalie canerday was born on march 9, 1962 in russellville, arkansas, usa as natalie suzanne. She is best known for her role as linda wheatley in billy bob thorntons movie sling blade and has also been a part of over 30 films and dozens of plays throughout her career. A stand by me for space and science enthusiasts, the film features an excellent young cast, with jacob gyllenhaal, chris owen, and chad lindberg sharing the screen with veterans laura dern and chris cooper, the latter playing. Natalie canerday timeline featuring movies and other. At its widest theater release, 1,702 theaters were showing the movie. October sky is also one of my alltime favourite film of all time.
October sky actress natalie canerday on jake gyllenhaal, chris cooper, films legacy 15 years after debut updated jan, 2019. October sky here is all the information you need about october sky on canadian netflix. Natalie canerday started her career out in neil simons 1988 outing biloxi blues, but it has been her longstanding relationship with billy bob thornton that has given her the most opportunities in her career. Buy october sky directed by joe johnston online at alibris. October sky, by homer hiram, was published in 1999. October sky by joe johnston jake gyllenhaal, chris cooper. October sky is a great movies which is based on the truth story of homer hickam.
Jake gyllenhaal, laura dern, chris cooper, chris owen, william lee scott, chad lindberg, natalie canerday, elya baskin, chris ellis, joe. Natalie canerday nude naked pics and sex scenes at mr. Weatherford award in 1998, the year of its release. Interestingly, october sky is an anagram of rocket boys, the same letters just moved around. This was discovered by director joe johnston using an anagram program on his computer. We leave this page as it was in 2011 for historical purposes.
October sky directed by joe johnston available on vhs. October sky sets out with some direct and straightforward storytelling goals around how to view life, generational differences between the greatest generation and baby boomers, and family. October sky is a story of a boy with no future in a town with no future in a time when the future of the world was in doubt. It is a story of growing up in a mining town, and a boys pursuit of amateur rocketry in a coal mining town. Natalie suzanne canerday born march 9, 1962 is an american actress. The natalie canerday story according to natalie little. In an interview in 2014, natalie canerday recalled that gyllenhaal was tutored on set because he was still in school and taking advanced classes. Details include the date it was added to netflix in canada, any known expiry dates and new episodesseasons, the ratings and cast etc. It includes mild profanity and is otherwise quite suitable for children. Click here to read an account of filming the movie from actress natalie canerday. October sky 1999 chris cooper and jake gyllenhaal in october sky 1999.