The 1999 film October Sky is about Homer Hickam, the brilliant son of a blue collar worker who goes on to work for NASA. What is Homer's father's profession in the film?

October Sky is based on a true story about Homer Hickam, whose Dad worked a coal miner. Inspired by the 1957 launch of Sputnik, Homer decides to pursue a career in rocket science, unheard of his small rural community. The movie starts Jake Gyllenhaal as Homer and Chris Cooper as his dad.

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