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October Sky Quotes

October Sky is a television show that debuted in 1970 . October Sky ended its run in 1970.

It features Charles Gordon; Larry J. Franco as producer, Mark Isham in charge of musical score, and Fred Murphy (cinematographer) as head of cinematography.

October Sky is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of October Sky is 107 minutes long. October Sky is distributed by Universal Studios.

The cast includes: Jake Gyllenhaal as Homer, William Lee Scott as Roy Lee, Chris Owen as Quentin, Chad Lindberg as O'Dell, Chris Cooper as John, Natalie Canerday as Elsie, Chris Ellis as Principal Turner, Randy Stripling as Leon Bolden, and Natalie Canerday as Jim Hickam.

October Sky Quotes

Chris Cooper as John

  • (Chris Cooper) "Elsie, I don't have the power to settle this strike."
  • (Natalie Canerday) "The bosses listen to you. They'll do what you tell them."
  • (Chris Cooper) "I'm not gonna crawl on my belly infront of those miserable union rats."
  • (Natalie Canerday) "Is that what this is about? Is this about your pride?"
  • (Chris Cooper) "It's about what's best for Coalwood. If this mine doesn't produce, then the town dies. Think the union gives a damn about that? They're nothin' but a bunch of greedy sons of bitches --"
  • (Natalie Canerday) "Shut up. Just shut up."
  • (Natalie Canerday) "Homer once said you love the mine more than your own family. I stook up for you because I didn't want to believe it. Homer has gotten alot of help from the people in this town. They've helped him build his rockets. They've watched him fly 'em. But not you. You never showed up, not even once. I'm not asking you to believe in it, but he's your son, for God's sake. And I am asking you to help him. If you don't, I'll leave you. I'll do whatever it takes to get away from here. I will work, if that's what it takes. I'll live in a tree to get away from you. Don't think I won't."
  • (Chris Cooper) "Where would you go?"
  • (Natalie Canerday) "Myrtle Beach."
  • (Chris Cooper) "Don't you have some work to do?"
  • (Chris Cooper) "Vernon."
  • (Vernon) "We ain't at the mine now Hickham. This ain't your business."
  • (Chris Cooper) "You wait in the car with Homer, son."
  • (Chris Cooper) "Now you listen to me you drunken son of a bitch. If that boy's father were still alive, he'd kick your ass. So I'm gonna have to do it for him. If I see him with a bruise -- you get a scar. If I see him with a limp -- you get crutches. Do you hear me? Do you hear me?"
  • (Vernon) "I'm reportin' you to the union."
  • (Chris Cooper) "Screw you and your damn union."
  • (Chris Cooper) "Come on. Come on, Jensen. Come on back."
  • (Jensen) "What happened?"
  • (Jake Mosby) "Whole damn mountain about fell on your head. And John here, he saved your life."
  • (Jake Gyllenhaal) "That's my dad."
  • (Chris Cooper) "I want you out of this mine, and don't you ever come back, you stupid son of a bitch. Didn't I tell you to watch those pillars? Now we coulda all been killed today, because you didn't have the sense to look up."
  • (Jake Gyllenhaal) "That's my dad."

Natalie Canerday as Elsie

  • (Natalie Canerday) "Hey, Lenny; take it easy on my kid brother, but make it look good, all right?"
  • (Natalie Canerday) "I thought I told you to take it easy on him."
  • (Lenny) "I did take it easy on him"
  • (Jake Gyllenhaal) "I'm gonna run right over you, you son of a bitch. You hear me?"
  • (Coach Gainer) "Well, Homer, you've sure got guts; but ya gotta know when to quit."
  • (Natalie Canerday) "Yeah, on a science fiction scholarship, maybe."
  • (Natalie Canerday) "If you don't, I'll leave you. I'll find work. I'll do whatever it takes to get away from here. I'll live in a tree to get away from you. Don't you think I won't."
  • (Chris Cooper) "Where would you go?"
  • (Natalie Canerday) "Myrtle Beach."
  • (Natalie Canerday) "Your father always has to be the big hero. I swear if he dies I won't shed a tear."

Jake Gyllenhaal as Homer

  • (Jake Gyllenhaal) "Why're the jocks the only ones who get to go to college?"
  • (William Lee Scott) "They're also the only ones who get the girls."
  • (Jake Gyllenhaal) "Man, we should be trying to get into that science fair instead of sitting around here like a bunch of hillbillies."
  • (William Lee Scott) "Well, I got some real sad news for you Homer. We are a bunch of hillbillies."
  • (Jake Gyllenhaal) "You know, it, uh, won't fly unless somebody pushes the button. It's yours, if you want it."
  • (Jake Gyllenhaal) "Sure Dr. Von Braun is a great scientist, but he isn't my hero."
  • (Jake Gyllenhaal) "Did you ever see Frankenstein and the wolf man?"
  • (Jake Gyllenhaal) "Quentin, I wouldn't care if you lived in the Governor's mansion. I'd still think you're weird."
  • (Jake Gyllenhaal) "Listen, I'm sorry about what's going on around here, but it isn't my fault. What do you want from me anyway?"
  • (Chris Cooper) "You better watch yourself, Homer."
  • (Jake Gyllenhaal) "If I go on to win at Indianapolis, I can go to college, maybe even get a job at Cape Canaveral. There's nothing here for me. The town is dying. The mine is dying. Everybody here knows that but you."
  • (Chris Cooper) "You want to get out so bad, then go. Go."
  • (Jake Gyllenhaal) "Yeah, I'll go. Yeah, I'll go."
  • (Chris Cooper) "GO. GO."
  • (Jake Gyllenhaal) "And I'll be gone forever. I won't even look back."
  • (Jake Gyllenhaal) "Hey Quentin."
  • (Jake Gyllenhaal) "That rocket had to have gone up at least 100 feet didn't it?"
  • (Chris Owen) "More like two hundred."
  • (Jake Gyllenhaal) "Goddammit."
  • (Jake Gyllenhaal) "Will you cut it out, Roy Lee?"
  • (William Lee Scott) "Die you son of a bitch."
  • (Jake Gyllenhaal) "Dad, I may not be the best, but I come to believe that I got it in me to be somebody in this world. And it's not because I'm so different from you either, it's because I'm the same. I mean, I can be just as hard-headed, and just as tough. I only hope I can be as good a man as you. Sure, Wernher von Braun is a great scientist? but he isn't my hero."

Chris Owen as Quentin

  • (Chris Owen) "What do you want to know about rockets?"
  • (Jake Gyllenhaal) "Everything."
  • (Chris Owen) "They watched us get arrested. We're practically ex-convicts. They'll never dance with us."
  • (Chad Lindberg) "Jesus, Quentin, you don't know anything about women."

Chad Lindberg as O'Dell

  • (Chad Lindberg) "God's honest truth, Homer. What are the chances -- a bunch of kids from Coalwood -- actually winning the national science fair?"
  • (Jake Gyllenhaal) "A million to one, O'Dell."
  • (Chad Lindberg) "That good? Well, why didn't you say so?"
  • (Chad Lindberg) "Besides, didn't your dad say no more rockets?"
  • (Jake Gyllenhaal) "No, he said no more rockets on company property."
  • (Chad Lindberg) "Do you realize how far we'd have to go to be off company property?"
  • (Jake Gyllenhaal) "Yeah, we'd have to go to Snakeroot."
  • (Chris Owen) "Snakeroot? That's eight miles."
  • (Jake Gyllenhaal) "It's not that far. I mean we could walk if we had to --"
  • (Chad Lindberg) "Hey, walk. Heh. That's a great idea."
  • (Jake Gyllenhaal) "Come on let's go."
  • (William Lee Scott) "Wait the hell up, will you Homer? Now I got about as much chance of winning that science fair as you do winning a football scholarship. I know I'm gonna be a miner. I've known my entire life. What the hell's so bad about mining coal anyway?"
  • (Jake Gyllenhaal) "Nothing Roy Lee. It's great. That's why your stepdaddy is the biggest drunk in West Virginia. I mean, come on guys. You know the mine'll kill you."
  • (Jake Gyllenhaal) "You ever hear the story about how O'Dell's dad died?"
  • (William Lee Scott) "Homer -- will you forget it, man?"
  • (Chad Lindberg) "Shutup Homer."
  • (Jake Gyllenhaal) "Piece of slate caught him right in the neck -- and it cut his head clear off."
  • (Chad Lindberg) "You son of a bitch."
  • (Chad Lindberg) "Ten, nine, eight --"
  • (William Lee Scott) "Should we get behind something?"
  • (Chad Lindberg) "I-It's abandoned. Uh, look at the rust. Caretta number two shut down in '51."
  • (Chad Lindberg) "s***, s***."

William Lee Scott as Roy Lee

  • (William Lee Scott) "Holy s***, it's headed for the mine."
  • (William Lee Scott) "That thing had better fly, or you can kiss your chances of losing your virginity goodbye."
  • (William Lee Scott) "That's a good idea. Four unidentifiable high school students lost their lives early this morning when their toy rocket exploded."
  • (William Lee Scott) "I'll tell you what's unbelievable -- captain of the football team being jealous of you."
  • (William Lee Scott) "What's an auk?"
  • (Chad Lindberg) "It's a bird that don't fly."
  • (William Lee Scott) "You mean like a parakeet?"
  • (William Lee Scott) "I don't know why they'd drop a bomb on this place, be a heck of a waste of a bomb."
  • (William Lee Scott) "Are you sure we need this nozzle thing?"
  • (Chris Owen) "Are you kidding? The nozzle is the most important part; it directs the flow of the hot gases."
  • (William Lee Scott) "Hey, cool it, Quentin. Man, talkin' 'bout your 'hot gases' --"
  • (William Lee Scott) "Prodigenous."

Randy Stripling as Leon Bolden

  • (Randy Stripling) "Homer, I flew with the Red Tails in World War II. And seein' that rocket come at me -- it almost took me back there."

Chris Ellis as Principal Turner

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