October Sky 1999  PG, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joe Johnston
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern, Chris Owen, William Lee Scott, Chad Lindberg, Natalie Canerday, Scott Miles, Randy Stripling, Chris Ellis
"October Sky" is the true story of Homer Hickam (Jake Gyllenhaal). Born in a West Virginia coal-mining town, Homer was ready to follow his father into the mines UNTIL the Russians launched Sputnik on 5 October 1957. That single event redirected Homer's future as, undaunted by his mine-superintendent father's (Chris Cooper) reticence, he entered the space age to become a NASA engineer.
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Sling Blade 1996  R, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Billy Bob Thornton
Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh, John Ritter, Lucas Black, Robert Duvall, Natalie Canerday, James Hampton, Rick Dial, Brent Briscoe, Christine Renee Ward, Sarah Boss, Kathy Sue Brown, Mickey Jones, Bruce Hampton
Retarded 11-year-old Karl had killed his mother and her lover with a sling blade when misunderstanding their sexual encounter and was institutionalized. Now, 25 years later, Karl (Billy Bob Thornton) is released from the institution and is at loose ends. He opts to move into the dysfunctional household of his new friend, young Frank Wheatley (Lucas Black), where he views actions of family members through an outsider's perspective. Billy Bob Thornton received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor and won an Oscar for Best Screenplay.
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Tully 2000 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Truth About Tully
Director: Hilary Birmingham
Cast: Anson Mount, Julianne Nicholson, Glenn Fitzgerald, Catherine Kellner, Bob Burrus, Natalie Canerday, John Diehl, V. Craig Heidenreich, Andy Signore
Tully Jr. (Anson Mount), brother Earl (Glenn Fitzgerald), and father Tully Sr. (Bob Burrus) farm in Nebraska, but their lives are put on hold one day when Tully Sr. receives a foreclosure notice. It appears that someone–claiming to be Tully Sr.'s deceased wife–has failed to pay her bills, and the Tully family farm is now in jeopardy.
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| 1. October Sky (1999)
2. One False Move (1991)
3. Sling Blade (1996)
4. Tully (2000)
aka: The Truth About Tully
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