October Sky Page #6

[music]Dim [music]

[music]But these things [music]

Way to go.

[music] Your hearts can rise [music]

[music]Above [music]

[music] Once in a while

he will call [music]

[music] When the twilight is gone [music]

[music]Ah, ah [music]

Hi, Valentine.

[Thunder Rumbling]

[music]Ah [music]

I'm glad you didn't

go to jail.

[music] When the twilight is gone [music]

[music]Ah, ah [music]

[music] You come into my heart [music]

[music]Ah [music]

[music]And here in my heart

you will stay [music]

[Thunder Rumbling]

It sure was exciting

watching your rockets

go up.

[music]My prayer [music]

[music]Is to linger with you [music]

[music]At the end of the day [music]

[Train Rumbling Overhead]

You ever see that movie,

Frankenstein Meets

the Wolf Man?

[Car Horn Honking]

[Boy]

Homer.!

Homer!

Down here!

Homer!

Homer.! Homer.!

What is it?

Mom.! Mom.!

[Panting]

Mom?

Your father always has to be

the big hero.

[Siren Wailing]

I swear to God,

if he gets killed,

I won't shed a tear.

It's comin' up!

[Screaming, Chattering]

[Woman]

Who-Who is it?

[Man]

It's Ike Bykovsky.

Bykovsky.

[Man]

It's John Hickam.!

Dad, Dad!

[Man]

The cable snapped.

May have fractured

his skull!

Get out of the way.

Move back, folks!

Let us through here!

Tell you what, Homer.

A dozen men would've died today

if it hadn't been for your dad.

[Siren Wailing]

Thank you, doctor.

Mm-hmm. Bye-Bye.

The, uh, doctor

says...

there's a chance your dad

could lose his eye.

He has to go to the hospital

in Charleston,

and Olga won't pay

for all of it.

I'm gonna go down to the mine

and ask Jake Mosby

to sign me on.

You can't do that, Jim.

You've got school.

Olga owns this house, Mom,

and half the furniture in it.

If you drop out,

you'll lose your scholarship.

- Homer, I'm the oldest.

It's my responsibility.

- I'll work in the mine.

[Phone Ringing]

Here you are,

Mr. Turner.

Thank you, Miss Wade.

Mining coal

is an honorable trade,

Mr. Hickam.

Nothing to be ashamed of.

Miss Riley!

Miss Riley!

[Alarm Clock Ringing]

Turn your light on, boy.

Remember when you

gave me these, John?

Carbon crystals

from the mine.

Yeah. Honeymoon.

At Myrtle Beach.

And you said,

"You always wanted diamonds.

But these are

the best I can do.

I wish they were real."

John, I never

wanted diamonds.

This whole year...

has been pretty rough going

down at the mine.

Bad tempers...

and a lot of strike talk.

An accident

makes things worse.

In a way, I guess,

I'm the one who's responsible

for what happened

to Mr. Bykovsky.

Listen to me, Homer.

Last month,

I gave Ike the chance

to go back to the machine shop,

and he turned it down.

Yeah, he stayed in the mine

'cause the money was better.

That was his decision.

You understand me?

Yes, sir.

Well, is mining coal as terrible

as you figured it'd be?

I guess not.

But almost.

[Laughing]

[Coughing]

Everybody says to say hi.

Michael and Billy.

Valentine Carmina.

How about Miss Riley?

She ain't been around much.

She got some new boyfriend

over in Welch.

So, uh, what's it like

down there?

You get used to it

after a while.

Besides, shoveling coal

has got its advantages.

Check this out.

Man, no wonder my stepdad

can slug me so good.

After a month down there,

you'd be able

to knock him out.

Well, I ain't

in no hurry.

[Work Whistle Blowing]

See ya all later.

See ya, man.

See ya, Homer.

In Christ's name,

we pray. Amen.

Amen.

We appreciate the sacrifice

you made here, Homer.

But pretty soon,

you'll be able to go back

and finish up the school year.

I'm not going back

to school.

A few weeks left in the term,

I'll just stay put.

Well, I think you ought

to finish high school.

Well, tell him, John.

Homer's not a boy anymore.

I don't think

I can tell him anything.

[Dishes Clattering]

[Jake] All I'm saying, John,

is the cutoff was not done

proper according to contract.

Well, the company did

what it had to do.

Well, you know the union

won't put up with it.

Just give it a rest, Jake.

It's my first day back.

Hey, Lenny,

how's he doing?

He's a chip

off the old block, John.

It's good

to have you back.

[Chuckling] Thank you.

Hi.

I'm headed toward the face.

You wanna come along?

[John]

Even though I don't have

that piece of paper...

the thing from college...

they listen to me.

You know why?

'Cause you know more

than they do.

You bet your life

I do. Homer.

I know the mine

like I know a man.

Heck, I can take

one look around here...

[Coughing]

Are you all right?

Yeah, I'm not afraid

of a little coal dust.

Hell, Homer,

I was born for this.

I guess

it shouldn't surprise me

that you were too.

Let's go watch 'em

shoot some coal.

Elsie, hold dinner

for a while, will you?

I have to make a call.

Homer,

I was in the store today,

and I heard some talk.

Boy, it's sure hard

to keep a secret in this town,

isn't it?

But I guess I did

a pretty good job.

You know, there's a rumor going

around that I been sneaking off

to Welch to see some beau.

I wish that rumor'd

been true.

Yeah.

They told me Hodgkin's

can go into remission,

so I might have some time.

Is there anything I can do,

Miss Riley?

You can accept

my apology.

For what?

My life's work

is teaching.

And I believed

that if you boys won

that science fair,

got scholarships, went off

and did something great

with your lives,

somehow my life

would have counted

for something.

Homer.

You know what?

Sometimes you really

can't listen to what

anybody else says.

You just gotta

listen inside.

You're not supposed to

end up in those mines.

You know why?

'Cause I think

you made other plans.

I want you

to know something.

I'm proud of you.

I am.

Whatever you choose.

[Ringing]

[Mine Alarm Blaring]

Excuse me, ma'am,

is Quentin home?

Quentin.

Homer, y-you figured

this equation out

by yourself?

Well, if I did the math right.

It proves that you can't...

l-It proves we didn't

start that fire!

Quentin, what're you doin'?

Now, the AUKXIII was

the only one that we couldn't

find that day.

And our best guess

for fall time

with the AUKXII,

which is exactly identical,

was about 14 seconds.

If you help me

with the trig part,

Quentin,

we should be able

to make a good guess

where that rocket landed.

Six thousand,

three hundred

and twenty-eight feet.

One point two miles.

Homer?

Yeah?

Are you gonna tell

Roy Lee and O'Dell

where I live?

It wouldn't matter

if you lived

in the governor's mansion,

they'd still think

you're weird.

I'll see you at dawn.

Don't you have to go

to the mine?

I don't work there

anymore.

One.

Two.

Ninety-nine.

A hundred seven.

One hundred

and twenty-six.

That's 6,300 feet.

It's gotta be

around here somewhere.

What'd we do wrong?

I don't know.

L-I'll check the math again.

Was there a wind

that day?

L-I don't remember.

'Cause if there was,

the wind probably came

from the west...

which means that

it would've pushed

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