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The 1957 launch of Sputnik takes a boy's imagination beyond the coal mines of his home town.
PG
Rated PG for language, brief teen sensuality and alcohol use, and for some thematic elements
1h
48m
USA
1999
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Genres
Drama
Biography
Family
Cast
Jake Gyllenhaal
Chris Cooper
Laura Dern
William Lee Scott
Chris Owen
Chad Lindberg
Natalie Canerday
Elya Baskin
Chris Ellis
Scott Miles
Randy Stripling
Director
Joe Johnston
Writer
Lewis Colick
Homer H. Hickam Jr.
Producer
Charles Gordon
Larry Franco
Aspect Ratio
2.35
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Studio
NBCUniversal