In what film does Jake Gyllenhaal play a coal miner's son, who gets inspired by the 1957 launch of "Sputnik 1", to take up rocketry?
October Sky:  It is based on the true story of Homer H. Hickam, Jr., a coal miner's son who was inspired by the launch of "Sputnik 1" in 1957 to take up rocketry against his father's wishes and eventually became a NASA engineer.
i don't know