{136}{197}While most of President Eisenhower's|advisors--
{351}{418}lf you have just tuned in|to this special bulletin...
{420}{481}Washington has confirmed|that yesterday...
{483}{519}on the fourth|of October, 1957...
{519}{552}on the fourth|of October, 1957...
{553}{608}the Soviet Union|successfully launched...
{610}{664}history's first|man-made satellite...
{666}{716}into space orbit|around the Earth.
{1717}{1778}The satellite which the Russians|have dubbed Sputnik...
{1780}{1836}is being hailed|as a milestone in history.
{1837}{1905}No one in our nation's capital|could deny that the satellite...
{1907}{1976}has ushered in a grim|new chapter in the Cold War.
{1978}{2035}And indeed,|a wave of national anxiety...
{2037}{2083}already seems|to be sweeping the country.
{2085}{2160}Still maintaining its speed|of 18,000 miles an hour...
{2161}{2243}completing an orbit of the Earth|every 96 minutes.
{2449}{2495}Dr. Wernher von Braun...
{2497}{2560}Chief Engineer of the Army|Ballistic Missile Agency...
{2562}{2610}expressed the hope|that the United States...
{2612}{2668}would soon be following|the Russians into space...
{2669}{2722}with our own|artificial satellite.
{2724}{2776}Dr. von Braun confirmed|that there has still been...
{2777}{2838}no actual sighting|of the Soviet satellite...
{2840}{2915}but the U.S. expects|to be tracking it very soon.
{2917}{2984}We are told that Sputnik will be|visible to the naked eye...
{2986}{3068}about an hour after sunset|and an hour before dawn...
{3070}{3155}as it traverses the October sky|over the United States.
{3157}{3233}What the beeping signal means|we still don't know.
{3235}{3281}lt may be nothing more--
{3780}{3814}Let's go, Roy Lee.
{3838}{3876}lt's almost 9:00.
{3878}{3926}Sure are in a hurry|to get yourself killed.
{3928}{4020}No kiddin'. There are easier|ways to commit suicide, Homer.
{4022}{4086}Will you just step on it,|Roy Lee?
{4088}{4138}l am steppin' on it.
{4409}{4510}Okay, Maguire, Longstreet, Hickam.|Let's see what you got.
{4565}{4665}Hey, take it easy on my kid brother.|Make him look good, all right?
{4667}{4701}Let's go! Hut!
{4725}{4799}Now. Set. Hut two!
{4875}{4923}l told you to take it easy on him.
{4925}{4972}l did take it easy on him.
{4973}{5045}l'm gonna run right over you,|you son of a bitch.
{5072}{5136}- You hear me?|- Hut one! Hut two!
{5279}{5350}Homer, you sure got guts...
{5352}{5405}but you gotta know when to quit.
{5407}{5453}Okay, Miller, you're up!
{5729}{5803}Why should the damn jocks be|the only ones gettin' scholarships?
{5805}{5868}They're also the only ones|that get the girls.
{5869}{5904}This burns my ass.
{6106}{6155}What do you boys think about this?
{6157}{6205}lsn't that something?
{6206}{6296}Let 'em have outer space.|We got rock 'n' roll.
{6298}{6352}l'm with you. We got enough|to worry about down here.
{6381}{6470}Homer, your dad say anything|about any layoffs?
{6472}{6538}- Have they pulled any more pillars?|- He didn't say.
{6540}{6608}Does he talk at all?
{6652}{6686}Yeah, he talks.
{6688}{6804}Damn it, Jake! Didn't l tell you to put|some men to work on those roof bolts?
{6806}{6878}- Was l talkin' to the wall?|- l'm sorry. We was just tryin' to get--
{6880}{6974}Make sure the hoot owl shift|sets those timbers by the vent!
{7106}{7237}Two more days on that block, we're gonna|be down to the bone. l guess that's--
{7324}{7394}Jensen! Get out of there!
{7396}{7442}Jensen, look out!
{7576}{7644}Come on, Jensen.
{7673}{7736}Come on back.
{7738}{7777}What happened?
{7779}{7846}Whole damn mountain|'bout fell on your head.
{7848}{7909}And John here,|he saved your life.
{7911}{7973}That's my dad.
{7975}{8061}l want you out of this mine. Don't|come back, you stupid son of a bitch.
{8063}{8116}Didn't l tell you|to watch the roof?
{8118}{8226}Now we all could've been killed 'cause|you didn't have the sense to look up!
{8228}{8270}That's my dad.
{8272}{8306}Homer.
{8360}{8394}How'd it go?
{8481}{8555}Well, l told you.|You spend the summer shovelin' coal...
{8557}{8615}and you'll be playin'|linebacker next fall.
{8617}{8690}What's the matter, Homer?|Not cut out for mining coal?
{8692}{8726}Me neither.
{8765}{8840}Let's get that mess cleaned up!
{8842}{8893}Let's get some cribbin' on that roof!
{8895}{8964}Buck up, Homer.|You're a Coalwood boy.
{8966}{9033}When you get down in the mine,|get that coal shovel in your hand...
{9035}{9093}feel just as natural to you|as a tick on a dog.
{9142}{9188}Get that slate off the loader!
{9190}{9268}lt's the radio signal transmitted|by the Soviet Sputnik.
{9269}{9376}Listen for the sound which forevermore|separates the old from the new.
{9609}{9671}That's it? That's the Sputnik?
{9673}{9738}- That's Sputnik.|- Well, big deal.
{9740}{9816}Big deal?|What you fail to grasp...
{9817}{9870}is that the sound you're hearin'|is bein' transmitted by an object...
{9872}{9931}that is travelin'|at 18,000 miles per hour...
{9933}{10029}559 miles high,|and orbitin' the Earth--
{10031}{10092}- Shut up!|- Boys, not in my class!
{10121}{10174}Thank you, Quentin.
{10176}{10241}Now Quentin's right, y'all.
{10243}{10316}Sputnik is a milestone in history.
{10318}{10372}Things'll never be the same again.
{10408}{10476}- What do you think about that, Homer?|- Well, yes, ma'am.
{10477}{10525}Cat got your tongue?
{10526}{10581}We were talkin'|about bein' in orbit...
{10583}{10640}hundreds of miles|away from the Earth.
{10641}{10705}You know anything about that?
{10707}{10760}No, ma'am.
{10762}{10822}l got my eye on you, boy.
{10824}{10896}Now who can tell me|why Sputnik is so important?
{10898}{10958}We ought to just shoot|the damn thing down.
{10960}{11006}lt's got one of them|little spy cameras in it.
{11008}{11075}lt takes pictures of every one|of our missile bases.
{11077}{11179}This country'd better get on the ball|before it's too late.
{11181}{11259}All l know is this Sputnik|had better show up soon.
{11261}{11308}l'm gettin' a crick in my neck.
{11310}{11375}All right. What you need to do|is take her to the movies.
{11377}{11449}Somethin' scary, like|''Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman.''
{11451}{11550}Then you take your arm and put it up|round the back of her chair, like so.
{11552}{11652}When it gets scary, and she ain't payin'|attention to nothin' but the movie...
{11654}{11748}you sort of let your arm sort|of slide on down her shoulder...
{11749}{11847}real nice and slow and easy until--
{11932}{12002}- l see it! Right there!|- Where? Where?
{12031}{12077}You seein' things, Carl?
{12203}{12263}- l see it.|- Where do you see it?
{12265}{12320}l see it.|lt's right there.
{12555}{12589}Wow.
{12805}{12880}Sons of bitches gonna be droppin' bombs|on us from up there.
{12881}{12929}Don't know why they'd drop|a bomb on this place.
{12930}{12988}Be a heck of a waste of a bomb.
{13088}{13184}The first game against Welch, that's|the one that's gonna draw the scouts.
{13186}{13254}Yeah. Welch knows it too.|They're gonna be coming after us.
{13256}{13345}Be careful, Jim. Last year, those two|boys from Welch got their arms broken.
{13346}{13449}- Well, they started it.|- lt don't matter much who started it.
{13450}{13497}l don't call that football.
{13498}{13550}You don't worry about Jim.
{13552}{13617}Ain't nobody on the Welch team|that can catch him.
{13619}{13686}l wish the scouts could've seen|that first game with Bluefield.
{13688}{13734}l'm gonna build a rocket.
{13793}{13849}Like Sputnik.
{13850}{13926}Well, l'm not sayin' it's gonna|go up in space or anything...
{13928}{13974}but l'm gonna do it.
{14025}{14076}l'm gonna build a rocket.
{14077}{14154}Just don't blow yourself up.
{14225}{14271}More eggs, anybody?
{14273}{14344}- Nice rocket, Homer.|- How high do you think it will fly?
{14346}{14429}Well, l got it packed with|the powder from 30 sky rockets.
{14430}{14477}Three, four miles.
{14478}{14520}You ready?
{14521}{14556}Yeah.
{14589}{14638}Ten. Nine.
{14640}{14698}- Eight. Seven. Six.|- Should we get behind somethin'?
{14830}{14865}What happened?
{14866}{14904}My rocket blew up.
{14905}{14958}- Are you okay?|- l guess.
{14960}{15072}My heart's poundin'. l thought|the mine blew up. Oh, Homer.
{15137}{15241}l waited six months for the company|carpenter to put up that fence.
{15242}{15296}Didn't l tell you|not to blow yourself up?
{15297}{15358}Yes, ma'am.
{15360}{15398}Then let's not.
{15462}{15542}- Elsie.|- lt's all right, Ms. Fields!
{15544}{15599}lt's all right.
{15601}{15667}Dear Dr. von Braun.
{15669}{15715}- Six. Five. Four. Three--|- My name is Homer Hickam.
{15717}{15800}l'm 17 and l live in a small|mining town in West Virginia.
{15802}{15849}lgnition.
{15851}{15912}Liftoff. Liftoff.
{15914}{15978}l'm writing to offer my condolences|to you and your team...
{15980}{16060}on your recent attempt|to launch the Vanguard rocket.
{16102}{16209}l also had a disastrous occurrence|during the launch of my small rocket.
{16299}{16356}Since here in Coalwood|everyone's much more interested...
{16357}{16417}in what's down below the earth|than what's above it...
{16418}{16511}there isn't a whole lot of material|to be found on the subject of rocketry.
{16513}{16593}So l've been kind of stumbling|around in the dark.
{17009}{17055}You can't be seen with him, Homer.
{17057}{17128}He's a weirdo. You go ahead...
{17130}{17185}but you can kiss|your social life good-bye.
{17284}{17330}- Hi, Homer.|- Hi.
{17625}{17691}l don't let anybody|copy my homework.
{17693}{17755}l don't wanna copy|your homework.
{17822}{17871}Do you know anything|about rockets?
{17873}{17910}Of course l do.
{17912}{17979}You wanna come with me|over to the library?
{17981}{18028}No.
{18385}{18432}What do you wanna know|about rockets?
{18457}{18496}Everything.
{18549}{18678}Well, rocketry was actually invented|by the Chinese as early as 1,000 A.D.
{18680}{18732}And, supposedly,|they were quite sophisticated.
{18865}{18928}Potassium chlorate and sulphur.
{18965}{19033}Well, what'd you use?
{19035}{19095}Uh, somethin' like that.
{19097}{19148}Hey, Quentin, this is great.
{19150}{19243}This is exactly-- We have|everything we need in here.
{19245}{19291}Roy Lee, drive me to my house.
{19293}{19365}- We can use my basement.|- At least nobody'll see us down there.
{19367}{19452}- Go, go, go.|- Come on.
{19454}{19501}You got a loose choke cable.
{19521}{19560}You hear that?
{19561}{19628}The butterfly valve|isn't closin' all the way.
{19720}{19793}Uh, last year l built|an internal combustion engine...
{19795}{19846}and entered it|in the science fair.
{19848}{19915}Yeah, well, you wouldn't happen|to have it on you, would you?
{20514}{20561}- Ow!|- l'm sorry.
{20671}{20717}You missed a spot.
{20901}{20953}This thing's startin'|to look like a rocket.
{20955}{21058}Listen to this. ''Weld the washer|to the base of the rocket body...
{21060}{21153}creating a combustion chamber|and nozzle.''
{21154}{21227}- We don't know how to weld.|- Weld.
{21229}{21298}Your brother's in metal shop.|Maybe he could, uh--
{21368}{21440}- Do we really need this nozzle thing?|- For cryin' out loud.
{21441}{21527}The nozzle's the most important part.|lt directs the flow of the hot gases!
{21529}{21563}Cool it, Quentin.
{21565}{21624}Man, talkin' about your hot gases.
{21789}{21885}l don't think your father would like you|sneaking up in the middle of the night.
{21887}{21984}And l know that he wouldn't like me|welding for you on company time.
{21985}{22043}Well, what if l paid|the company for your time?
{22045}{22112}Homer, l can't.
{22113}{22188}l would lose my job.
{22189}{22236}l'm sorry.
{22257}{22340}Did you see Sputnik go over|the other night?
{22385}{22431}'Cause it was beautiful.
{22464}{22541}l stood there and watched it|streak across the sky.
{22543}{22683}And anywhere in the world, someone could|look up and see exactly what l saw.
{22685}{22787}For once, it felt like Coalwood|was part of the outside world.
{22789}{22883}Homer, believe me, there are much worse|places than Coalwood in this world.
{22915}{22988}Besides, this is just|a flying piece of steel.
{23034}{23115}A rocket took it up there,|Mr. Bykovsky.
{23117}{23170}l don't know. l--
{23172}{23232}When l was workin'|on this rocket, l felt like--
{23233}{23340}l felt like l was,|like l was Wernher von Braun.
{23366}{23414}Let me see.
{23482}{23529}Homer...
{23569}{23616}it will be our secret.
{23661}{23727}Mr. Bykovsky did|a dang good job on this.
{23729}{23791}Yeah, well,|he used a washer for the weld.
{23793}{23858}- lt looks like it did in the picture.|- Prodigious.
{23860}{23906}When do we go?
{23908}{23954}- Give me that.|- Saturday--
{23956}{24008}What is this,|a weapon of some kind?
{24011}{24067}No, sir. lt's a rocket.
{24069}{24153}l don't allow dangerous devices|on school grounds.
{24155}{24253}- l asked Homer to bring that to school.|- To show it in class.
{24255}{24335}You know, the boys are thinkin'|about enterin' that county science fair.
{24366}{24407}Be careful, gentlemen.
{24409}{24479}- l'm gonna have my eye on you.|- Thank you, Mr. Turner.
{24503}{24580}That science fair is rigged.|All the judges are from Welch...
{24582}{24641}so only the kids from Welch|ever win.
{24643}{24710}And besides,|science fairs are for geeks.
{24711}{24758}No offense, Quentin.
{24759}{24806}Well, it's too bad|you feel that way.
{24807}{24875}The winners go on to the National|Science Fair in lndianapolis...
{24877}{24985}and colleges from all over|the country hand out scholarships.
{24987}{25061}lt's great.|Have a good lunch, boys.
{25111}{25179}College scholarships|for winning a science fair?
{25181}{25227}Well, maybe it's not for you.
{25229}{25302}- Well, what do you mean?|- Homer, you got a great mind.
{25304}{25353}But science requires math...
{25355}{25418}which has never been|one of your favorite subjects.
{25449}{25526}Can't just dream your way|out of Coalwood, Homer.
{25672}{25748}AUK l.|Stroke of genius, Homer.
{25750}{25801}lt won't fly unless somebody|lights the fuse.
{25803}{25855}What the hell is an auk?
{25857}{25906}lt's a bird that don't fly.
{25908}{25962}What, kind of like a parakeet?
{25963}{26006}Ready?
{26008}{26117}Well, Youngstown's|always been fair, Otis, but...
{26119}{26186}you're askin' me to lay off|damn near half the town.
{26211}{26267}The mine is just not producin'...
{26269}{26318}the way it was|ten years ago, John.
{26320}{26390}We're payin' the same labor|for half the tonnage.
{26392}{26470}What if we were|to open up a new shaft?
{26472}{26529}That coal is down there, Otis.
{26531}{26595}You just let me go after it.
{26597}{26675}The Coalwood mine|has given out, Mr. Hickam.
{26789}{26823}Move!
{26857}{26931}- Ten--|- Nine. Eight.
{26933}{27017}Seven. Six. Five.
{27019}{27086}Four. Three. Two--
{27152}{27249}Holy shit, it's headed for the mine!
{27336}{27385}l told you we didn't know|what we were doin'!
{27387}{27422}Oh, no.
{27707}{27765}God in heaven, l thought|it was a guided missile!
{27767}{27838}l thought the damn Russians|were attackin' us.
{27863}{27913}The boy's in trouble now.
{28013}{28097}So this is what you been up to|in the basement, huh?
{28099}{28172}- Yes, sir.|- Damn, Homer.
{28174}{28234}You could've killed somebody|with this idiot thing.
{28236}{28275}l know. l'm sorry.
{28277}{28341}Homer here wants to be a|rocket scientist. ls that it, John?
{28343}{28399}He has no idea|what he wants to be.
{28426}{28498}But l know what he is.|He's a menace...
{28500}{28546}and he's a damn thief.
{28548}{28618}- Dad--|- And so is whoever helped you.
{28620}{28675}lke Bykovsky did this,|didn't he?
{28677}{28734}Don't you ever|let me catch you...
{28736}{28821}with these fool things on company|property again, you understand me?
{28854}{28923}- Yes, sir.|- Then go home.
{29309}{29378}Yeah?|What's your tunnel number?
{29379}{29490}He called me a thief, Ma,|in front of everybody.
{29491}{29579}- How could he do that?|- He was dead wrong callin' you that.
{29581}{29627}He'd never have done that to Jim.
{29629}{29704}They could catch Jim|stickin' up the company store...
{29706}{29774}and Dad would probably laugh|and say, ''That's my boy.''
{29775}{29833}l know he's hard to understand|sometimes, Homer...
{29835}{29881}but you have to know|he loves you.
{29883}{29991}He loves the mine,|more than Jim even.
{29993}{30065}- More than you.|- You hush up.
{30100}{30146}What's it given him back?
{30148}{30223}Nothin' but a spot on his lung|the size of a damn quarter.
{30312}{30366}You don't know|what the mine gives me.
{30393}{30454}You don't know|'cause you're still a boy.
{30480}{30553}But, by golly, you're gonna|find out soon enough.
{30819}{30873}l'm never goin' down there.
{30944}{31003}You better have a talk|with your son, Elsie...
{31024}{31073}'cause he's out of control.
{31451}{31497}Where's my rocket stuff?
{31499}{31549}Right where they belong.
{32025}{32117}Quentin, you know, that rocket|went up at least 100 feet.
{32145}{32183}More like 200.
{32287}{32398}- Will you cut it out, Roy Lee?|- Die, you son of a bitch.
{32399}{32460}- Come on. My turn now.|- Hey, man. What's with you?
{32462}{32508}We should be tryin'|to get in that science fair...
{32510}{32565}instead of sittin' around here|like a bunch of hillbillies.
{32567}{32654}l got some really bad news for you,|Homer. We are a bunch of hillbillies.
{32656}{32754}Besides, um, didn't your dad|say no more rockets?
{32756}{32825}He said no more rockets|on company property.
{32827}{32895}Do you realize how far we'd have to go|to get off company property?
{32897}{32991}- Yeah. We have to go to Snakeroot.|- Snakeroot? That's eight miles.
{32993}{33068}lt's not that far.|We could walk if we have to.
{33070}{33150}Oh, walk.|That's a fantastic idea.
{33152}{33218}- Let's go! Come on!|- Wake the hell up, will ya, Homer?
{33219}{33274}l got about as much chance|of winnin' that science fair...
{33275}{33340}as you do winnin'|a football scholarship.
{33342}{33437}l know l'm gonna be a miner.|l've known my entire life.
{33439}{33486}What the hell's so bad|about minin' coal?
{33487}{33534}Nothin', Roy Lee.|Coal minin's great.
{33535}{33639}That's why your stepdaddy's|the biggest drunk in West Virginia.
{33641}{33743}l mean, come on, guys!|You know the mine'll kill ya.
{33745}{33813}Did you ever hear the story|about how O'Dell's dad died?
{33815}{33880}- Homer, will you forget it?|- Shut up, Homer.
{33882}{33990}A piece of slate caught him right|in the neck and cut his head clear off.
{33992}{34045}Bitch! Come on!
{34047}{34081}O'Dell!
{34141}{34179}Get off of me!
{34181}{34250}Hey, fellas,|we're lookin' for U.S. 52.
{34371}{34425}Fellas?
{34427}{34517}Just stay left at the fork. lt's about|another five miles straight ahead.
{34519}{34563}Thanks.
{34741}{34811}You fellas see the way|she was lookin' at me?
{34862}{34943}Man, you all wanna|be coal miners...
{34945}{35003}you all go ahead|and be coal miners.
{35283}{35344}There. There.
{35682}{35728}God's honest truth, Homer...
{35730}{35782}what are the chances...
{35783}{35837}of a bunch of kids from Coalwood...
{35839}{35906}actually winnin'|the National Science Fair?
{35907}{35962}A million to one, O'Dell.
{35982}{36030}That good?
{36031}{36116}Well, why didn't you say so?|Come on. Give me that.
{36162}{36196}Quentin.
{36355}{36389}What?
{36922}{36990}We hiked eight miles for this?
{36991}{37058}Oh, it's great.|What should we call it?
{37059}{37106}How 'bout a slack dump?
{37107}{37177}What about ''No Man's Land''?
{37179}{37213}Cape Coalwood.
{37239}{37299}l mean, it's perfect.
{37301}{37356}We could build a blockhouse|over there...
{37358}{37404}and a launchpad.
{37433}{37488}And we could even build|a test stand!
{37811}{37901}Dear Dr. von Braun. Our launch site,|which we've named Cape Coalwood...
{37903}{37954}is nearing completion.
{37994}{38062}Thanks to the generosity|of local businesses.
{38290}{38349}lnspired by our efforts...
{38351}{38444}everyone is anxious to help|by donating materials.
{38474}{38533}We've been fortunate to have|the support of our classmates.
{38535}{38588}And the whole community|here in Coalwood is behind us.
{38626}{38687}Hey, rocket boy.|Mars is that way.
{38689}{38756}But no one has been more encouraging|to our efforts than my father.
{38758}{38877}No, the company doesn't have|any cement left over for launchpads.
{38879}{38983}- l just thought l'd ask.|- Besides, l told you no more rockets.
{38984}{39061}You said no more rockets|on company property.
{39063}{39114}And Olga doesn't own Snakeroot.
{39134}{39185}So, you walk eight miles?
{39187}{39221}Yes, sir.
{39295}{39367}Well, tell me something, Homer.
{39368}{39447}Uh, what exactly is|this Wernher von Braun...
{39449}{39513}and the rest of those Germans|accomplishin' anyway?
{39515}{39598}'Cause if you ask me,|it's nothin' but a stunt.
{39599}{39691}You think catchin' up to the Russians|in space is a stunt?
{39692}{39766}When the novelty wears off,|they're all gonna be sent packin'.
{39768}{39834}Maybe then they'll have|to find themselves a real job.
{39835}{39884}Like minin' coal?
{39922}{39958}You listen here.
{39979}{40038}The coal we mine|makes steel, Homer.
{40039}{40122}And if steel fails,|this country fails.
{40123}{40197}lf you had half a damn brain|in your head, you'd know that.
{40288}{40355}Well, who's down there now?
{40357}{40421}Hold on just a second.|Hey, listen here.
{40423}{40496}l had an engineer estimate|a new walkway.
{40498}{40544}They had some cement left over...
{40546}{40619}so it got caught in the rain,|it's probably ruined.
{40621}{40686}But if you wanna haul it out,|it's all yours.
{40688}{40735}Thanks, Dad.
{40767}{40813}l'll be down in a minute.
{40923}{41024}And Miss Riley wanted to make sure|you document your results.
{41026}{41083}You will be graded|when she returns.
{41084}{41134}You have one hour.
{41136}{41207}Potassium chloride|has a potassium atom.
{41209}{41303}lf we mix it with sugar|and add heat...
{41305}{41370}we'll get three parts oxygen,|two parts carbon dioxide...
{41372}{41426}along with some|other by-products.
{41427}{41485}ln other words,|lots of good expanding gases.
{41487}{41550}lt should make|an excellent propellant.
{41552}{41605}lt smells like candy.
{41668}{41701}Better get started.
{41742}{41802}All right, quick.|Get rid of it.
{42498}{42585}Mr. Bolden, have you seen|Mr. Bykovsky around?
{42587}{42650}He's not in the shop anymore.
{42675}{42730}Your dad sent him down to the mine.
{42847}{42924}He's takin' it out on you|because you helped me.
{42926}{43012}That's enough of that.|Your father is a fair man.
{43014}{43083}lf he's strict,|it's because he has to be.
{43084}{43163}Besides, he did me a big favor,|transferring me from the machine shop.
{43165}{43211}What are you talkin' about?
{43213}{43277}l can make twice as much money|down there working the high coal.
{43300}{43339}You can?
{43341}{43430}l've got relatives in Europe who've|had hard time recovering from the war.
{43432}{43498}They depend on me|for whatever l can provide.
{43500}{43551}So l can use the extra money.
{43553}{43623}l'm just sorry l won't be able to weld|any more rockets for you.
{43704}{43740}That's for good luck.
{43834}{43901}Maybe you could teach me|how to weld.
{43903}{43984}- Welding is very difficult, Homer.|- l could learn.
{44067}{44113}You don't give up, do you?
{44166}{44200}l can't.
{44443}{44502}- Come on, son.|- Hi, Mr. Bolden.
{44603}{44669}Hey, Homer.|l heard you tellin' lke...
{44671}{44739}you were gonna be shootin' off|another rocket up here today.
{44740}{44802}l thought that might|be somethin' we'd like to see.
{44875}{44910}Whoa!
{44912}{44995}Nine. Eight. Seven.
{44996}{45048}Six. Five.
{45050}{45117}Four. Three.
{45175}{45225}Hey, look out!
{45227}{45262}Mr. Bolden!
{45358}{45438}- Mr. Bolden, are you okay?|- l'm all right.
{45503}{45577}- l'm sorry about that.|- That's all right.
{45579}{45676}Homer, l flew with the Red Tails|in World War ll.
{45678}{45735}And seein' that rocket|come at me...
{45736}{45788}it almost took me back there.
{45834}{45884}Let me have|a look at that thing.
{45934}{45980}That's a good job|on the weld, Homer...
{45982}{46082}but the heat from the exhaust|melted the washer.
{46083}{46178}lt's referred to as a nozzle, sir.
{46180}{46260}Son, you can call it|whatever you wanna call it...
{46262}{46369}but you're gonna have to have|a better steel that can take the heat.
{46371}{46470}Now l'd say S.A.E. 10-20 bar stock|ought to do you fine.
{46471}{46555}- And l can order it for you.|- Well, that'd be great, Mr. Bolden.
{46557}{46627}But it's kind of expensive.
{46670}{46759}Twelve miles of scrap iron,|and all we gotta do is pop it loose.
{46761}{46843}Now what are we gonna tell the railroad|when they catch us pryin' up the track?
{46844}{46931}lt's abandoned. See, the county's|covered with abandoned spur lines.
{46934}{46996}A mine shuts down,|the track just rusts over.
{47141}{47188}$8.20.
{47189}{47262}This is worth $8.20?
{47264}{47327}A ton.
{47329}{47363}Come on.
{47477}{47528}- Go, go!|- This thing weighs a ton all by itself!
{47577}{47624}Four hundred pounds.
{47625}{47687}Four hundred pounds?
{47689}{47740}All right.
{47741}{47817}O'Dell, you're sayin' this thing|is worth a buck 65?
{48521}{48568}O'Dell?
{48569}{48664}lt's abandoned.|Uh, look at the rust.
{48666}{48732}Caretta number two|shut down in '51.
{48782}{48812}Shit!
{48814}{48880}Get it up! Get it up!|Just get it up!
{48881}{48941}Give me a hand, man.|Come on!
{49086}{49146}Forget it! Forget it!|Just stop the train!
{49148}{49182}Roy Lee!
{49243}{49308}- Stop!|- Stop! The track's out!
{50109}{50180}S.A.E. 10-20 bar stock.
{50181}{50244}The angle of 30 degrees is crucial.|When the fuel combusts...
{50245}{50301}it creates a controlled explosion.
{50303}{50369}The nozzle directs|a river of hot gas...
{50371}{50468}that can reach the speed of sound|when it hits the mouth of the nozzle!
{50469}{50532}Hey, Quentin. Sorry.
{50621}{50695}lt's called a tapered bore.
{50697}{50785}A tapered bore. Now he's takin' off|just a little bit at a time.
{51212}{51260}Good deed, good deed.
{51442}{51494}l'm concerned that the mass|of the added propellant...
{51496}{51570}compared to the mass of the empty rocket|will be too little.
{51572}{51615}He's afraid it'll be too heavy.
{51617}{51665}Why don't we just make it longer?
{51667}{51737}Longer would allow increased volume|for the propellant...
{51738}{51787}without much additional mass.
{51789}{51823}Great idea.
{52369}{52403}Yeah.
{52439}{52473}We got one!
{53062}{53166}My guess is, is we're gettin' air|pockets in the body of the propellant.
{53168}{53245}When the fire hits 'em, they act|like little combustion chambers.
{53247}{53307}l think we're gonna need|a liquid binder of some sort.
{53309}{53437}- What about gasoline?|- That's a good idea.
{53438}{53506}''Four unidentifiable|high school students...
{53508}{53626}lost their lives earlier this mornin'|when their toy rocket exploded.''
{53628}{53715}Alcohol.|l mean, alcohol's stable.
{53717}{53796}And it'll evaporate quickly.
{53797}{53861}Yeah, but it'd have|to be 100% undiluted.
{53863}{53928}None of that watered-down stuff|they sell at the company store.
{53929}{53984}l have no idea|where we could find that.
{54067}{54136}Listen. l know these fellas,|so let me do all the talkin'.
{54137}{54184}l'm not gonna say a word.
{54240}{54311}ls that rocket fuel or what?
{55127}{55180}Great.
{55181}{55255}How'd they find out about it?
{55257}{55291}My brother.
{55373}{55443}We poop out this time, the whole|county's gonna be laughin' at us.
{55445}{55522}- Who cares what any of them think?|- Easy for you to say, Quentin.
{55524}{55588}- You're used to being made fun of.|- All right now.
{55589}{55629}Quentin's right, y'all.
{55631}{55709}Homer, you don't have to prove|anything to anybody.
{55711}{55759}You remember that.
{55761}{55832}Now go launch yourself a rocket.
{55952}{55986}Homer!
{55988}{56022}Hello, Dorothy.
{56049}{56124}- ls that thing really gonna fly?|- Well, it--
{56125}{56172}That thing had better fly...
{56173}{56259}or you can kiss your chances|of losin' your virginity good-bye.
{56261}{56334}Hey, couldn't you guys|find somethin' better to do?
{56336}{56393}Hey, listen.|There's no practice on Saturdays.
{56395}{56464}You little sisters|are the only entertainment in town.
{56465}{56524}Yeah, we were gonna drive over to war,|but then we thought...
{56525}{56587}hey, let's go see Homer|blow himself up.
{56615}{56685}That's real funny, Jim.
{57097}{57148}Hey, Homer, come on.|We don't got all day.
{57149}{57196}Shut up, Jim.
{57197}{57268}- Everything ready?|- Wait.
{57269}{57335}What do you mean, wait?|Where you goin'?
{57673}{57728}Hurry up, y'all.
{57730}{57806}lt won't fly unless|somebody pulls the string.
{57949}{58028}Ten. Nine. Eight.
{58030}{58089}Seven. Six.
{58091}{58157}Five. Four.
{58249}{58287}Oh, my God!
{58700}{58747}That's great!
{58883}{58931}Homer, that was unbelievable!
{58933}{58986}Let's go, Dorothy.
{58987}{59031}l'll tell you|what's unbelievable.
{59033}{59092}The captain of the football team|bein' jealous of you.
{59135}{59194}What you think about gettin'|in that science fair now?
{59195}{59262}l think we got a chance.
{59379}{59430}Well, bless her heart.
{59432}{59497}Aunt Joanne hasn't seen you|in about a year and a half.
{59499}{59568}- You look like a sausage.|- He does not.
{59603}{59651}Happy birthday, Homer.
{59699}{59781}lt'll stretch when you wear it. Be sure|and send her a nice thank you note now.
{59783}{59872}- All right.|- John?
{59874}{59957}Oh, happy birthday, Homer.
{59959}{60030}And l got this in the mail.
{60031}{60082}Must be a present from Grandma.
{60263}{60310}lt's an autographed picture.
{60312}{60414}- Of Grandma? Rather get socks.|- Wernher von Braun.
{60416}{60499}Well, wonder how he knew|it was your birthday.
{60500}{60535}l don't reckon he did.
{60537}{60638}''Dear Homer, congratulations|on your rocket building.
{60639}{60686}Continue your education|and maybe one day--''
{60687}{60747}Boy, you better take an interest|in your own damn town...
{60773}{60833}instead of wastin' your time|worryin' about...
{60835}{60900}Wernher von Braun|and Cape Canaveral.
{60902}{60984}John, it's his birthday.
{61056}{61115}All right, Homer.
{61293}{61327}Yes?
{61388}{61461}Homer, there's strike talk|startin' up again. Your father's--
{61463}{61544}Yeah, he's got a lot on his mind.|Well, l don't give a damn!
{61610}{61687}''Principles of|Guided Missile Design.''
{61689}{61770}l had Miss Waters order it for you|a while back, and it just came.
{61818}{61886}l know the math is too advanced for you.|lt is for me too.
{61888}{61962}- There's calculus, differential equa--|- l'll learn the math.
{61963}{62042}This is great, Miss Riley.|l'll learn everything.
{62043}{62090}lt's the best present|anyone's ever given me.
{62124}{62206}Thank you.|l'm gonna show the guys.
{62207}{62273}- Quentin will probably go cra--|- Goodness gracious.
{62275}{62351}Watch where you're goin'.
{62353}{62404}- Where'd you get this?|- l gave it to him.
{62444}{62482}Bye, Miss Riley.
{62540}{62646}Miss Riley, our job is to give these|kids an education, not false hopes.
{62647}{62694}False hopes?
{62727}{62774}Do you want me to sit quiet...
{62775}{62845}let 'em breathe in coal dust|the rest of their life?
{62847}{62910}Miss Riley, once in a while...
{62911}{62978}a lucky one will get out|on a football scholarship.
{62979}{63058}The rest of 'em|work in the mines.
{63059}{63134}How about l believe|in the unlucky ones, hmm?
{63135}{63215}l have to, Mr. Turner,|or l'd go out of my mind.
{63362}{63412}- lt's good.|- Homer!
{63414}{63473}Happy birthday, son.
{63475}{63522}Got some good news for you, Homer.
{63523}{63603}Say hello to Fred Smith from|the University of West Virginia.
{63605}{63655}- Hello, Homer.|- Hi, sir.
{63657}{63752}Mr. Smith wants Jim to play football.|He's offering him a full scholarship.
{63754}{63800}Well, congratulations, Jim.
{63802}{63855}Do you play ball, son?
{63857}{63947}No, Homer shoots off rockets.|Whoosh and all that.
{63949}{63995}Well, rockets|are not exactly my field, son...
{63997}{64055}but maybe if you work hard,|you'll go to college too.
{64057}{64122}Yeah, on a science fiction|scholarship, maybe.
{64400}{64491}Dear Dr. von Braun, thank you|for the autographed picture.
{64493}{64555}lt will only further inspire me|to keep working...
{64557}{64658}toward our all-important goal of|entering that science fair this spring.
{65274}{65340}We're shootin' off a rocket today.
{65395}{65442}l thought you'd like to see it.
{65443}{65512}l gotta catch up on some work.
{65567}{65658}How come you never have work|when Jim plays football?
{65660}{65707}You never miss a game.
{65837}{65890}What time are you gonna do it?
{65916}{65963}About 4:00.
{66002}{66048}l can't promise you--
{66103}{66176}Somebody pulled a pillar|too close.
{66254}{66284}Yeah?
{66327}{66423}Well, thank God for that.|Yeah, right now.
{66479}{66513}Nobody hurt.
{66677}{66723}Go, Rocket Boys!
{66815}{66911}Ten. Nine. Eight. Seven.
{66913}{66958}Six. Five.
{66959}{67016}Four. Three. Two.
{67018}{67058}One. Liftoff!
{67451}{67486}You got it?|Can you see?
{67488}{67538}- No. Yes.|- See it?
{67539}{67578}Yeah, l got it.
{67579}{67656}- What's the time?|- Looks like 12 seconds.
{67658}{67714}- Which one of you is Homer Hickam?|- lt's me, sir.
{67715}{67777}l'm Basil Thorpe|with the Bluefield Telegraph.
{67779}{67840}Can l ask you a few questions?
{67842}{67888}Sure.
{67890}{68014}''The silvery cylinder burst forth|in a fiery column of smoke and flame...
{68015}{68097}racing the very wind|as it soared into the sky...
{68099}{68151}a messenger of these|Rocket Boys of Big Creek.
{68153}{68218}These boys who use|their brains, not brawn...
{68219}{68303}who play not football,|but with Apollo's fire.''
{68326}{68357}Hi, Homer.
{68359}{68456}- Hi, Dorothy.|- Would you please sign my newspaper?
{68458}{68513}Sure.
{68515}{68575}l just know you're gonna be|really famous someday.
{68648}{68758}H-O-M-E-R.
{68792}{68854}Which one of you fellas|is Homer Hickam?
{68886}{68925}Excuse me.
{69011}{69068}- Which cost the taxpayers--|- What in the world is goin' on?
{69070}{69141}This does not concern you.
{69143}{69198}You have these boys in handcuffs.
{69199}{69304}You have these boys in handcuffs|in a high school, Mr. Turner.
{69306}{69381}You probably heard about|the forest fire last week over by Welch.
{69383}{69465}- A lot of timber went up in smoke.|- Take these handcuffs off these boys.
{69467}{69534}They found a rocket|on the side of the road.
{69535}{69614}We knew it started the fire. What we|didn't know is where it came from...
{69615}{69658}till this morning.
{69659}{69756}Mr. Hickam, can you account|for all your rockets?
{69758}{69804}No, sir. l can't.
{70100}{70160}lf you weren't a minor,|you'd be in the state penitentiary.
{70162}{70227}- l know, Dad.|- Homer, l've been confused by you.
{70228}{70284}l've been mad as hell at you.
{70286}{70357}But it's the first time in your life|l've been ashamed of you.
{70359}{70426}Stop! Stop!
{70470}{70527}You couldn't stop, man.|You couldn't!
{70552}{70646}Get in the car, Homer!|Homer, get in the car!
{70648}{70727}ldiot! l ought|to goddamn kill ya.
{70862}{70948}We ain't at the mine now.|This ain't your business.
{70950}{71007}You get in the car|with Homer, son.
{71036}{71099}You listen to me,|you drunken son of a bitch.
{71100}{71183}lf that boy's father was alive,|he'd kick your ass.
{71184}{71235}So l'm gonna|have to do it for him.
{71236}{71321}lf l see him with a bruise,|you get a scar.
{71323}{71390}lf l see him with a limp,|you get crutches!
{71426}{71507}You hear me?|Do you hear me?
{71620}{71671}You know,|l'm reportin' you to the union!
{71673}{71733}Screw you|and your damn union.
{72116}{72233}Your father was one of the best men|l ever had workin' for me.
{72371}{72427}l was lucky to know him.
{73630}{73676}Come on.
{73722}{73786}Let's go have some fun|for a change.
{74542}{74587}They watched us get arrested.
{74588}{74663}We're practically ex-convicts.
{74664}{74717}They'll never dance with us.
{74719}{74766}Jesus, Quentin.
{74768}{74864}You don't know anything about women.
{74866}{74955}l heard she broke up|with that dumb jock.
{75015}{75081}See you later, Elvis.
{75158}{75233}Many a tear has to fall
{75296}{75401}But it's all in the game
{75508}{75600}All in the wonderful game
{75602}{75678}That we know
{75680}{75743}As love
{75744}{75793}Hi, Homer.
{75795}{75841}Hi, Dorothy.
{75843}{75953}- You have words with him|- Jim, look who's here.
{75955}{76014}Ain't it past your bedtime?
{76016}{76116}And your future's looking dim
{76168}{76256}- But these things|- Way to go.
{76258}{76343}Your hearts can rise
{76344}{76400}Above
{76487}{76581}Once in a while he won't call
{76828}{76885}When the twilight is gone
{76959}{77018}- Hi, Valentine.|- And no songbirds are singing
{77073}{77141}l'm glad you didn't go to jail.
{77219}{77274}You come into my heart
{77324}{77427}And here in my heart|you will stay
{77479}{77571}lt sure was exciting|watching your rockets go up.
{77572}{77637}l pray
{77698}{77775}My prayer
{77828}{77924}ls to linger with you
{77976}{78061}At the end of the day
{78538}{78634}You ever see that movie,|''Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman''?
{78792}{78838}Homer!
{78840}{78902}Down here! Homer!
{78974}{79008}What is it?
{79305}{79355}Mom! Mom!
{79462}{79542}Your father always has to be|the big hero.
{79544}{79631}l swear to God, if he gets killed,|l won't shed a tear.
{80096}{80143}lt's comin' up!
{80815}{80853}Who is it?
{81112}{81147}lt's lke Bykovsky.
{81311}{81346}lt's John Hickam.
{81386}{81421}Dad!
{81423}{81487}- The cable snapped.|- May have fractured his skull.
{81605}{81647}Out of the way!
{81648}{81700}Move back, folks.|Let us through.
{81741}{81778}l'll tell you what.
{81779}{81870}A dozen men would've died today|if it hadn't been for your dad.
{82947}{82987}Thank you, Doctor.
{83015}{83069}Mm-hmm. Bye-bye.
{83503}{83539}The...
{83575}{83614}doctor says...
{83615}{83711}there's a chance your dad|could lose his eye.
{83713}{83783}He has to go to the hospital...
{83784}{83827}in Charleston...
{83829}{83895}and Olga won't pay for all of it.
{83924}{84006}l'm gonna go to the mine|and ask Jake Mosby to sign me on.
{84007}{84085}You can't do that, Jim.|You've got school.
{84087}{84168}Olga owns this house|and half the furniture in it.
{84170}{84258}lf you drop out,|you'll lose your scholarship.
{84259}{84318}l'm the oldest.|lt's my responsibility.
{84319}{84376}l'll work in the mine.
{85252}{85302}- Here you are.|- Thank you.
{85412}{85488}Mining coal is|an honorable trade, Mr. Hickam.
{85571}{85635}Nothing to be ashamed of.
{85989}{86040}Miss Riley!
{88160}{88207}Turn your light on, boy.
{89311}{89373}Remember when you|gave me these, John?
{89375}{89434}Carbon crystals from the mine.
{89436}{89485}Yeah. Honeymoon.
{89487}{89525}At Myrtle Beach.
{89581}{89615}And you said...
{89617}{89708}''You always wanted diamonds,|but these are the best l can do.
{89710}{89756}l wish they were real.''
{89783}{89858}John, l never wanted diamonds.
{90003}{90049}This whole year...
{90051}{90131}has been pretty rough going|down at the mine.
{90171}{90229}Bad tempers and...
{90231}{90283}a lot of strike talk.
{90329}{90407}An accident makes things worse.
{90457}{90511}ln a way, l guess...
{90513}{90591}l'm the one who's responsible|for what happened to Mr. Bykovsky.
{90593}{90639}Listen to me, Homer.
{90710}{90765}Last month...
{90767}{90851}l gave lke the chance to go back|to the machine shop...
{90853}{90914}and he turned it down.
{90915}{90999}Yeah, he stayed in the mine|'cause the money was better.
{91025}{91074}That was his decision.
{91091}{91129}You understand me?
{91157}{91191}Yes, sir.
{91256}{91375}Well, is mining coal as terrible|as you figured it'd be?
{91376}{91414}l guess not.
{91478}{91512}But almost.
{92008}{92070}Everybody says to say hi.
{92071}{92117}Michael and Billy.
{92120}{92170}Valentine Carmina.
{92172}{92219}How about Miss Riley?
{92220}{92327}She ain't been around much.|She got some new boyfriend in Welch.
{92367}{92442}So, what's it like down there?
{92534}{92592}You get used to it after a while.
{92626}{92698}Besides, shoveling coal's|got its advantages.
{92700}{92738}Check this out.
{92770}{92859}Man, no wonder my stepdad|can slug me so good.
{92861}{92931}After a month down there,|you'd be able to knock him out.
{92986}{93056}l ain't in no hurry.
{93290}{93348}- See you all later.|- See ya, man.
{93350}{93384}See ya, Homer.
{93438}{93485}ln Christ's name, we pray.
{93487}{93531}- Amen.|- Amen.
{93657}{93738}We appreciate the sacrifice|you made here, Homer.
{93739}{93834}Pretty soon you'll be able to go back|and finish up the school year.
{93882}{93930}l'm not going back to school.
{93958}{94047}A few weeks left in the term,|l'll just stay put.
{94049}{94120}l think you ought|to finish high school.
{94186}{94240}Well, tell him, John.
{94277}{94339}Homer's not a boy anymore.
{94387}{94463}l don't think|l can tell him anything.
{94765}{94871}All l'm saying is the cutoff was not|done proper according to contract.
{94872}{94920}The company did what it had to do.
{94922}{94980}You know the union|won't put up with it.
{94982}{95030}Just give it a rest, Jake.
{95031}{95079}lt's my first day back.
{95188}{95286}Hey, Lenny, how's he doin'?
{95288}{95378}He's a chip off the old block.|lt's good to have you back.
{95380}{95434}Thank you.
{95540}{95587}l'm headed toward the face.
{95588}{95635}You wanna come along?
{95725}{95821}Even though l don't have that piece|of paper-- the thing from college--
{95823}{95869}they listen to me.
{95897}{95989}- You know why?|- Because you know more than they do.
{95991}{96042}You bet your life l do.
{96044}{96157}Homer, l know the mine|like l know a man.
{96159}{96229}l can take one look around here--
{96297}{96336}Are you all right?
{96364}{96411}l'm not afraid of a little coal dust.
{96438}{96484}Hell, l was born for this.
{96486}{96578}l guess it shouldn't surprise me|that you were too.
{96579}{96645}Let's go watch 'em shoot some coal.
{96883}{96977}Hold dinner for a while, will ya?|l have to make a call.
{97205}{97291}l was in the store today,|and l heard some talk.
{97606}{97693}Boy, it's sure hard to keep a secret|in this town, isn't it?
{97695}{97759}But l guess l did a pretty good job.
{97761}{97807}There's a rumor going around...
{97809}{97881}that l've been sneaking off to Welch|to see some beau.
{97883}{97951}l wish that rumor'd been true.
{97953}{98079}They told me Hodgkin's can go into|remission, so l might have some time.
{98081}{98142}ls there anything l can do,|Miss Riley?
{98165}{98223}You can accept my apology.
{98240}{98290}For what?
{98292}{98350}My life's work is teaching.
{98351}{98435}And l believed that if you boys|won that science fair...
{98437}{98474}got scholarships...
{98475}{98555}went off and did something great|with your lives...
{98557}{98623}somehow my life|would have counted for something.
{98789}{98843}You know what?
{98845}{98946}Sometimes you really can't listen|to what anybody else says.
{98947}{99005}You just gotta listen inside.
{99040}{99111}You're not supposed to end up|in those mines.
{99112}{99195}You know why?|'Cause l think you made other plans.
{99219}{99279}l want you to know something.
{99281}{99336}l'm proud of you.
{99338}{99380}l am.
{99382}{99427}Whatever you choose.
{101888}{101960}Excuse me, ma'am.|ls Quentin home?
{102260}{102350}Homer, you figured|this equation out by yourself?
{102351}{102430}Well, if l did the math right,|it proves that you can't--
{102432}{102479}lt proves we didn't start that fire!
{102481}{102519}Quentin, what are you doing?
{102521}{102606}Now, the AUK Xlll was the only one|that we couldn't find that day.
{102608}{102670}And our best guess for fall time|with the AUK Xll...
{102672}{102743}which is exactly identical,|was about 14 seconds.
{102745}{102800}lf you help me with the trig part...
{102802}{102872}we should be able to make a good guess|where that rocket landed.
{103217}{103277}6,328 feet?
{103308}{103350}1.2 miles.
{103432}{103469}Yeah?
{103542}{103628}Are you gonna tell Roy Lee and O'Dell|where l live?
{103656}{103748}lt wouldn't matter if you lived|in the governor's mansion.
{103750}{103799}They'd still think you're weird.
{103947}{104055}- l'll see you at dawn.|- Don't you have to go to the mine?
{104084}{104133}l don't work there anymore.
{104524}{104559}One.
{104730}{104764}Two.
{104995}{105031}Ninety-nine.
{105132}{105166}A hundred seven.
{105646}{105688}126.
{105726}{105794}That's 6,300 feet.
{105796}{105851}lt's gotta be around here somewhere.
{106444}{106498}What did we do wrong?
{106500}{106546}l don't know.
{106548}{106590}l'll check the math again.
{106824}{106878}Was there a wind that day?
{106896}{106934}l don't remember.
{106936}{107049}'Cause if there was,|the wind probably came from the west...
{107051}{107121}which means that it|would've pushed the rocket...
{107177}{107215}right there.
{107317}{107373}Prodigious!
{107375}{107414}...associated--
{107572}{107661}Mr. Hayes, where are you off to|in such a hurry?
{107681}{107731}Everybody, back in your seats.
{107733}{107783}Miss Stanton, Miss Blue, let's go.
{107785}{107833}Back in your seats.|Mr. Hancock.
{107867}{107921}That goes for you, too, Mr. Wilson.
{108024}{108070}Miss Riley, what's going on here?
{108085}{108144}They didn't start that fire,|Mr. Turner.
{108145}{108229}ln the first place, you are not|a member of this classroom.
{108231}{108279}Neither are you, Mr. Turner.
{108281}{108328}Why don't you let the boy|defend himself?
{108329}{108379}And in the second place...
{108380}{108427}this rocket proves nothing.
{108428}{108496}You've already admitted|having lost a number of your rockets.
{108497}{108543}You cannot prove conclusively...
{108544}{108607}that another one of them|didn't start that fire.
{108609}{108656}- Yes, l can.|- Oh?
{108797}{108859}Are we to conclude|that since leaving school...
{108861}{108935}you've not only become an expert|in rocket science but in trigonometry?
{108937}{109005}- l didn't say l was--|- You learned more in the coal mines...
{109007}{109057}than you did in high school.
{109059}{109106}Let the boy talk.
{109108}{109147}Go ahead, Homer.
{109148}{109197}Now, that fire was near Welch...
{109199}{109267}just under three miles|from our launch pad.
{109268}{109379}At the time of the fire, the best|that we could do was 1.2 miles...
{109380}{109443}which is exactly where|we found that rocket.
{109468}{109546}See, that rocket fell|for about 14 seconds, which means...
{109548}{109611}that it flew to an altitude|of 3,000 feet...
{109613}{109648}according to the equation...
{109649}{109762}''S'' equals one-half ''A-T'' squared...
{109764}{109837}where ''S'' is the altitude,|''A'' is the gravity constant, or 32...
{109839}{109905}and ''T'' is the time it took|for that rocket to come back down.
{109907}{109950}- Velocity equals acceleration...|- Get him, Homer.
{109952}{109984}times time.
{109985}{110040}Are you following this, Mr. Turner?
{110041}{110114}All right.|We're all duly impressed.
{110116}{110215}Would you mind telling me|if you did not start that fire, who did?
{110268}{110314}What is it?
{110316}{110423}Whatever it is, it's ingenious.|The fins are spring-loaded.
{110441}{110524}That isn't a rocket at all.|lt's an aeronautical flare.
{110587}{110635}There's an airport here in Welch.
{110636}{110687}lt's right above where|the fire started.
{110910}{111003}Mr. Hickam, report to my office|as soon as we return to school.
{111028}{111108}You do intend to enter|the county science fair, do you not?
{111109}{111157}Yes, sir, we do.
{111159}{111223}lf you intend|to represent Big Creek...
{111225}{111304}you're going to have to be enrolled|as a student at Big Creek.
{111366}{111401}''Prodigenous.''
{111493}{111554}Do you think you can draw well enough|so Mr. Bolden could build it?
{111556}{111594}Yep. Let me see.
{111620}{111659}Yep.
{111661}{111697}Hi, Dad.
{111699}{111772}- What's this stuff doin' here?|- We didn't start the fire.
{111774}{111818}The troopers gave it back to us.
{111820}{111875}lt wasn't even one of our rockets.
{111876}{111926}Y'all go on home now.
{111957}{111992}Yes, sir.
{112374}{112448}This the reason|you skipped work today?
{112450}{112481}Yes, sir.
{112567}{112654}l thought you put all this nonsense|behind you, Homer.
{112656}{112724}- l thought you weren't gonna do it.|- lt isn't nonsense.
{112726}{112782}l don't wanna argue with ya.
{112784}{112835}Look, son.
{112836}{112929}l can't even begin to tell you how proud|of you l've been these past weeks.
{112931}{113046}You just been doin'|a hell of a job in that mine.
{113048}{113116}You keep goin',|you're gonna have my job someday.
{113135}{113193}Everybody says so.
{113220}{113294}You got any idea|how proud that would make me?
{113356}{113422}l guess what l'm sayin' is...
{113424}{113511}that if this rocket stuff|is so important to you...
{113512}{113560}then so be it...
{113562}{113605}as long as you're careful.
{113607}{113671}Guess there's worse hobbies|you could have.
{113692}{113765}But skippin' work,|that's out of line.
{113767}{113831}And you got to know that.
{113833}{113925}So, let's go and get you|right with Jake.
{113927}{113991}Tell him you'll work|the hoot owl shift tonight.
{113993}{114025}No.
{114124}{114211}The coal mine's your life.|lt's not mine.
{114347}{114416}l'm never goin' down there again.
{114568}{114619}l wanna go into space.
{115184}{115275}Homer Hickam, Roy Lee Cook,|Quentin Wilson...
{115277}{115331}and Sherman O'Dell|of Big Creek High...
{115333}{115400}for their ingenious display|of amateur rocket-building techniques.
{115884}{115944}l can't believe we beat the kid|with the robot dog.
{115946}{116033}l thought the see-through ear|was gonna win.
{116035}{116121}l got Miss Wade working on|your travel arrangements, so...
{116123}{116190}you boys are gonna have to decide|who's going to lndianapolis.
{116213}{116259}- We were all goin'.|- Yeah.
{116261}{116351}l wish you could, but we can't afford|to send all four of you.
{116353}{116450}Only one. Let me know.|l'm going to have to know by Friday.
{116452}{116514}You boys did a fine job today.
{116793}{116869}l need to borrow a suitcase, and|l'm gonna need you guys' addresses...
{116871}{116917}because l'm gonna write|some postcards.
{116919}{116956}Shut up.
{116958}{117023}Come on, you dope.|You know you're going.
{117054}{117148}Yeah. Say hello|to the outside world for us.
{117151}{117204}- Do we know what we want?|- Yeah!
{117206}{117252}- Are we gettin' it?|- No!
{117254}{117349}All right. All in favor|of going on strike, say aye!
{117351}{117403}- Aye!|- All right, let's go!
{117453}{117512}All right, shut 'em down!|Let's go!
{117514}{117570}Strike! Strike!
{118033}{118083}They sure are getting|themselves worked up.
{118085}{118131}Everybody's saying this one's|gonna be a long one.
{118133}{118204}And it will, if l have|anything to say about it.
{118206}{118249}Ungrateful sons of bitches--
{118251}{118308}Mom, have you seen|the big green suitcase?
{118309}{118380}- Did you look in the attic?|- Yes, ma'am.
{118381}{118447}l don't know.|John, you know where the suitcase is?
{118497}{118587}How the hell should l know|where the suitcase is?
{118589}{118637}l don't know, sug.
{119031}{119075}Y'all stay inside!
{119201}{119231}Vernon!
{119233}{119283}l'm gonna kill|that son of a bitch.
{119285}{119332}Don't be a damn fool.
{119333}{119380}What are we gonna do?
{119415}{119449}Nothin'.
{119451}{119533}Drunken bastard couldn't hit|the broad side of a barn.
{119535}{119601}- He tried to kill you.|- You can't just stand there--
{119603}{119657}Don't trouble yourself, Homer.
{119659}{119723}You got more important things|to worry about.
{119725}{119807}Just go look for your suitcase.
{119907}{119949}Forget about it, Homer.
{119993}{120027}Shut up, Jim!
{120058}{120150}l'm sorry about what's going on|around here, but it isn't my fault!
{120152}{120222}- What do you want from me anyway?|- Watch yourself!
{120224}{120288}lf l win at lndianapolis,|maybe l can go to college!
{120290}{120336}Maybe even get a job|at Cape Canaveral!
{120338}{120387}There's nothin' here for me!
{120389}{120484}The town is dying! The mine is dying!|Everybody knows it but you!
{120485}{120554}You wanna get outta here so bad,|then go! Go!
{120556}{120587}Yeah, l'll go!
{120589}{120620}Go!
{120622}{120668}And l'll be gone forever!
{120670}{120712}l won't even look back!
{121795}{121837}Welcome to lndianapolis.
{121839}{121897}Visitors to the fair|will include prominent members...
{121899}{121961}of every branch|of the national scientific community.
{121963}{122033}The fair will be open to the public|over the next two days.
{122035}{122125}The following day, the judges|will arrive to select the winners.
{122151}{122215}By timing the rocket's descent,|we would be able to figure out...
{122217}{122273}just how high the rocket flew.
{122344}{122412}Would you like to see?|This is a Delaval nozzle.
{122414}{122476}Do any of y'all know|what a Delaval--
{122718}{122792}The judges always go for|the most expensive exhibits.
{122794}{122842}The guy with the biosphere's|gonna win.
{122844}{122932}l don't think so. My money's|on the kid with the rocket display.
{122934}{123004}Have you seen it yet?|lt's really cool.
{123120}{123186}Mr. Owens to the security office.
{123461}{123546}lt's not like we got a lot of time.|The judging is tomorrow.
{123548}{123594}There's nothin' we can do|without Mr. Bolden.
{123596}{123651}He can't get anywhere near|the machine shop.
{123653}{123746}They even took my picture|of Dr. von Braun.
{123748}{123792}They stole everything.
{124009}{124071}Leon, what are you doing back here?
{124073}{124128}You know you shouldn't|be seen back here.
{124130}{124184}l know, Elsie,|but Homer's in trouble.
{124544}{124647}Elsie, l don't have the power|to settle this strike.
{124649}{124723}The bosses listen to you.|They'll do what you tell them.
{124725}{124781}l'm not gonna crawl on my belly...
{124783}{124865}in front of|those miserable union rats.
{124867}{124941}ls that what this is about?|ls this about your pride?
{124943}{124997}lt's about what's best for Coalwood.
{125024}{125112}lf this mine doesn't produce,|then the town dies.
{125114}{125211}Think the union gives|a good damn about that?
{125213}{125281}They're nothin' but a bunch|of greedy sons of bitches--
{125283}{125325}Shut up. Just shut up.
{125327}{125407}Homer once said you love the mine|more than your own family.
{125409}{125471}l took up for you|'cause l didn't wanna believe it.
{125473}{125536}Homer has gotten a lot of help|from the people in this town.
{125538}{125611}They've helped him build his rockets.|They've watched him fly 'em.
{125613}{125650}But not you.
{125652}{125720}You never showed up, not even once.
{125722}{125835}l'm not asking you to believe in it,|but he's your son, for God's sake.
{125837}{125908}And l am asking you to help him.
{125910}{125959}lf you don't, l'll leave you.
{125961}{126029}l'll do whatever it takes|to get away from here.
{126031}{126123}l'll live in a tree to get away|from you. Don't think l won't.
{126207}{126246}Where would you go?
{126311}{126349}Myrtle Beach.
{126678}{126749}l guess we all know|this isn't gonna fix things.
{126750}{126809}At least, not for long.
{126810}{126884}We know you did|what you could for us.
{126886}{126921}- Jake.|- Thanks.
{126954}{127001}- Leon.|- Yes, John?
{127052}{127110}Don't you have some work to do?
{127443}{127512}lt's packed and on its way.|Be at the bus station, 8:00 a.m.
{127514}{127580}- How'd you--|- Your father.
{127582}{127652}- lt was your father.|- Give 'em hell, Homer!
{127754}{127789}Good luck, sweetie.
{127790}{127821}Bye.
{128150}{128189}Thanks, Dad.
{128500}{128545}When the rocket propellant burns...
{128546}{128605}it produces a river of gas|which flows through...
{128606}{128653}the convergent section|of the nozzle.
{128654}{128705}lf the river continues|through the nozzle...
{128706}{128757}but through the throat|at less than sonic speed--
{128758}{128811}that is to say,|less than the speed of sound--
{128813}{128889}it becomes compacted|in the divergent section...
{128890}{128925}bound in turmoil--
{128926}{128974}Lyle Wells and Jean Cooper...
{128975}{129037}Schrader High School,|McMinnville, Oregon.
{129490}{129557}Now, ladies and gentlemen,|for the big moment.
{129599}{129673}The Highest Scholastic|Achievement Award for Science.
{129675}{129760}The National Science Fair|first prize gold medal...
{129762}{129822}goes to Homer Hickam...
{129824}{129901}Quentin Wilson, Roy Lee Cook|and Sherman O'Dell...
{129903}{129993}Big Creek High School,|McDowell County, West Virginia.
{130765}{130845}Tom Webster of Virginia State College.|l wanna talk to you about a scholarship.
{130846}{130891}Jack Palmer, Virginia Tech.
{130893}{130971}We got the best science program|in the state.
{130973}{131019}Congratulations, son.|Good luck to you.
{131107}{131181}- What did he say to you?|- What did who say?
{131183}{131248}Von Braun.|That was Wernher von Braun.
{131250}{131309}You just shook his hand.
{131708}{131772}- Homer, l'm so proud of you.|- Thanks, Mom.
{131819}{131878}He's not here, hon.
{131901}{131943}Where's Miss Riley?
{132349}{132383}Hello, Miss Riley.
{132455}{132493}Hey, Homer.
{132651}{132686}You did it!
{132687}{132732}l knew you would.
{132765}{132831}The Rocket Boys|are going to college.
{132861}{132924}We all got scholarships.
{132952}{132994}And you know what?
{133022}{133100}From now on, every school year...
{133102}{133169}l'm gonna brag to all|my new students about...
{133170}{133257}how l taught Homer Hickam|and the Rocket Boys.
{133259}{133313}Maybe one day...
{133315}{133422}one of them'll feel like|they can do what y'all did.
{133702}{133773}You know, just,|stuff like that takes time.
{133909}{133955}Will you let me out?
{134121}{134191}What are they doin',|charging Olga for that?
{134193}{134231}lt's gotta have a pump.
{134233}{134290}Hell, salvage something up here.
{134291}{134340}- Hey, Dad.|- Hello, Homer.
{134342}{134433}l just wanted to tell you how much|l appreciate what you did for me.
{134435}{134528}l know it wasn't easy for you,|so thank you.
{134530}{134623}We're shooting off our last rocket today|at 5:00, so if you'd like to see it--
{134625}{134694}l got a lot of work to do.
{134695}{134772}All right.|l just thought l'd ask.
{134830}{134891}Hear you met your big hero.
{134947}{135000}Didn't even know it.
{135166}{135201}Look...
{135203}{135280}l know you and me don't exactly see|eye to eye on certain things.
{135282}{135392}l mean, man, we don't see eye to eye|on just about anything.
{135394}{135508}But l come to believe that l got it|in me to be somebody in this world.
{135510}{135578}And it's not because|l'm so different from you either.
{135580}{135635}lt's 'cause l'm the same.
{135637}{135718}l can be just as hardheaded|and just as tough.
{135751}{135829}l only hope l can be|as good a man as you are.
{135896}{135989}l mean, sure, Dr. von Braun's|a great scientist...
{136017}{136063}but he isn't my hero.
{137554}{137601}lt's our last rocket.
{137602}{137656}Yeah, let's do it.
{137658}{137732}Wire it up for me.|l gotta do something.
{137831}{137878}Congratulations on winning|the science fair.
{137879}{137914}- Thanks.|- lt's gotta be...
{137915}{137979}the most exciting thing|that's ever happened around here.
{137981}{138063}l was thinking, Homer,|if you've got some time--
{138065}{138108}Excuse me, Dorothy.
{138247}{138293}- Good luck.|- Thanks.
{138334}{138393}Hey, everybody, can we have|your attention, please?
{138395}{138439}Come on, Homer.|Let 'er fly.
{138441}{138532}We're gonna launch the rocket,|but we'd like to say thank you first.
{138534}{138576}lf it wasn't for y'all...
{138578}{138640}we'd never have gotten|into any science fair.
{138642}{138710}We'd probably never have gotten past|blowin' up my mom's fence.
{138742}{138826}But we did, because of|your help and support.
{138855}{138915}And this is for Coalwood.
{139034}{139122}There are a few people who believed|in us even before we did.
{139124}{139213}We'd like to dedicate|this rocket to them.
{139215}{139276}To lke Bykovsky.
{139349}{139407}To Mr. Bolden,|who helped us so much.
{139482}{139552}To the person|who first inspired us:
{139554}{139596}our teacher, Miss Riley.
{139659}{139742}And, finally, l'd like|to dedicate this rocket...
{139743}{139795}to my mom and to...
{139922}{139959}my dad.
{140310}{140411}You know, it won't fly|unless somebody pushes the button.
{140489}{140540}lt's yours if you want it.
{141098}{141150}Ten. Nine.
{141151}{141211}Eight. Seven. Six.
{141212}{141276}Five. Four. Three.
{141278}{141326}Two. One.
{141723}{141770}Look at it go, Homer.
{141772}{141819}This one's gonna go for miles.