1 00:00:11,945 --> 00:00:14,582 [ Radio Static ] 2 00:00:14,682 --> 00:00:17,218 [ Man On Radio ] While most of President Eisenhower's advisors-- 3 00:00:17,318 --> 00:00:19,420 [ Static Continues ] [ Woman Singing ] 4 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:21,389 [ Man On Radio ] Today are ominous. [ Man On Radio ] Washington-- 5 00:00:21,489 --> 00:00:23,557 [ Static, Music Continues ] 6 00:00:23,657 --> 00:00:26,427 [ Man On Radio ] If you have just tuned in to this special bulletin, 7 00:00:26,527 --> 00:00:29,063 Washington has confirmed that, yesterday, 8 00:00:29,163 --> 00:00:32,032 on the fourth of October, 1957, 9 00:00:32,133 --> 00:00:34,402 the Soviet Union successfully launched... 10 00:00:34,502 --> 00:00:36,737 history's first man-made satellite... 11 00:00:36,837 --> 00:00:39,039 into space orbit around the Earth. 12 00:00:39,140 --> 00:00:42,810 [ Switch Clicks ] [ Motor Humming ] 13 00:01:20,681 --> 00:01:23,217 The satellite, which the Russians have dubbed Sputnik... 14 00:01:23,317 --> 00:01:25,619 is being hailed as a milestone in history. 15 00:01:25,719 --> 00:01:28,522 No one in our nation's capital could deny that the satellite... 16 00:01:28,622 --> 00:01:31,492 has ushered in a grim new chapter in the Cold War. 17 00:01:31,592 --> 00:01:33,927 And indeed, a wave of national anxiety... 18 00:01:34,027 --> 00:01:35,929 already seems to be sweeping the country. 19 00:01:36,029 --> 00:01:39,167 [ Man On Radio ] Still maintaining its speed of 18,000 miles an hour, 20 00:01:39,267 --> 00:01:42,603 completing an orbit of the Earth every 96 minutes. 21 00:01:51,212 --> 00:01:53,113 Doctor Wernher von Braun, 22 00:01:53,214 --> 00:01:55,849 Chief Engineer of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency, 23 00:01:55,949 --> 00:01:57,918 expressed the hope that the United States... 24 00:01:58,018 --> 00:02:00,254 would soon be following the Russians into space... 25 00:02:00,354 --> 00:02:02,590 with our own artificial satellite. 26 00:02:02,690 --> 00:02:04,592 Mr. von Braun confirmed... 27 00:02:04,692 --> 00:02:07,495 that there has still been no actual sighting of the Soviet satellite, 28 00:02:07,595 --> 00:02:10,731 but the U.S. expects to be tracking it very soon. 29 00:02:10,831 --> 00:02:13,634 We are told that Sputnik will be visible to the naked eye... 30 00:02:13,734 --> 00:02:17,137 about an hour after sunset and an hour before dawn, 31 00:02:17,238 --> 00:02:20,741 as it traverses the October sky over the United States. 32 00:02:20,841 --> 00:02:23,944 What the beeping signal means, we still don't know. 33 00:02:24,044 --> 00:02:26,146 It may be nothing more-- 34 00:02:38,959 --> 00:02:41,295 * [ Radio: Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock" ] 35 00:02:41,395 --> 00:02:44,565 [ Horn Honking ] 36 00:02:44,665 --> 00:02:46,900 Radio: *Warden threw a party in the county jail * 37 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,237 Let's go, Roy Lee. [ Engine Starts, Singing Continues ] 38 00:02:49,337 --> 00:02:52,906 It's almost 9:00. Sure are in a hurry to get yourself killed. 39 00:02:53,006 --> 00:02:56,844 No kiddin'. There are easier ways to commit suicide, Homer. 40 00:02:56,944 --> 00:02:59,580 Will you just step on it, Roy Lee? 41 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:01,782 I am steppin' on it. [ Laughing ] 42 00:03:01,882 --> 00:03:04,318 [ Radio: ] *Everybody in the whole cell block * 43 00:03:04,418 --> 00:03:06,587 Was dancin' to the jailhouse rock * 44 00:03:12,025 --> 00:03:14,027 [ Whistle Blowing ] 45 00:03:14,127 --> 00:03:17,365 Okay, Maguire, Longstreet, Hickam. Let's see what you got. 46 00:03:19,633 --> 00:03:23,771 Hey, take it easy on my kid brother. Make him look good, all right? 47 00:03:23,871 --> 00:03:25,973 [ Coach ] Let's go! Hut! 48 00:03:26,073 --> 00:03:32,446 [ Boy ] Down! Set! Hut two! [ Grunting ] 49 00:03:32,546 --> 00:03:36,517 I thought I told you to take it easy on him. I did take it easy on him. 50 00:03:36,617 --> 00:03:40,654 [ Boy ] Ten! I'm gonna run right over you, you son of a bitch. 51 00:03:40,754 --> 00:03:43,391 You hear me? [ Boy ] Hut one! Hut two! 52 00:03:43,491 --> 00:03:45,993 [ Grunting Continues ] 53 00:03:50,331 --> 00:03:52,333 Homer, you sure got guts, 54 00:03:52,433 --> 00:03:54,635 but you gotta know when to quit. 55 00:03:54,735 --> 00:03:56,970 Okay, Miller! You're up! 56 00:03:57,070 --> 00:03:59,640 [ Band Playing ] [ Shouting ] 57 00:03:59,740 --> 00:04:02,843 [ Radio ] Someday we'll all be blue * 58 00:04:02,943 --> 00:04:07,047 Well, that'll be the day when you say good-bye * 59 00:04:07,147 --> 00:04:11,218 [ Panting ] Why should the damn jocks be the only ones gettin' scholarships? 60 00:04:11,319 --> 00:04:15,356 They're also the only ones that get the girls. That's what burns my ass. 61 00:04:15,456 --> 00:04:18,392 [ Radio ] That'll be the day when I die * 62 00:04:23,864 --> 00:04:25,899 [ Man ] What do you boys think about this? 63 00:04:25,999 --> 00:04:27,968 Isn't that something? 64 00:04:28,068 --> 00:04:31,772 Let 'em have outer space. We got rock 'n' roll. 65 00:04:31,872 --> 00:04:35,409 I'm with you. We got enough to worry about down here. 66 00:04:35,509 --> 00:04:39,046 Homer, your dad say anything about the layoffs? No. 67 00:04:39,146 --> 00:04:41,849 Have they pulled any more pillars? Uh, he didn't say. 68 00:04:41,949 --> 00:04:44,685 Does he talk at all? 69 00:04:46,086 --> 00:04:48,055 Oh, yeah. He talks. 70 00:04:48,155 --> 00:04:52,993 Damn it, Jake! Didn't I tell you to put some men to work on those roof bolts? 71 00:04:53,093 --> 00:04:56,063 Was I talkin' to the wall? I'm sorry, John. We was just tryin' to get-- 72 00:04:56,163 --> 00:05:00,000 Make sure the hoot owl shift sets those timbers by the vent! 73 00:05:05,606 --> 00:05:08,976 Two more days on that block, we're gonna be down to the bone. 74 00:05:09,076 --> 00:05:10,844 I guess that's-- 75 00:05:14,682 --> 00:05:17,585 Jensen! Get out of the way! 76 00:05:17,685 --> 00:05:19,520 Jensen, look out! 77 00:05:21,722 --> 00:05:24,525 [ Horn Blowing ] 78 00:05:24,625 --> 00:05:27,795 [ Sirens Wailing ] Come on. Come on, Jensen. 79 00:05:29,262 --> 00:05:31,865 Come on back. [ Jensen Grunting ] 80 00:05:31,965 --> 00:05:33,567 Come on. What happened? 81 00:05:33,667 --> 00:05:36,437 Whole damn mountain 'bout fell on your head. 82 00:05:36,537 --> 00:05:39,039 And John here-- he saved your life. 83 00:05:39,139 --> 00:05:41,742 That's my dad. 84 00:05:41,842 --> 00:05:45,413 I want you out of this mine. Don't come back, you stupid son of a bitch. 85 00:05:45,513 --> 00:05:48,716 Didn't I tell you to watch the roof, huh? 86 00:05:48,816 --> 00:05:52,252 Now we could've all been killed 'cause you didn't have the sense to look up! 87 00:05:52,352 --> 00:05:54,021 That's my dad. [ Coughs ] 88 00:05:54,121 --> 00:05:56,056 Homer. 89 00:05:57,324 --> 00:05:59,159 Well, how'd it go? 90 00:05:59,259 --> 00:06:01,395 [ Coughs ] 91 00:06:02,963 --> 00:06:05,766 Well, I told you. You spend the summer shovelin' coal, 92 00:06:05,866 --> 00:06:08,502 and you'll be playin' linebacker next fall. 93 00:06:08,602 --> 00:06:11,639 [ Man ] What's the matter, Homer? Not cut out for mining coal? 94 00:06:11,739 --> 00:06:14,675 Me neither. [ Men Laughing ] 95 00:06:14,775 --> 00:06:17,911 Hey, let's get that mess cleaned up! 96 00:06:18,011 --> 00:06:20,113 Let's get some cribbin' on that roof! 97 00:06:20,213 --> 00:06:23,083 Buck up, Homer. You're a Coalwood boy. 98 00:06:23,183 --> 00:06:25,886 When you get down in the mine, get that coal shovel in your hand, 99 00:06:25,986 --> 00:06:28,055 feel just as natural to you as a tick on a dog. 100 00:06:29,790 --> 00:06:32,426 [ Homer's Dad ] And get that slate off the loader! 101 00:06:32,526 --> 00:06:35,729 [ Man On Radio ] It's the radio signal transmitted by the Soviet Sputnik. 102 00:06:35,829 --> 00:06:40,167 Listen now for the sound which forevermore separates the old from the new. 103 00:06:40,267 --> 00:06:43,537 [ Rhythmic Beeping ] 104 00:06:43,637 --> 00:06:46,640 [ Beeping Continues ] 105 00:06:50,010 --> 00:06:52,546 That's it? That's the Sputnik? 106 00:06:52,646 --> 00:06:55,315 That's Sputnik. Well, big deal. 107 00:06:55,415 --> 00:06:58,519 Big deal? What you fail to grasp... 108 00:06:58,619 --> 00:07:00,588 is that the sound you're hearin' is bein' transmitted... 109 00:07:00,688 --> 00:07:03,423 by an object that is travelin' at 18,000 miles per hour, 110 00:07:03,524 --> 00:07:06,026 559 miles high, 111 00:07:06,126 --> 00:07:09,162 a-a-a-and orbitin' the Earth e-e-every nine-- Shut up! 112 00:07:09,262 --> 00:07:11,198 Boys, not in my class! 113 00:07:11,298 --> 00:07:13,534 Thank you, Quentin. 114 00:07:13,634 --> 00:07:16,336 Now Quentin's right, y'all. 115 00:07:16,436 --> 00:07:19,473 Sputnik is a milestone in history. 116 00:07:19,573 --> 00:07:21,575 Things'll never be the same again. 117 00:07:23,343 --> 00:07:26,079 What do you think about that, Homer? Well, yes, ma'am. Uh-- 118 00:07:26,179 --> 00:07:28,115 [ Students Laughing ] [ Teacher ] Cat got your tongue? 119 00:07:28,215 --> 00:07:30,518 We were talkin' about bein' in orbit, 120 00:07:30,618 --> 00:07:32,920 hundreds of miles away from the Earth. 121 00:07:33,020 --> 00:07:35,689 You know anything about that? 122 00:07:35,789 --> 00:07:37,991 [ Girl Giggling ] No, ma'am. 123 00:07:38,091 --> 00:07:40,561 I got my eye on you, boy. 124 00:07:40,661 --> 00:07:43,631 Now who can tell me why Sputnik is so important? 125 00:07:43,731 --> 00:07:46,500 [ Man ] We ought to just shoot the damn thing down. 126 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:48,802 It's got one of them little spy cameras in it. 127 00:07:48,902 --> 00:07:51,104 It takes pictures of every one of our missile bases. 128 00:07:51,204 --> 00:07:55,442 This country'd better get on the ball before it's too late. 129 00:07:55,543 --> 00:07:58,779 All I know is that Sputnik had better show up soon. 130 00:07:58,879 --> 00:08:00,814 I'm gettin' a crick in my neck. 131 00:08:00,914 --> 00:08:03,617 [ Roy Lee ] All right. What you need to do is take her to the movies. 132 00:08:03,717 --> 00:08:06,720 Somethin' scary, like Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman. 133 00:08:06,820 --> 00:08:10,924 Then you take your arm and put it up 'round the back of her chair, like so. 134 00:08:11,024 --> 00:08:15,195 Now when it gets real scary, and she ain't payin' attention to nothin' but the movie, 135 00:08:15,295 --> 00:08:19,166 you sort of let your arm sort of slide on down her shoulder, 136 00:08:19,266 --> 00:08:22,502 real nice and slow and easy... 137 00:08:22,603 --> 00:08:24,471 until-- 138 00:08:24,572 --> 00:08:26,774 [ Laughs ] Hey! Hey! 139 00:08:26,874 --> 00:08:29,076 I see it! Right there! Where? Where? 140 00:08:29,176 --> 00:08:32,780 [ Chattering ] [ Woman ] You seein' things, Carl? 141 00:08:38,185 --> 00:08:40,688 I see it. [ Man ] Where? 142 00:08:40,788 --> 00:08:43,023 I see it. It's right there. 143 00:08:43,123 --> 00:08:45,025 [ Chattering Continues ] 144 00:08:52,933 --> 00:08:54,868 [ Whispering ] Wow. 145 00:09:03,343 --> 00:09:06,446 [ Man ] Son'bitches gonna be droppin' bombs on us from up there. 146 00:09:06,546 --> 00:09:08,949 Don't know why they'd drop a bomb on this place. 147 00:09:09,049 --> 00:09:11,551 Be a heck of a waste of a bomb. 148 00:09:14,755 --> 00:09:17,090 The first game against Welch-- 149 00:09:17,190 --> 00:09:19,159 that's the one that's gonna draw the scouts. 150 00:09:19,259 --> 00:09:22,029 Yeah. Welch knows it too. They're gonna be coming after us. 151 00:09:22,129 --> 00:09:25,833 Well, y'all be careful, Jim. Last year, those two boys from Welch got their arms broken. 152 00:09:25,933 --> 00:09:29,069 Well, they started it. [ Homer's Dad Laughing ] 153 00:09:29,169 --> 00:09:32,172 It don't matter much who started it. I don't call that football. 154 00:09:32,272 --> 00:09:34,407 You don't worry about Jim. 155 00:09:34,507 --> 00:09:37,911 Ain't nobody on the Welch team that can catch him. 156 00:09:38,011 --> 00:09:40,347 I wish the scouts could've seen that first game with Bluefield. 157 00:09:40,447 --> 00:09:41,982 I'm gonna build a rocket. 158 00:09:44,251 --> 00:09:45,118 Like Sputnik. 159 00:09:46,954 --> 00:09:50,090 Well, I'm not sayin' it's gonna go up in space or anything, 160 00:09:50,190 --> 00:09:51,992 but I'm gonna do it. 161 00:09:54,194 --> 00:09:56,329 I'm gonna build a rocket. [ Chuckles ] 162 00:09:56,429 --> 00:09:58,598 Well, just don't blow yourself up. 163 00:09:58,699 --> 00:10:00,734 [ Laughing ] 164 00:10:01,935 --> 00:10:04,437 [ Homer's Mom ] More eggs, anybody? 165 00:10:04,537 --> 00:10:07,540 Nice rocket, Homer. How high do you think it will fly? 166 00:10:07,641 --> 00:10:11,044 Well, I got it packed with the powder from 30 sky rockets. 167 00:10:11,144 --> 00:10:13,046 Three, four miles. 168 00:10:13,146 --> 00:10:15,148 [ Homer ] You ready? Yeah. 169 00:10:15,248 --> 00:10:19,753 Yeah. [ All ] Ten, nine-- 170 00:10:19,853 --> 00:10:23,056 Eight, seven, six-- [ Roy Lee ] Should we get behind somethin'? 171 00:10:23,156 --> 00:10:25,959 [ Grunting ] 172 00:10:26,059 --> 00:10:29,229 [ Gasps ] Wh-What happened? 173 00:10:29,329 --> 00:10:32,132 [ Homer ] My rocket blew up. Are you okay? 174 00:10:32,232 --> 00:10:34,234 I guess. My heart's poundin'. 175 00:10:34,334 --> 00:10:37,838 I thought the mine blew up. Oh, Homer. 176 00:10:40,674 --> 00:10:44,912 I waited six months for the company carpenter to get around puttin' up that fence. 177 00:10:45,012 --> 00:10:47,180 Didn't I tell you not to blow yourself up? 178 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:49,783 Yes, ma'am. 179 00:10:49,883 --> 00:10:54,087 Then let's not. [ Sighs ] 180 00:10:54,187 --> 00:10:57,390 [ Woman ] Elsie. [ Elsie ] It's all right, Ms. Fields! 181 00:10:57,490 --> 00:10:59,860 It's all right. 182 00:10:59,960 --> 00:11:02,662 [ Homer's Voice ] Dear Dr. von Braun, 183 00:11:02,763 --> 00:11:04,698 [ TV Announcer ] Six, five, four, three-- My name is Homer Hickam. 184 00:11:04,798 --> 00:11:08,235 Two, one-- I'm 17 and I live in a small mining town in West Virginia. 185 00:11:08,335 --> 00:11:10,303 Ignition. 186 00:11:10,403 --> 00:11:12,940 Liftoff. Liftoff. 187 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:15,675 I'm writing to offer my condolences to you and your team... 188 00:11:15,776 --> 00:11:19,079 on your recent attempt to launch the Vanguard rocket. 189 00:11:19,179 --> 00:11:24,852 I also had a disastrous occurrence during the launch of my own small rocket. 190 00:11:29,089 --> 00:11:31,424 Since here in Coalwood, everyone's much more interested... 191 00:11:31,524 --> 00:11:33,961 in what's down below the earth than what's above it, 192 00:11:34,061 --> 00:11:37,898 there isn't a whole lot of material to be found on the subject of rocketry. 193 00:11:37,998 --> 00:11:41,301 So I've been kind of stumbling around in the dark. 194 00:11:41,401 --> 00:11:45,072 [ Music ] Don't you give me no dirty look * 195 00:11:45,172 --> 00:11:49,209 Your father's hip He knows what cooks * 196 00:11:49,309 --> 00:11:53,080 Just tell your hoodlum friend outside * 197 00:11:53,180 --> 00:11:55,482 You ain't got time to take a ride * 198 00:11:55,582 --> 00:11:57,785 Yakety yak Don't talk back * 199 00:11:57,885 --> 00:12:00,553 Yakety yak, yakety yak * You can't be seen with him, Homer. 200 00:12:00,653 --> 00:12:03,656 [ Roy Lee ] He's a weirdo. You go ahead, 201 00:12:03,757 --> 00:12:06,026 but you can kiss your social life good-bye. 202 00:12:10,163 --> 00:12:12,099 Hi, Homer. Hi. 203 00:12:24,377 --> 00:12:27,080 I don't let anybody copy my homework. 204 00:12:27,180 --> 00:12:29,783 I don't wanna copy your homework. 205 00:12:29,883 --> 00:12:32,519 Um, 206 00:12:32,619 --> 00:12:34,521 do you know anything about rockets? 207 00:12:34,621 --> 00:12:36,223 Of course I do. 208 00:12:36,323 --> 00:12:39,059 Uh, you wanna come with me over to the library? 209 00:12:39,159 --> 00:12:41,061 No. 210 00:12:47,667 --> 00:12:50,037 [ Students Murmuring ] 211 00:12:56,076 --> 00:12:58,078 What do you wanna know about rockets? 212 00:12:58,178 --> 00:13:00,513 Everything. 213 00:13:02,950 --> 00:13:08,255 Well, rocketry was actually invented by the Chinese as early as 1,000 A.D. 214 00:13:08,355 --> 00:13:10,490 And, supposedly, they were quite sophisticated. 215 00:13:10,590 --> 00:13:13,460 [ Chattering Continues ] 216 00:13:16,096 --> 00:13:18,698 [ Homer ] Potassium chlorate and sulfur. 217 00:13:18,798 --> 00:13:22,002 Uh, well, what'd you use? 218 00:13:23,203 --> 00:13:25,638 Uh, somethin' like that. 219 00:13:25,738 --> 00:13:27,908 [ Homer ] Hey, Quentin, this is great. 220 00:13:28,008 --> 00:13:31,845 This is exactly-- We have everything we need in here. 221 00:13:31,945 --> 00:13:33,813 Roy Lee, drive to my house. 222 00:13:33,914 --> 00:13:36,950 We can use my basement. Yeah, at least nobody'll see us down there. 223 00:13:37,050 --> 00:13:39,652 Go, go, go. [ Engine Turning Over ] 224 00:13:39,752 --> 00:13:42,522 Come on. [ Quentin ] You got a loose choke cable. 225 00:13:42,622 --> 00:13:44,591 You hear that? 226 00:13:44,691 --> 00:13:47,895 The butterfly valve isn't closin' all the way. 227 00:13:51,764 --> 00:13:54,801 Uh, last year I built an internal combustion engine... 228 00:13:54,902 --> 00:13:57,004 and entered it in the science fair. 229 00:13:57,104 --> 00:13:59,873 Yeah, well, you wouldn't happen to have it on you, would you? 230 00:13:59,973 --> 00:14:01,841 [ Music ] *Gonna find her 231 00:14:03,376 --> 00:14:06,513 Gonna find her * 232 00:14:06,613 --> 00:14:08,281 Gonna find her * 233 00:14:09,883 --> 00:14:12,920 Gonna find her * [ Man Singing ] *Yeah 234 00:14:13,020 --> 00:14:16,156 I've been searchin' * 235 00:14:16,256 --> 00:14:18,892 Uh, I'm searchin' * 236 00:14:18,992 --> 00:14:20,961 Oh, yeah, searchin' * 237 00:14:21,061 --> 00:14:24,731 Every which way * 238 00:14:24,831 --> 00:14:26,699 Ow! I'm sorry. 239 00:14:26,799 --> 00:14:29,536 Searchin' * 240 00:14:29,636 --> 00:14:33,173 I'm searchin' * You missed a spot. 241 00:14:33,273 --> 00:14:38,511 Searchin' every which way * 242 00:14:38,611 --> 00:14:40,948 But I'm like that-- * 243 00:14:41,048 --> 00:14:43,183 This thing's startin' to look like a rocket. 244 00:14:43,283 --> 00:14:47,520 Listen to this. "Weld the washer to the base of the rocket body, 245 00:14:47,620 --> 00:14:51,491 creating a combustion chamber and nozzle." 246 00:14:51,591 --> 00:14:54,561 We don't know how to weld. Well... 247 00:14:54,661 --> 00:14:57,530 Homer, your brother's in metal shop. Maybe he could, uh-- 248 00:15:00,467 --> 00:15:02,235 [ Roy Lee ] Do we really need this nozzle thing? 249 00:15:02,335 --> 00:15:03,470 [ Quentin ] For cryin' out loud, 250 00:15:03,570 --> 00:15:05,738 the nozzle's the most important part. 251 00:15:05,838 --> 00:15:08,575 It directs the flow of the hot gases! Hey, cool it, Quentin. 252 00:15:08,675 --> 00:15:11,144 [ Roy Lee ] Man, talkin' about your hot gases. 253 00:15:18,051 --> 00:15:22,055 I don't think your father would like you sneaking up in the middle of the night in here. 254 00:15:22,155 --> 00:15:26,159 And I know that he wouldn't like me welding for you on company time. 255 00:15:26,259 --> 00:15:28,561 Well, what if I paid the company for your time? 256 00:15:28,661 --> 00:15:31,098 Homer, I can't. 257 00:15:31,198 --> 00:15:33,566 I would lose my job. 258 00:15:34,701 --> 00:15:36,669 I'm sorry. 259 00:15:36,769 --> 00:15:41,074 Did you see Sputnik go over the other night? Nah. 260 00:15:42,875 --> 00:15:46,113 'Cause it was beautiful. 261 00:15:46,213 --> 00:15:49,416 I stood there and watched it streak across the sky. 262 00:15:49,516 --> 00:15:55,322 And anywhere in the world, someone could look up and see exactly what I saw. 263 00:15:55,422 --> 00:15:59,659 For once, it felt like Coalwood was part of the outside world. 264 00:15:59,759 --> 00:16:04,931 Homer, believe me, there are much worse places than Coalwood in this world. 265 00:16:05,032 --> 00:16:08,035 Besides, this is just a flying piece of steel. 266 00:16:10,003 --> 00:16:13,340 You know, a rocket took it up there, Mr. Bykovsky. 267 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:15,642 I don't know. I-- 268 00:16:15,742 --> 00:16:18,211 When I was workin' on this rocket, I felt like, 269 00:16:18,311 --> 00:16:22,649 I felt like I was, like I was Wernher von Braun. 270 00:16:23,783 --> 00:16:25,652 Let me see. 271 00:16:28,621 --> 00:16:30,557 Homer, 272 00:16:32,325 --> 00:16:34,261 it will be our secret. 273 00:16:36,096 --> 00:16:38,865 [ Roy Lee ] Mr. Bykovsky did a dang good job on this. 274 00:16:38,965 --> 00:16:41,534 Yeah, well, he used a washer for the weld. 275 00:16:41,634 --> 00:16:44,337 Man, it looks just like it did in the picture. Prodigious. 276 00:16:44,437 --> 00:16:46,339 When, uh, when do we go? 277 00:16:46,439 --> 00:16:48,341 [ Principal ] Give me that. Probably Saturday-- 278 00:16:48,441 --> 00:16:50,577 What is this, a weapon of some kind? 279 00:16:50,677 --> 00:16:53,846 [ Homer Chuckling ] No, sir. It's a-- it's a rocket. 280 00:16:53,946 --> 00:16:56,683 I don't allow dangerous devices on school grounds. 281 00:16:56,783 --> 00:17:00,820 Mr. Turner, I asked Homer to bring that to school. To show it in class. 282 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:05,425 You know, the boys are thinkin' about enterin' that county science fair. 283 00:17:05,525 --> 00:17:08,795 [ Mr. Turner ] Be careful, gentlemen. I'm gonna have my eye on you. 284 00:17:08,895 --> 00:17:10,263 Thank you, Mr. Turner. 285 00:17:12,299 --> 00:17:14,501 That science fair is rigged. All the judges are from Welch, 286 00:17:14,601 --> 00:17:17,070 so only the kids from Welch ever win. 287 00:17:17,170 --> 00:17:19,839 And besides, science fairs are for geeks. 288 00:17:19,939 --> 00:17:21,908 No offense, Quentin. 289 00:17:22,008 --> 00:17:23,910 Well, it's too bad you feel that way. 290 00:17:24,010 --> 00:17:27,814 You know, the winners go on to the National Science Fair in Indianapolis, 291 00:17:27,914 --> 00:17:31,418 and colleges from all over the country hand out scholarships. 292 00:17:31,518 --> 00:17:34,554 It's great. Have a good lunch, boys. 293 00:17:36,656 --> 00:17:39,492 College scholarships for winning a science fair? 294 00:17:39,592 --> 00:17:41,494 Well, maybe it's not for you. 295 00:17:41,594 --> 00:17:44,631 W-W-Well, what do you mean? Homer, you got a great mind. 296 00:17:44,731 --> 00:17:48,668 But science requires math, which has never been one of your favorite subjects. 297 00:17:50,603 --> 00:17:53,840 [ Chuckling ] Can't just dream your way out of Coalwood, Homer. 298 00:18:00,079 --> 00:18:03,216 Auk I. Stroke of genius, Homer. 299 00:18:03,316 --> 00:18:05,418 It won't fly unless somebody lights the fuse. 300 00:18:05,518 --> 00:18:07,687 What the hell is a "auk"? 301 00:18:07,787 --> 00:18:09,822 It's a bird that don't fly. 302 00:18:09,922 --> 00:18:12,091 What, kind of like a parakeet? 303 00:18:12,192 --> 00:18:13,993 Ready? [ Whistle Blowing ] 304 00:18:14,093 --> 00:18:18,631 Well, Youngstown's always been fair, Otis, 305 00:18:18,731 --> 00:18:21,434 [ Chuckling ] but you're askin' me to lay off damn near half the town. 306 00:18:21,534 --> 00:18:24,871 The mine is just not producin'... 307 00:18:24,971 --> 00:18:27,006 the way it was 10 years ago, John. 308 00:18:27,106 --> 00:18:30,009 We're payin' the same labor for half the tonnage. 309 00:18:30,109 --> 00:18:33,346 What if we were to open up a new shaft? 310 00:18:33,446 --> 00:18:35,782 That coal is down there, Otis. 311 00:18:35,882 --> 00:18:38,551 You just, you just let me go after it. 312 00:18:38,651 --> 00:18:41,721 The Coalwood mine is givin' out, Mr. Hickam. 313 00:18:46,626 --> 00:18:48,561 Move! 314 00:18:50,129 --> 00:18:52,932 Ten-- [ All ] Nine, eight, 315 00:18:53,032 --> 00:18:56,203 seven, six, five, 316 00:18:56,303 --> 00:18:58,805 four, three, two-- 317 00:19:01,741 --> 00:19:05,812 Uh-oh. Holy shit, it's headed for the mine! 318 00:19:08,248 --> 00:19:09,682 [ Shouts ] 319 00:19:09,782 --> 00:19:11,718 [ Quentin ] I told you we didn't know what we were doin'! 320 00:19:11,818 --> 00:19:12,952 I told you! Oh, no. Oh, no. 321 00:19:13,052 --> 00:19:15,855 [ Chattering, Shouting ] 322 00:19:17,557 --> 00:19:19,459 [ Chattering Continues ] 323 00:19:20,993 --> 00:19:23,596 [ Man ] I don't believe this. Go ahead. 324 00:19:23,696 --> 00:19:27,300 [ Man ] God in heaven, I thought it was a guided missile! 325 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:30,303 [ Laughing ] I thought the damn Russians were attackin' us. 326 00:19:31,471 --> 00:19:33,440 [ Man ] The boy's in trouble now. 327 00:19:37,710 --> 00:19:41,180 So this is what you been up to in the basement, huh? 328 00:19:41,281 --> 00:19:44,317 Yes, sir. Damn, Homer. 329 00:19:44,417 --> 00:19:46,919 You could've killed somebody with this idiot thing. 330 00:19:47,019 --> 00:19:48,921 I know, sir. I'm sorry. I was-- 331 00:19:49,021 --> 00:19:51,791 Well, Homer here wants to be a rocket scientist. Is that it, John? 332 00:19:51,891 --> 00:19:53,793 He has no idea what he wants to be. 333 00:19:53,893 --> 00:19:57,897 But I know what he is. He's a menace, 334 00:19:57,997 --> 00:19:59,932 and he's a damn thief. 335 00:20:00,032 --> 00:20:02,935 Dad-- And so is whoever helped you. 336 00:20:03,035 --> 00:20:05,305 Ike Bykovsky did this, didn't he? 337 00:20:05,405 --> 00:20:07,774 Don't you ever let me catch you... 338 00:20:07,874 --> 00:20:11,344 with these fool things on company property again, you understand me? 339 00:20:12,779 --> 00:20:15,648 Yes, sir. Then go home. 340 00:20:27,660 --> 00:20:31,664 [ Phone Ringing ] 341 00:20:31,764 --> 00:20:34,567 [ Thunderclap ] Yeah? What's your tunnel number? 342 00:20:34,667 --> 00:20:39,272 He called me a thief, Ma, in front of everybody. 343 00:20:39,372 --> 00:20:43,009 I mean, how could he do that? He was dead wrong callin' you that. 344 00:20:43,109 --> 00:20:45,011 He'd never have done that to Jim. 345 00:20:45,111 --> 00:20:48,214 They could catch Jim stickin' up the company store, 346 00:20:48,315 --> 00:20:51,083 and Dad would probably laugh and say, "That's my boy." 347 00:20:51,183 --> 00:20:53,586 I know he's hard to understand sometimes, Homer, 348 00:20:53,686 --> 00:20:55,555 but you have to know he loves you. 349 00:20:55,655 --> 00:20:58,090 He loves the mine-- 350 00:20:58,190 --> 00:21:00,159 more than Jim even. 351 00:21:00,259 --> 00:21:03,229 More than you. You hush up. 352 00:21:03,330 --> 00:21:06,499 [ John Coughing ] What's it given him back? 353 00:21:06,599 --> 00:21:09,836 Nothin' but a spot on his lung the size of a damn quarter. 354 00:21:13,606 --> 00:21:15,608 You don't know what the mine gives me. 355 00:21:16,976 --> 00:21:19,512 You don't know 'cause you're still a boy. 356 00:21:19,612 --> 00:21:23,550 But, by golly, you're gonna find out soon enough. 357 00:21:25,518 --> 00:21:27,487 [ Thunder Continues ] 358 00:21:34,727 --> 00:21:36,896 [ Scoffs ] I'm never goin' down there. 359 00:21:36,996 --> 00:21:39,866 [ Fork Clatters ] 360 00:21:39,966 --> 00:21:42,402 You better have a talk with your son, Elsie, 361 00:21:42,502 --> 00:21:45,405 'cause he's out of control. 362 00:22:01,087 --> 00:22:05,091 Where's my rocket stuff? Right where they belong. 363 00:22:21,741 --> 00:22:24,944 [ Gunshot ] 364 00:22:25,044 --> 00:22:29,916 Quentin, you know, that rocket went up at least 100 feet. [ Gunshots Continue ] 365 00:22:30,016 --> 00:22:31,951 More like 200. 366 00:22:32,051 --> 00:22:34,587 [ Gunshot ] God-- 367 00:22:36,222 --> 00:22:40,527 Man, will you cut it out, Roy Lee? Die, you son of a bitch. 368 00:22:40,627 --> 00:22:43,162 Come on. My turn now. [ Roy Lee ] Hey, man. What's with you? 369 00:22:43,262 --> 00:22:45,331 Man, we should be tryin' to get in that science fair... 370 00:22:45,432 --> 00:22:47,500 instead of sittin' around here like a bunch of hillbillies. 371 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:51,270 I got some really bad news for you, Homer. We are a bunch of hillbillies. 372 00:22:51,370 --> 00:22:55,442 Besides, um, didn't your dad say no more rockets? 373 00:22:55,542 --> 00:22:58,344 No. He said no more rockets on company property. 374 00:22:58,445 --> 00:23:00,913 Do you realize how far we'd have to go to get off company property? 375 00:23:01,013 --> 00:23:02,882 [ Homer ] Yeah. We have to go to Snakeroot. 376 00:23:02,982 --> 00:23:05,317 Snakeroot? That's eight miles. 377 00:23:05,418 --> 00:23:08,354 It's not that far. I mean, we could walk if we have to. 378 00:23:08,455 --> 00:23:11,958 Oh, we'll walk? That's a fantastic idea. [ Laughing ] 379 00:23:12,058 --> 00:23:14,727 Let's go! Come on! Wake the hell up, will ya, Homer? 380 00:23:14,827 --> 00:23:17,096 I got about as much chance of winnin' that science fair... 381 00:23:17,196 --> 00:23:19,432 as you do winnin' a football scholarship. 382 00:23:19,532 --> 00:23:21,400 I know I'm gonna be a miner. 383 00:23:21,501 --> 00:23:23,936 I've known my entire life. 384 00:23:24,036 --> 00:23:25,938 What the hell's so bad about minin' coal? 385 00:23:26,038 --> 00:23:27,907 Nothin', Roy Lee. Coal minin's great. 386 00:23:28,007 --> 00:23:32,344 That's why your stepdaddy's the biggest drunk in West Virginia. 387 00:23:32,445 --> 00:23:36,683 I mean, come on, guys! You know the mine'll kill ya. 388 00:23:36,783 --> 00:23:39,552 Did you ever hear the story about how O'Dell's dad died? 389 00:23:39,652 --> 00:23:43,089 Homer, will you forget it, man? [ O'Dell ] Shut up, Homer. 390 00:23:43,189 --> 00:23:46,993 A piece of slate caught him right in the neck and cut his head clear off. 391 00:23:47,093 --> 00:23:49,161 Bitch! Come on! [ Grunting ] 392 00:23:49,261 --> 00:23:51,831 O'Dell! 393 00:23:51,931 --> 00:23:54,867 [ Car Horn Honking ] Get off of me! 394 00:23:54,967 --> 00:23:57,704 Hey, fellas. We're lookin' for U.S. 52. 395 00:24:00,072 --> 00:24:01,908 [ Engine Revving ] 396 00:24:02,008 --> 00:24:05,111 Uh, fellas? 397 00:24:05,211 --> 00:24:08,881 Uh, just, uh, stay left at the fork. It's about another five miles straight ahead. 398 00:24:08,981 --> 00:24:10,883 Thanks. 399 00:24:18,324 --> 00:24:21,160 You fellas see the way she was lookin' at me? 400 00:24:23,362 --> 00:24:26,733 Man, you all wanna be coal miners, 401 00:24:26,833 --> 00:24:29,168 you all go ahead and be coal miners. 402 00:24:40,913 --> 00:24:43,550 [ O'Dell ] There. There. 403 00:24:57,597 --> 00:24:59,465 God's honest truth, Homer, 404 00:24:59,566 --> 00:25:01,668 what are the chances... 405 00:25:01,768 --> 00:25:04,003 of a bunch of kids from Coalwood... 406 00:25:04,103 --> 00:25:06,906 actually winnin' the National Science Fair? 407 00:25:07,006 --> 00:25:09,175 A million to one, O'Dell. 408 00:25:09,275 --> 00:25:12,078 That good? 409 00:25:12,178 --> 00:25:15,648 Well, why didn't you say so? Come on. Give me that. 410 00:25:17,617 --> 00:25:19,619 [ O'Dell ] Quentin. [ Grunts ] 411 00:25:25,858 --> 00:25:28,194 What? [ Both Chuckling ] 412 00:25:49,315 --> 00:25:52,118 We hiked eight miles for this? 413 00:25:52,218 --> 00:25:54,954 Oh, it's great. What should we call it? 414 00:25:55,054 --> 00:25:56,956 How 'bout a slack dump? 415 00:25:57,056 --> 00:25:59,926 [ O'Dell ] What about "No Man's Land"? 416 00:26:00,026 --> 00:26:02,394 Cape Coalwood. 417 00:26:02,494 --> 00:26:05,031 I mean, it's perfect. 418 00:26:05,131 --> 00:26:07,399 We could build a blockhouse over there... 419 00:26:07,499 --> 00:26:09,068 and-- and a-- and a-- and a launch pad. 420 00:26:10,637 --> 00:26:12,939 [ Homer ] And we could even build a test stand! 421 00:26:25,785 --> 00:26:27,687 [ Homer's Voice ] Dear Dr. von Braun, 422 00:26:27,787 --> 00:26:30,122 our launch site, which we've named Cape Coalwood, 423 00:26:30,222 --> 00:26:32,324 is nearing completion... [ Shouting ] 424 00:26:32,424 --> 00:26:35,762 thanks to the generosity of local businesses. 425 00:26:35,862 --> 00:26:36,829 [ Music ] * Come on, baby 426 00:26:36,929 --> 00:26:38,765 * Let the good times roll 427 00:26:38,865 --> 00:26:42,001 * Come on, baby Let the good time roll * 428 00:26:42,101 --> 00:26:44,971 * Roll all night long 429 00:26:46,338 --> 00:26:48,775 [ Homer's Voice ] Inspired by our efforts, 430 00:26:48,875 --> 00:26:52,745 everyone is anxious to help by donating materials. 431 00:26:52,845 --> 00:26:57,684 [ Chattering, Laughing ] We've been fortunate to have the support of our classmates. 432 00:26:57,784 --> 00:27:00,252 And the whole community here in Coalwood is behind us. 433 00:27:00,352 --> 00:27:02,855 Hey, rocket boy. Mars is that way. [ Laughing ] 434 00:27:02,955 --> 00:27:05,792 But no one has been more encouraging to our efforts than my father. 435 00:27:05,892 --> 00:27:10,029 No, the company doesn't have any cement left over for launch pads. 436 00:27:10,129 --> 00:27:12,031 I just thought I'd ask. 437 00:27:12,131 --> 00:27:15,234 Besides, I told you no more rockets. 438 00:27:15,334 --> 00:27:18,470 Uh, you said no more rockets on company property. 439 00:27:18,570 --> 00:27:20,740 And Olga doesn't own Snakeroot. 440 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:23,676 So, you walk eight miles? 441 00:27:23,776 --> 00:27:25,778 Yes, sir. 442 00:27:28,314 --> 00:27:31,250 Well, tell me something, Homer. 443 00:27:31,350 --> 00:27:34,620 Uh, what exactly is this Wernher von Braun... 444 00:27:34,721 --> 00:27:37,323 and the rest of those Germans accomplishin' anyway? 445 00:27:37,423 --> 00:27:40,893 'Cause if you ask me, it's nothin' but a stunt. 446 00:27:40,993 --> 00:27:44,764 You think, you think catchin' up to the Russians in space is a stunt? 447 00:27:44,864 --> 00:27:47,934 When the novelty wears off, they're all gonna be sent packin'. 448 00:27:48,034 --> 00:27:52,805 Maybe then they'll have to find themselves a real job. Like minin' coal? 449 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:55,942 You listen here. 450 00:27:56,042 --> 00:27:59,245 The coal we mine makes steel, Homer. 451 00:27:59,345 --> 00:28:02,681 And if steel fails, this country fails. 452 00:28:02,782 --> 00:28:05,417 If you had half a damn brain in your head, you'd know that. 453 00:28:05,517 --> 00:28:07,419 [ Phone Ringing ] 454 00:28:09,688 --> 00:28:12,524 Well, who's down there now? 455 00:28:12,624 --> 00:28:15,194 Hold on just a second. Hey, listen here. 456 00:28:15,294 --> 00:28:18,330 I had an engineer estimate a new walkway. 457 00:28:18,430 --> 00:28:20,900 They had some cement left over, 458 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,502 so it got caught in the rain-- it's probably ruined. 459 00:28:23,602 --> 00:28:26,272 But if you wanna haul it out, it's all yours. 460 00:28:26,372 --> 00:28:28,274 Thanks, Dad. 461 00:28:29,675 --> 00:28:31,410 [ John ] I'll be down there in a minute. 462 00:28:36,148 --> 00:28:40,386 And Miss Riley wanted to make sure you document your results. 463 00:28:40,486 --> 00:28:42,822 You will be graded when she returns. 464 00:28:42,922 --> 00:28:45,024 You have one hour. 465 00:28:45,124 --> 00:28:48,027 [ Quentin ] Potassium chloride has a potassium atom. 466 00:28:48,127 --> 00:28:52,031 If we mix it with sugar and add heat, 467 00:28:52,131 --> 00:28:54,834 we'll get three parts oxygen, two parts carbon dioxide, 468 00:28:54,934 --> 00:28:57,136 along with some other by-products. 469 00:28:57,236 --> 00:28:59,605 In other words, lots of good expanding gases. 470 00:28:59,705 --> 00:29:02,341 It should make an excellent propellant. 471 00:29:02,441 --> 00:29:04,443 It smells like candy. Ooh! 472 00:29:06,445 --> 00:29:08,414 [ Chuckles ] [ Teacher ] Better get started. 473 00:29:10,316 --> 00:29:12,819 All right, quick. Get rid of it. 474 00:29:25,531 --> 00:29:28,034 [ All Screaming ] 475 00:29:28,134 --> 00:29:30,769 [ Chattering ] 476 00:29:33,973 --> 00:29:36,608 [ Radio ] * Only you 477 00:29:36,708 --> 00:29:39,178 * [ Continues, Indistinct ] 478 00:29:41,881 --> 00:29:45,484 Mr. Bolden, have you seen Mr. Bykovsky around? 479 00:29:45,584 --> 00:29:48,154 He's not in the shop anymore. 480 00:29:49,288 --> 00:29:51,523 Your dad sent him down to the mine. 481 00:29:51,623 --> 00:29:54,961 [ Music ] * For only you 482 00:29:56,462 --> 00:29:59,631 He's takin' it out on you because you helped me. 483 00:29:59,731 --> 00:30:03,302 That's enough of that. Your father is a fair man. 484 00:30:03,402 --> 00:30:06,238 If he's strict, it's because he has to be. 485 00:30:06,338 --> 00:30:09,675 Besides, he did me a big favor, transferring me from the machine shop. 486 00:30:09,775 --> 00:30:11,710 What are you talkin' about? 487 00:30:11,810 --> 00:30:14,280 I can make twice as much money down there working the high coal. 488 00:30:14,380 --> 00:30:16,949 You can? 489 00:30:17,049 --> 00:30:20,752 I've got relatives in Europe who've had hard time recovering from the war. 490 00:30:20,853 --> 00:30:23,589 They depend on me for whatever I can provide. 491 00:30:23,689 --> 00:30:25,791 So, believe me, I can use the extra money. 492 00:30:25,892 --> 00:30:28,895 I'm just sorry I won't be able to weld any more rockets for you. 493 00:30:31,730 --> 00:30:33,499 That's for good luck. 494 00:30:37,603 --> 00:30:40,372 May-Maybe you could teach me how to weld. 495 00:30:40,472 --> 00:30:43,943 Welding is very difficult, Homer. I could learn. 496 00:30:47,313 --> 00:30:49,248 You don't give up, do you? 497 00:30:51,417 --> 00:30:52,551 I can't. 498 00:30:52,651 --> 00:30:56,255 [ Buzzer Buzzing ] 499 00:31:03,029 --> 00:31:05,397 Come on, son. [ Homer ] Hi, Mr. Bolden. 500 00:31:09,701 --> 00:31:12,404 Hey, Homer. I heard you tellin' Ike... 501 00:31:12,504 --> 00:31:15,307 you were gonna be shootin' off another rocket up here today. 502 00:31:15,407 --> 00:31:19,011 I-- I thought that might be somethin' we'd like to see. 503 00:31:20,146 --> 00:31:22,381 Whoa! 504 00:31:23,849 --> 00:31:25,985 [ Boys ] Eight, seven, 505 00:31:26,085 --> 00:31:28,220 six, five, 506 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:31,023 four, three-- 507 00:31:33,459 --> 00:31:35,194 Hey, look out! 508 00:31:36,328 --> 00:31:37,196 [ Homer ] Mr. Bolden! 509 00:31:40,299 --> 00:31:43,335 Mr. Bolden, are you okay? [ Grunting ] 510 00:31:43,435 --> 00:31:45,304 [ Sighs ] I'm all right. 511 00:31:47,206 --> 00:31:50,276 I'm sorry about that, sir. Oh, that's all right. That's all right. 512 00:31:50,376 --> 00:31:54,413 Homer, I flew with the Red Tails in World War II. 513 00:31:54,513 --> 00:31:56,848 And seein' that rocket come at me-- 514 00:31:56,949 --> 00:31:59,051 it almost took me back there. 515 00:32:00,186 --> 00:32:02,554 Hey, let me have a look at that thing. 516 00:32:05,157 --> 00:32:07,059 That's a good job on the weld, Homer, 517 00:32:07,159 --> 00:32:11,330 but the heat from the exhaust melted the washer. 518 00:32:11,430 --> 00:32:15,367 It's referred to as a nozzle... uh, sir. 519 00:32:15,467 --> 00:32:18,770 Son, you can call it whatever you wanna call it, 520 00:32:18,870 --> 00:32:23,275 but you're gonna have to have a better steel that can take the heat. 521 00:32:23,375 --> 00:32:27,513 Now I'd say S.A.E. 10-20 bar stock ought to do you fine. 522 00:32:27,613 --> 00:32:31,083 And I can order it for you. Well, that'd be great, Mr. Bolden. 523 00:32:31,183 --> 00:32:35,787 But it's kind of expensive. Um-- 524 00:32:35,887 --> 00:32:39,491 [ O'Dell ] Twelve miles of scrap iron, and all we gotta do is pop it loose. 525 00:32:39,591 --> 00:32:43,062 Yeah. Now what are we gonna tell the railroad when they catch us pryin' up the track? 526 00:32:43,162 --> 00:32:46,732 It's abandoned. See, the county's covered with abandoned spur lines. 527 00:32:46,832 --> 00:32:49,501 A mine shuts down, the track just rusts over. 528 00:32:49,601 --> 00:32:52,304 [ Grunting ] 529 00:32:52,404 --> 00:32:57,543 [ Gasping ] $8.20. 530 00:32:57,643 --> 00:33:00,546 This is worth eight twenty? 531 00:33:00,646 --> 00:33:03,315 A ton. 532 00:33:03,415 --> 00:33:05,717 Come on. [ Clears Throat ] 533 00:33:07,586 --> 00:33:09,521 [ Chattering ] 534 00:33:09,621 --> 00:33:11,657 [ Grunting ] [ Roy Lee ] This thing weighs a ton all by itself! 535 00:33:11,757 --> 00:33:13,659 [ Chattering Continues ] 536 00:33:13,759 --> 00:33:15,694 [ O'Dell ] Four hundred pounds. [ Panting ] 537 00:33:15,794 --> 00:33:18,297 [ Roy Lee ] Four hundred pounds? 538 00:33:18,397 --> 00:33:20,566 [ Homer ] All right. 539 00:33:20,666 --> 00:33:23,702 [ Homer ] O'Dell, you're sayin' this thing is worth a buck 65? 540 00:33:23,802 --> 00:33:25,737 [ Grunting ] 541 00:33:25,837 --> 00:33:28,307 Woo-hoo! [ Laughing ] 542 00:33:31,643 --> 00:33:33,545 [ Sighs ] 543 00:33:35,647 --> 00:33:37,583 Whoa. 544 00:33:38,884 --> 00:33:41,420 [ Whistle Blowing In Distance ] 545 00:33:46,092 --> 00:33:49,328 [ Blowing Continues ] 546 00:33:53,165 --> 00:33:55,033 O'Dell? 547 00:33:55,134 --> 00:33:59,105 I-It's abandoned. Uh, look at the rust. 548 00:33:59,205 --> 00:34:02,974 Caretta number two shut down in '51. 549 00:34:03,075 --> 00:34:05,277 [ Whistling Blowing Loudly ] Shit! 550 00:34:05,377 --> 00:34:08,046 [ Homer ] Get it up! Get it up! Just get it up! 551 00:34:08,147 --> 00:34:10,582 [ Roy Lee ] Give me a hand, man. Come on! 552 00:34:10,682 --> 00:34:12,618 [ Grunting ] 553 00:34:13,852 --> 00:34:16,622 [ Shouting ] [ Grunting Continues ] 554 00:34:16,722 --> 00:34:19,191 [ Homer ] Forget it! Forget it! Just stop the train! 555 00:34:19,291 --> 00:34:21,260 [ O'Dell ] Roy Lee! 556 00:34:23,262 --> 00:34:25,931 [ Quentin ] Stop! [ Homer ] Stop! The track's out! 557 00:34:26,031 --> 00:34:28,267 [ O'Dell ] Stop! Stop! [ Homer ] Stop it! 558 00:34:28,367 --> 00:34:31,837 [ Shouting Continues ] [ Whistle Blowing ] 559 00:34:31,937 --> 00:34:33,705 Stop! Stop! 560 00:34:33,805 --> 00:34:36,642 [ Quentin ] The track! 561 00:34:36,742 --> 00:34:39,778 [ Whistle Blowing ] 562 00:34:39,878 --> 00:34:41,680 [ Screeching ] 563 00:34:46,017 --> 00:34:48,954 [ Music ] You made me cry * 564 00:34:49,054 --> 00:34:51,923 When you said good-bye * 565 00:34:52,023 --> 00:34:55,794 Ain't that a shame * 566 00:34:55,894 --> 00:34:59,298 My tears fell like rain * 567 00:34:59,398 --> 00:35:02,268 [ Mr. Bolden ] S.A.E. 10-20 bar stock Ain't that a shame * 568 00:35:02,368 --> 00:35:04,936 [ Continues, Indistinct ] Then go 30 degrees crucial. When the fuel combusts, 569 00:35:05,036 --> 00:35:07,373 i-it creates a controlled explosion. 570 00:35:07,473 --> 00:35:10,209 The nozzle directs a-a-a river of hot gas... 571 00:35:10,309 --> 00:35:14,313 tha-that can reach th-the speed of sound when it hits the mouth of the nozzle! 572 00:35:14,413 --> 00:35:16,948 Hey, Quentin. Sorry. 573 00:35:17,048 --> 00:35:19,885 Ain't that a shame * [ Shouting ] 574 00:35:19,985 --> 00:35:23,789 My tears fell like rain * It's called a tapered bore. 575 00:35:23,889 --> 00:35:27,593 A tapered bore. Now he's takin' off just a little bit at a time. 576 00:35:27,693 --> 00:35:30,662 You are to blame * 577 00:35:32,331 --> 00:35:34,233 Oh, well * 578 00:35:34,333 --> 00:35:37,135 Good-bye, although * 579 00:35:37,236 --> 00:35:39,471 I'll cry * 580 00:35:39,571 --> 00:35:42,874 Ain't that a shame * 581 00:35:42,974 --> 00:35:45,277 My tears fell like rain * 582 00:35:45,377 --> 00:35:47,379 [ Mr. Bolden ] Good deed, good deed. 583 00:35:47,479 --> 00:35:51,283 Ain't that a shame * 584 00:35:51,383 --> 00:35:53,519 You're the one to blame * 585 00:35:54,986 --> 00:35:57,122 I'm concerned that the mass of the added propellant... 586 00:35:57,223 --> 00:36:00,292 compared to the mass of the empty rocket will be too little. 587 00:36:00,392 --> 00:36:02,093 Uh, he's afraid it'll be too heavy. 588 00:36:02,194 --> 00:36:04,263 Why don't we just make it longer? 589 00:36:04,363 --> 00:36:08,834 Longer would allow increased volume for the propellant without much additional mass. 590 00:36:08,934 --> 00:36:10,669 Great idea. 591 00:36:15,341 --> 00:36:18,577 Well, you made me cry * 592 00:36:18,677 --> 00:36:22,248 When you said good-bye * 593 00:36:22,348 --> 00:36:25,684 Ain't that a shame * 594 00:36:25,784 --> 00:36:27,686 My tears fell like rain * 595 00:36:27,786 --> 00:36:30,188 [ Explosion ] 596 00:36:30,289 --> 00:36:32,958 Ain't that a shame * 597 00:36:33,058 --> 00:36:35,327 You're the one to blame * [ Chuckling ] Yeah. 598 00:36:35,427 --> 00:36:37,729 [ Laughing ] We got one! 599 00:36:37,829 --> 00:36:39,698 Oh, well * 600 00:36:39,798 --> 00:36:41,700 Good-bye * 601 00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:44,770 Although I'll try * 602 00:36:44,870 --> 00:36:48,607 Ain't that a shame * 603 00:36:48,707 --> 00:36:51,377 My tears fell like rain * 604 00:36:52,511 --> 00:36:54,680 Ain't that a shame * 605 00:36:56,682 --> 00:36:58,617 You're the one to blame * 606 00:37:02,554 --> 00:37:06,692 My guess is, is we're gettin' air pockets in the body of the propellant. 607 00:37:06,792 --> 00:37:10,396 When the fire hits 'em, they act like little combustion chambers. 608 00:37:10,496 --> 00:37:12,698 I think we're gonna need a liquid binder of some sort. 609 00:37:12,798 --> 00:37:18,136 What about gasoline? That's a good idea. 610 00:37:18,236 --> 00:37:21,039 "Four unidentifiable high school students... 611 00:37:21,139 --> 00:37:25,577 lost their lives earlier this mornin' when their toy rocket exploded." 612 00:37:25,677 --> 00:37:29,748 Alcohol. I mean, alcohol's stable. 613 00:37:29,848 --> 00:37:33,118 And it'll evaporate quickly. 614 00:37:33,218 --> 00:37:35,854 Yeah, but it'd have to be 100% undiluted. 615 00:37:35,954 --> 00:37:38,590 None of that watered-down stuff they sell at the company store. 616 00:37:38,690 --> 00:37:40,959 I have no idea where we could find that. 617 00:37:41,059 --> 00:37:44,363 * [ Men Scatting ] 618 00:37:44,463 --> 00:37:47,299 [ Roy Lee ] Listen. I know these fellas, so let me do all the talkin'. 619 00:37:47,399 --> 00:37:49,568 [ Homer ] I'm not gonna say a word. 620 00:37:49,668 --> 00:37:51,570 [ Music ] Now they often call me Speedo * 621 00:37:51,670 --> 00:37:54,640 [ Man ] Is that rocket fuel or what? 622 00:37:54,740 --> 00:37:57,576 [ Laughing ] 623 00:37:57,676 --> 00:37:59,611 Now they often call me Speedo * 624 00:37:59,711 --> 00:38:03,014 But my real name is Mr. Earl * 625 00:38:04,783 --> 00:38:07,519 Well, now some may call me Joe * 626 00:38:07,619 --> 00:38:09,521 Some may call me Moe * 627 00:38:09,621 --> 00:38:13,024 Just remember Speedo He don't ever take it slow * 628 00:38:13,124 --> 00:38:15,093 Well, now they often call me Speedo * 629 00:38:15,193 --> 00:38:18,430 'Cause I don't believe in wastin' time * 630 00:38:28,674 --> 00:38:33,912 Great. How'd they find out about it? 631 00:38:34,012 --> 00:38:36,615 My brother. 632 00:38:38,917 --> 00:38:41,820 You know, we poop out this time, the whole county's gonna be laughin' at us. 633 00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:45,123 Who cares what any of them think? Easy for you to say, Quentin. 634 00:38:45,223 --> 00:38:47,826 You're used to people makin' fun of you. [ Ms. Riley ] All right now. 635 00:38:47,926 --> 00:38:49,861 Quentin's right, y'all. 636 00:38:49,961 --> 00:38:52,931 Homer, you don't have to prove anything to anybody. 637 00:38:53,031 --> 00:38:55,000 You remember that. 638 00:38:55,100 --> 00:38:57,903 Now go launch yourself a rocket. 639 00:38:59,070 --> 00:39:01,740 [ Chattering ] 640 00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:04,476 [ Man ] Come on, boy. Homer! 641 00:39:04,576 --> 00:39:06,978 Hello, Dorothy. 642 00:39:07,078 --> 00:39:10,516 Is that thing really gonna fly? Well, it, uh-- 643 00:39:10,616 --> 00:39:15,854 That thing had better fly, or you can kiss your chances of losin' your virginity good-bye. 644 00:39:15,954 --> 00:39:18,990 Hey, couldn't you guys find somethin' better to do? 645 00:39:19,090 --> 00:39:21,460 [ Boy ] Hey, listen. There's no practice on Saturdays. 646 00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:24,362 You little sisters are the only entertainment in town. 647 00:39:24,463 --> 00:39:26,898 Yeah, we were gonna drive over to war, but then we thought, 648 00:39:26,998 --> 00:39:29,568 hey, let's go see Homer blow himself up. 649 00:39:30,736 --> 00:39:33,605 [ Homer ] That's real funny, Jim. 650 00:39:33,705 --> 00:39:36,642 [ Chattering Continues ] 651 00:39:50,856 --> 00:39:52,924 [ Jim ] Hey, Homer. Come on. We don't got all day. 652 00:39:53,024 --> 00:39:57,095 Shut up, Jim. [ O'Dell ] Homer, everything ready? 653 00:39:57,195 --> 00:39:59,097 Wait, wait. What do you mean, wait? 654 00:39:59,197 --> 00:40:01,700 [ O'Dell ] Where are you goin'? 655 00:40:02,834 --> 00:40:04,770 [ Whispering ] 656 00:40:14,813 --> 00:40:17,148 [ Girl ] Hurry up, y'all. 657 00:40:17,248 --> 00:40:20,486 All right. It won't fly unless somebody pulls the string. 658 00:40:27,158 --> 00:40:29,661 [ Homer ] Ten-- [ All ] Nine, eight, 659 00:40:29,761 --> 00:40:32,130 seven, six, 660 00:40:32,230 --> 00:40:34,933 five, four-- 661 00:40:38,870 --> 00:40:40,205 Oh, my God! 662 00:40:42,608 --> 00:40:44,610 [ Chattering, Clapping, Cheering ] 663 00:40:44,710 --> 00:40:47,646 [ Cheering Continues ] 664 00:40:57,756 --> 00:40:59,725 [ Girl ] That's great! 665 00:41:04,663 --> 00:41:09,601 Homer, that was unbelievable! Let's go, Dorothy. 666 00:41:09,701 --> 00:41:11,570 I'll tell you what's unbelievable-- 667 00:41:11,670 --> 00:41:15,774 the captain of the football team bein' jealous of you. [ Chuckling ] 668 00:41:15,874 --> 00:41:18,243 What you think about gettin' in that science fair now? 669 00:41:18,343 --> 00:41:21,012 I think we got a chance. 670 00:41:26,051 --> 00:41:28,186 [ Elsie ] Well, bless her heart. 671 00:41:28,286 --> 00:41:30,956 Aunt Joanne hasn't seen you in about a year and a half. 672 00:41:31,056 --> 00:41:33,925 [ Jim ] You look like a sausage. He does not. 673 00:41:35,426 --> 00:41:38,063 Happy birthday, Homer. [ Smacks Lips ] 674 00:41:38,163 --> 00:41:40,899 It'll stretch some when you wear it. 675 00:41:40,999 --> 00:41:43,769 You be sure and send her a nice thank you note now. All right. 676 00:41:43,869 --> 00:41:46,605 John? Huh? 677 00:41:46,705 --> 00:41:50,175 Oh, happy birthday, Homer. 678 00:41:50,275 --> 00:41:53,178 And I got this in the mail. 679 00:41:53,278 --> 00:41:56,047 Must be a present from Grandma. 680 00:41:56,147 --> 00:41:57,916 What's this? 681 00:42:02,854 --> 00:42:04,856 Oh, it's an autographed picture. 682 00:42:04,956 --> 00:42:09,194 Of Grandma? Rather get socks. Wernher von Braun. 683 00:42:09,294 --> 00:42:12,263 Well, wonder how he knew it was your birthday. 684 00:42:12,363 --> 00:42:14,265 [ Homer ] I don't reckon he did. 685 00:42:14,365 --> 00:42:18,503 "Dear Homer, congratulations on your rocket building. 686 00:42:18,604 --> 00:42:20,538 Continue your education and maybe one day--" 687 00:42:20,639 --> 00:42:23,008 Boy, you better take an interest in your own damn town. 688 00:42:24,209 --> 00:42:26,111 Instead of wastin' your time, 689 00:42:26,211 --> 00:42:29,414 worryin' about Wernher von Bran and, uh, uh, Cape Canaveral. 690 00:42:29,514 --> 00:42:32,984 John, it's his birthday. 691 00:42:36,021 --> 00:42:38,289 All right, Homer. Uh-- [ Phone Rings ] 692 00:42:40,926 --> 00:42:43,294 [ Ringing Continues ] 693 00:42:45,897 --> 00:42:49,768 [ Ringing Stops ] [ John ] Yeah? 694 00:42:49,868 --> 00:42:52,337 Homer, there's strike talk startin' up again. 695 00:42:52,437 --> 00:42:54,572 Your father's-- Yeah, he's got a lot on his mind. 696 00:42:54,673 --> 00:42:57,308 Yeah, well, I don't give a damn. 697 00:42:59,110 --> 00:43:02,313 [ Homer ] "Principles of Guided Missile Design." 698 00:43:02,413 --> 00:43:05,717 [ Miss Riley ] I had Miss Waters order it for you a while back, and it just came. 699 00:43:07,786 --> 00:43:10,622 I know the math is too advanced for you. It is for me too. 700 00:43:10,722 --> 00:43:13,725 There's calculus, differential equations-- No, I'll learn the math. 701 00:43:13,825 --> 00:43:17,095 This is great, Miss Riley. I'll learn everything. 702 00:43:17,195 --> 00:43:18,964 It's the best present that anyone's ever given me. 703 00:43:20,565 --> 00:43:23,935 Thank you. I'm gonna show the guys. 704 00:43:24,035 --> 00:43:26,738 Well, Quentin will probably go cra-- Goodness gracious, Hickam. 705 00:43:26,838 --> 00:43:30,008 Watch where you're goin'. Just-- 706 00:43:30,108 --> 00:43:32,110 Where'd you get this? I gave it to him. 707 00:43:33,478 --> 00:43:35,280 Bye, Miss Riley. 708 00:43:37,916 --> 00:43:42,187 Miss Riley, our job is to give these kids an education, not false hopes. 709 00:43:42,287 --> 00:43:45,891 False hopes? 710 00:43:45,991 --> 00:43:50,028 Do you want me to sit quiet, let 'em breathe in coal dust the rest of their life? 711 00:43:50,128 --> 00:43:53,298 [ Sighs ] Miss Riley, once in a while, 712 00:43:53,398 --> 00:43:56,134 a lucky one will get out on a football scholarship. 713 00:43:56,234 --> 00:43:59,437 The rest of 'em work in the mines. 714 00:43:59,537 --> 00:44:02,607 How about I believe in the unlucky ones, hmm? 715 00:44:02,708 --> 00:44:06,044 I have to, Mr. Turner, or I'd go out of my mind. 716 00:44:08,747 --> 00:44:12,083 [ Elsie Muttering] [ John Laughing ] 717 00:44:12,183 --> 00:44:14,219 [ Man ] It's good, it's good. [ John ] Hey, Homer. 718 00:44:14,319 --> 00:44:16,822 Happy birthday, son. 719 00:44:16,922 --> 00:44:18,824 Got some good news for you, Homer. 720 00:44:18,924 --> 00:44:22,227 Say hello to Fred Smith from the University of West Virginia. 721 00:44:22,327 --> 00:44:24,395 Hello, Homer. Hi, sir. 722 00:44:24,495 --> 00:44:28,433 Mr. Smith wants Jim to play football there. He's offerin' him a full scholarship. 723 00:44:28,533 --> 00:44:30,401 Well, congratulations, Jim. 724 00:44:30,501 --> 00:44:32,738 Do you play ball, son? 725 00:44:32,838 --> 00:44:36,574 No, Homer shoots off rockets. Whoosh and all that st-- 726 00:44:36,674 --> 00:44:38,576 Well, rockets are not exactly my field, son, 727 00:44:38,676 --> 00:44:41,079 but maybe if you work hard, you'll get to go to college too. 728 00:44:41,179 --> 00:44:43,782 Yeah, on a science fiction scholarship, maybe. [ John ] Jim. 729 00:44:54,893 --> 00:44:57,662 [ Homer's Voice ] Dear Dr. von Braun, 730 00:44:57,763 --> 00:45:00,265 thank you for the autographed picture. 731 00:45:00,365 --> 00:45:02,768 It will only further inspire me to keep working... 732 00:45:02,868 --> 00:45:06,071 toward our all-important goal of entering that science fair this spring. 733 00:45:20,285 --> 00:45:22,187 [ Clears Throat ] 734 00:45:31,930 --> 00:45:34,766 We're shootin' off a rocket today. 735 00:45:36,501 --> 00:45:38,870 I th-thought you'd like to come see it. 736 00:45:38,970 --> 00:45:41,807 I gotta catch up on some work. 737 00:45:44,142 --> 00:45:47,913 Ho-How come, how come you never have work when Jim plays football? 738 00:45:48,013 --> 00:45:50,015 You never miss a game. 739 00:45:51,850 --> 00:45:53,852 [ Sighs ] 740 00:45:55,420 --> 00:45:57,388 What time are you gonna do it? 741 00:45:58,623 --> 00:46:00,425 About 4:00. 742 00:46:02,293 --> 00:46:06,397 Uh, I can't promise you-- [ Rumbling, Glass Breaks ] 743 00:46:06,497 --> 00:46:09,534 Somebody pulled a pillar too close. [ Alarm Blares ] 744 00:46:09,634 --> 00:46:13,038 [ Rings ] [ Alarm Continues ] 745 00:46:13,138 --> 00:46:15,773 Yeah? 746 00:46:15,874 --> 00:46:19,811 Well, thank God for that. Yeah, right now. 747 00:46:22,180 --> 00:46:24,515 Nobody hurt. [ Man Shouts ] 748 00:46:27,718 --> 00:46:30,355 [ Shouting Continues ] 749 00:46:30,455 --> 00:46:34,325 * Go, Rocket Boys [ Cheering ] 750 00:46:36,227 --> 00:46:40,198 Ten! [ Together ] Nine, eight, seven, 751 00:46:40,298 --> 00:46:42,100 six, five, 752 00:46:42,200 --> 00:46:44,502 four, three, two, 753 00:46:44,602 --> 00:46:46,171 one, liftoff! 754 00:46:49,941 --> 00:46:51,943 [ Cheering ] 755 00:46:56,814 --> 00:46:58,583 [ Cheering, Clapping Continue ] 756 00:47:02,687 --> 00:47:04,155 You got it? Can you see? 757 00:47:04,255 --> 00:47:06,291 [ O'Dell ] Uh, no. Yes. [ Roy Lee ] See it? 758 00:47:06,391 --> 00:47:09,527 Yeah, I see it. What's the time? 759 00:47:09,627 --> 00:47:12,663 Looks like 12 seconds. Which one of you fellas is Homer Hickam? 760 00:47:12,763 --> 00:47:16,301 Um, that's me, sir. I'm Basil Thorpe with the Bluefield Telegraph. 761 00:47:16,401 --> 00:47:18,937 Can I ask you a few questions? 762 00:47:19,037 --> 00:47:20,939 Sure. [ Chuckles ] 763 00:47:21,039 --> 00:47:26,177 [ Homer ] "The silvery cylinder burst forth in a fiery column of smoke and flame, 764 00:47:26,277 --> 00:47:29,647 "racing the very wind as it soared into the sky, 765 00:47:29,747 --> 00:47:31,917 "a messenger of these Rocket Boys of Big Creek-- 766 00:47:32,017 --> 00:47:34,652 "these boys who use their brains, not brawn, 767 00:47:34,752 --> 00:47:38,256 who play not football, but with Apollo's fire." 768 00:47:38,356 --> 00:47:40,491 [ All Chuckling ] Hi, Homer. 769 00:47:40,591 --> 00:47:44,529 Hi, Dorothy. Would you please sign my newspaper? 770 00:47:44,629 --> 00:47:46,998 Sure. 771 00:47:47,098 --> 00:47:49,534 I just know you're gonna be really famous someday. 772 00:47:52,703 --> 00:47:57,242 H-O-M-E-R. [ Dorothy Giggling ] 773 00:47:58,676 --> 00:48:01,112 Which one of you fellas is Homer Hickam? 774 00:48:02,580 --> 00:48:04,882 [ Ms. Riley ] Excuse me. Excuse me. 775 00:48:07,785 --> 00:48:10,655 Which cost the taxpayers-- What in the world is goin' on? 776 00:48:10,755 --> 00:48:13,224 Miss Riley, this does not concern you. 777 00:48:13,324 --> 00:48:15,526 [ Ms. Riley ] You have these boys in handcuffs. 778 00:48:15,626 --> 00:48:19,998 You have these boys in handcuffs in a high school, Mr. Turner. 779 00:48:20,098 --> 00:48:23,201 You probably heard about the forest fire last week over by Welch. 780 00:48:23,301 --> 00:48:26,904 A lot of timber went up. Mr. Turner, you take these handcuffs off these boys. 781 00:48:27,005 --> 00:48:29,574 They found a rocket on the side of the road. 782 00:48:29,674 --> 00:48:32,910 We knew it started the fire, ma'am. What we didn't know is where it came from, 783 00:48:33,011 --> 00:48:34,879 till this morning. 784 00:48:34,980 --> 00:48:38,783 Mr. Hickam, can you account for all your rockets? 785 00:48:38,883 --> 00:48:40,651 No, sir. I can't. 786 00:48:44,555 --> 00:48:46,457 [ Chattering ] 787 00:48:53,264 --> 00:48:55,733 If you weren't a minor, you'd be in the state penitentiary. 788 00:48:55,833 --> 00:48:58,536 I know, Dad. I-- Homer, I've been confused by you, 789 00:48:58,636 --> 00:49:00,938 I've been mad as hell at you. 790 00:49:01,039 --> 00:49:03,975 But, boy, it's the first time in your life I've been ashamed of you. 791 00:49:04,075 --> 00:49:06,844 [ Roy Lee Grunting, Yelling ] 792 00:49:06,944 --> 00:49:11,049 [ Grunting Continues ] Stop, man! You stupid... 793 00:49:11,149 --> 00:49:14,019 Get in the car, Homer! [ Yelling Continues ] 794 00:49:14,119 --> 00:49:16,021 Homer, get in the car. 795 00:49:16,121 --> 00:49:19,390 [ Man Grunting ] Idiot! I ought to goddamn kill ya. 796 00:49:21,326 --> 00:49:23,228 [ Grunts ] 797 00:49:25,063 --> 00:49:28,633 We ain't at the mine now, Hickam. This ain't your business. 798 00:49:28,733 --> 00:49:31,102 [ John ] You get in the car with Homer, son. 799 00:49:32,337 --> 00:49:34,905 You listen to me, you drunken son of a bitch. 800 00:49:35,006 --> 00:49:38,409 If that boy's father was alive, he'd kick your ass. 801 00:49:38,509 --> 00:49:40,578 So I'm gonna have to do it for him. 802 00:49:40,678 --> 00:49:44,182 If I see him with a bruise, you get a scar. 803 00:49:44,282 --> 00:49:47,018 If I see him with a limp, you get crutches! 804 00:49:48,586 --> 00:49:51,722 [ John ] You hear me? Do you hear me? 805 00:49:56,227 --> 00:49:58,796 You know, I'm reportin' you to the union! 806 00:49:58,896 --> 00:50:01,399 Screw you and your damn union. 807 00:50:17,382 --> 00:50:22,287 Your father was one of the best men I ever had workin' for me. 808 00:50:27,925 --> 00:50:30,295 I was lucky to know him. 809 00:50:30,395 --> 00:50:32,730 [ Engine Starts ] 810 00:51:20,511 --> 00:51:22,447 Come on. 811 00:51:24,349 --> 00:51:27,084 Let's go have some fun for a change. 812 00:51:43,568 --> 00:51:46,237 [ Music ] In love * 813 00:51:46,337 --> 00:51:49,073 Why does my heart * 814 00:51:49,174 --> 00:51:51,576 Skip a crazy beat * 815 00:51:51,676 --> 00:51:56,547 For I know it will beat, beat, beat * 816 00:51:56,647 --> 00:52:00,418 Tell me why * [ Quentin ] They watched us get arrested. 817 00:52:00,518 --> 00:52:03,488 [ Quentin ] We're practically ex-convicts. 818 00:52:03,588 --> 00:52:05,823 They'll never dance with us. 819 00:52:05,923 --> 00:52:09,227 Jesus, Quentin. You don't know anything about women. 820 00:52:09,327 --> 00:52:11,896 Why do fools * 821 00:52:11,996 --> 00:52:15,733 I heard she broke up with that dumb jock. Fall in love * 822 00:52:18,269 --> 00:52:20,805 See you later, Elvis. [ Clapping ] 823 00:52:24,242 --> 00:52:27,278 Many a tear has to fall * 824 00:52:29,980 --> 00:52:34,419 But it's all in the game * 825 00:52:38,856 --> 00:52:42,660 All in the wonderful game * 826 00:52:42,760 --> 00:52:45,830 That you know * 827 00:52:45,930 --> 00:52:48,599 As love * 828 00:52:48,699 --> 00:52:50,668 [ Dorothy ] Hi, Homer. 829 00:52:50,768 --> 00:52:52,670 Hi, Dorothy. 830 00:52:52,770 --> 00:52:57,342 *You have words Jim, look who's here. 831 00:52:57,442 --> 00:52:59,910 Yeah, ain't it past your bedtime? 832 00:53:00,010 --> 00:53:02,580 And your future's looking * Let's go. 833 00:53:02,680 --> 00:53:05,216 Hey, Jim. Dim * 834 00:53:06,351 --> 00:53:09,954 But these things * Way to go. 835 00:53:10,054 --> 00:53:13,591 Your hearts can rise * 836 00:53:13,691 --> 00:53:15,826 Above * 837 00:53:19,597 --> 00:53:23,334 *Once in a while he won't call * 838 00:53:33,844 --> 00:53:36,314 When the twilight is gone * 839 00:53:36,414 --> 00:53:39,417 Ah, ah * 840 00:53:39,517 --> 00:53:41,819 Hi, Valentine. [ Thunder Rumbling ] 841 00:53:41,919 --> 00:53:44,188 Ah * 842 00:53:44,289 --> 00:53:46,924 I'm glad you didn't go to jail. When the twilight is gone * 843 00:53:47,024 --> 00:53:50,094 Ah, ah * 844 00:53:50,194 --> 00:53:52,263 You come into my heart * 845 00:53:52,363 --> 00:53:54,665 Ah * 846 00:53:54,765 --> 00:53:58,903 And here in my heart you will stay * 847 00:53:59,003 --> 00:54:00,905 [ Thunder Rumbling ] 848 00:54:01,005 --> 00:54:04,809 It sure was exciting watching your rockets go up. 849 00:54:10,080 --> 00:54:15,520 My prayer * 850 00:54:15,620 --> 00:54:20,525 Is to linger with you * 851 00:54:21,826 --> 00:54:25,363 At the end of the day * 852 00:54:38,943 --> 00:54:41,412 [ Train Rumbling Overhead ] 853 00:54:45,282 --> 00:54:49,286 You ever see that movie, Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman? 854 00:54:55,826 --> 00:54:57,728 [ Car Horn Honking ] [ Boy ] Homer! 855 00:54:57,828 --> 00:55:00,465 Homer! Down here! Homer! 856 00:55:00,565 --> 00:55:04,769 Homer! Homer! What is it? 857 00:55:17,181 --> 00:55:20,150 Mom! Mom! 858 00:55:20,250 --> 00:55:23,721 [ Panting ] Mom? 859 00:55:23,821 --> 00:55:27,024 Your father always has to be the big hero. [ Siren Wailing ] 860 00:55:27,124 --> 00:55:30,728 I swear to God, if he gets killed, I won't shed a tear. 861 00:55:50,214 --> 00:55:52,016 It's comin' up! 862 00:56:08,332 --> 00:56:10,768 [ Screaming, Chattering ] 863 00:56:19,577 --> 00:56:21,546 [ Woman ] Who-Who is it? 864 00:56:31,889 --> 00:56:35,726 [ Man ] It's Ike Bykovsky. Bykovsky. 865 00:56:40,397 --> 00:56:42,433 [ Man ] It's John Hickam! 866 00:56:43,834 --> 00:56:46,170 Dad, Dad! [ Man ] The cable snapped. 867 00:56:46,270 --> 00:56:48,072 May have fractured his skull! 868 00:56:52,409 --> 00:56:56,981 Get out of the way. Move back, folks! Let us through here! 869 00:56:58,983 --> 00:57:00,417 Tell you what, Homer. 870 00:57:00,518 --> 00:57:03,954 A dozen men would've died today if it hadn't been for your dad. 871 00:57:18,703 --> 00:57:21,071 [ Siren Wailing ] 872 00:57:49,033 --> 00:57:51,468 Thank you, doctor. 873 00:57:51,569 --> 00:57:54,572 Mm-hmm. Bye-Bye. 874 00:58:12,289 --> 00:58:16,761 The, uh, doctor says... 875 00:58:16,861 --> 00:58:21,031 there's a chance your dad could lose his eye. 876 00:58:21,131 --> 00:58:25,636 He has to go to the hospital in Charleston, 877 00:58:25,736 --> 00:58:28,673 and Olga won't pay for all of it. 878 00:58:28,773 --> 00:58:33,343 I'm gonna go down to the mine and ask Jake Mosby to sign me on. 879 00:58:33,443 --> 00:58:36,313 You can't do that, Jim. You've got school. 880 00:58:36,413 --> 00:58:40,084 Olga owns this house, Mom, and half the furniture in it. 881 00:58:40,184 --> 00:58:43,788 If you drop out, you'll lose your scholarship. 882 00:58:43,888 --> 00:58:48,693 Homer, I'm the oldest. It's my responsibility. I'll work in the mine. 883 00:58:51,228 --> 00:58:56,867 [ Phone Ringing ] 884 00:59:25,029 --> 00:59:27,965 Here you are, Sir. Thank you, Miss Ward. 885 00:59:32,002 --> 00:59:35,640 Mining coal is an honorable trade, Mr. Hickam. 886 00:59:38,542 --> 00:59:41,111 Nothing to be ashamed of. 887 00:59:55,793 --> 00:59:58,062 Miss Riley! Miss Riley! 888 01:00:06,370 --> 01:00:09,273 [ Alarm Clock Ringing ] 889 01:01:26,516 --> 01:01:28,352 [ Man ] Turn your light on, boy. 890 01:02:14,698 --> 01:02:17,134 Remember when you gave me these, John? 891 01:02:17,234 --> 01:02:19,736 Carbon crystals from the mine. 892 01:02:19,837 --> 01:02:23,841 Yeah. Honeymoon. At Myrtle Beach. 893 01:02:25,175 --> 01:02:29,246 And you said, "You always wanted diamonds. 894 01:02:29,346 --> 01:02:33,150 But these are the best I can do. I wish they were real." 895 01:02:33,250 --> 01:02:37,287 John, I never wanted diamonds. 896 01:02:43,427 --> 01:02:45,362 This whole year... 897 01:02:45,462 --> 01:02:48,765 has been pretty rough going down at the mine. 898 01:02:50,367 --> 01:02:52,937 Bad tempers... 899 01:02:53,037 --> 01:02:56,173 and a lot of strike talk. 900 01:02:56,273 --> 01:03:00,177 An accident makes things worse. 901 01:03:02,146 --> 01:03:04,448 In a way, I guess, 902 01:03:04,548 --> 01:03:08,618 I'm the one who's responsible for what happened to Mr. Bykovsky. 903 01:03:08,718 --> 01:03:11,188 Listen to me, Homer. 904 01:03:12,923 --> 01:03:15,225 Last month, 905 01:03:15,325 --> 01:03:19,529 I gave Ike the chance to go back to the machine shop, 906 01:03:19,629 --> 01:03:21,565 and he turned it down. 907 01:03:21,665 --> 01:03:25,002 Yeah, he stayed in the mine 'cause the money was better. 908 01:03:25,102 --> 01:03:28,072 That was his decision. 909 01:03:28,172 --> 01:03:31,341 You understand me? 910 01:03:31,441 --> 01:03:33,377 Yes, sir. 911 01:03:35,512 --> 01:03:40,784 Well, is mining coal as terrible as you figured it'd be? 912 01:03:40,885 --> 01:03:43,287 I guess not. 913 01:03:44,889 --> 01:03:47,424 But almost. [ Laughing ] 914 01:03:49,026 --> 01:03:50,928 [ Coughing ] 915 01:04:07,077 --> 01:04:11,548 Everybody says to say hi. Michael and Billy. 916 01:04:11,648 --> 01:04:13,850 Valentine Carmina. 917 01:04:13,951 --> 01:04:15,852 How about Miss Riley? 918 01:04:15,953 --> 01:04:20,925 She ain't been around much. She got some new boyfriend over in Welch. 919 01:04:22,092 --> 01:04:25,462 So, uh, what's it like down there? 920 01:04:29,166 --> 01:04:31,401 You get used to it after a while. 921 01:04:32,836 --> 01:04:35,973 Besides, shoveling coal has got its advantages. 922 01:04:36,073 --> 01:04:38,575 Check this out. 923 01:04:38,675 --> 01:04:42,579 Man, no wonder my stepdad can slug me so good. 924 01:04:42,679 --> 01:04:45,382 After a month down there, you'd be able to knock him out. 925 01:04:48,152 --> 01:04:50,754 Well, I ain't in no hurry. 926 01:04:50,854 --> 01:04:55,892 [ Work Whistle Blowing ] 927 01:05:00,664 --> 01:05:03,100 See y'all later. [ O'Dell ] See you, man. 928 01:05:03,200 --> 01:05:05,169 [ Roy Lee ] See you, Homer. 929 01:05:06,736 --> 01:05:09,539 [ John ] In Christ's name, we pray. Amen. 930 01:05:09,639 --> 01:05:11,575 Amen. 931 01:05:15,912 --> 01:05:19,349 We appreciate the sacrifice you made here, Homer. 932 01:05:19,449 --> 01:05:23,988 But pretty soon, you'll be able to go back and finish up the school year. 933 01:05:25,222 --> 01:05:27,257 I'm not going back to school. 934 01:05:27,357 --> 01:05:29,659 A few weeks left in the term, 935 01:05:29,759 --> 01:05:32,129 I'll just stay put. 936 01:05:32,229 --> 01:05:35,165 Well, I think you ought to finish high school. 937 01:05:37,867 --> 01:05:40,104 Well, tell him, John. 938 01:05:41,805 --> 01:05:44,208 Homer's not a boy anymore. 939 01:05:46,510 --> 01:05:49,513 I don't think I can tell him anything. 940 01:05:49,613 --> 01:05:51,448 [ Dishes Clattering ] 941 01:06:02,092 --> 01:06:06,163 [ Jake ] All I'm saying, John, is the cutoff was not done proper according to contract. 942 01:06:06,263 --> 01:06:08,165 Well, the company did what it had to do. 943 01:06:08,265 --> 01:06:10,700 Well, you know the union won't put up with it. 944 01:06:10,800 --> 01:06:15,039 Just give it a rest, Jake. It's my first day back. 945 01:06:19,976 --> 01:06:23,813 Hey, Lenny, how's he doing? 946 01:06:23,913 --> 01:06:25,882 He's a chip off the old block, John. 947 01:06:25,982 --> 01:06:29,053 It's good to have you back. [ Chuckling ] Thank you. 948 01:06:33,290 --> 01:06:37,994 Hi. I'm headed toward the face. You wanna come along? 949 01:06:42,132 --> 01:06:44,801 [ John ] Even though I don't have that piece of paper-- 950 01:06:44,901 --> 01:06:48,172 the thing from college-- they listen to me. 951 01:06:48,272 --> 01:06:50,207 You know why? 952 01:06:50,307 --> 01:06:53,177 'Cause you know more than they do. 953 01:06:53,277 --> 01:06:56,513 You bet your life I do. Homer, 954 01:06:56,613 --> 01:07:00,317 I know the mine like I know a man. 955 01:07:00,417 --> 01:07:04,154 Heck, I can take one look around here-- [ Coughing ] 956 01:07:05,922 --> 01:07:08,292 Are you all right? 957 01:07:08,392 --> 01:07:10,727 Yeah, I'm not afraid of a little coal dust. 958 01:07:10,827 --> 01:07:13,763 Hell, Homer, I was born for this. 959 01:07:13,863 --> 01:07:17,667 I guess it shouldn't surprise me that you were too. 960 01:07:17,767 --> 01:07:20,370 Let's go watch 'em shoot some coal. 961 01:07:27,711 --> 01:07:32,116 [ John ] Elsie, hold dinner for a while, will you? 962 01:07:32,216 --> 01:07:34,584 I have to make a call. 963 01:07:39,989 --> 01:07:42,058 [ Elsie ] Homer, 964 01:07:44,060 --> 01:07:47,697 I was in the store today, and I heard some talk. 965 01:08:00,577 --> 01:08:03,880 [ Ms. Riley ] Boy, it's sure hard to keep a secret in this town, isn't it? 966 01:08:03,980 --> 01:08:06,950 But I guess I did a pretty good job. 967 01:08:07,050 --> 01:08:11,921 You know, there's a rumor going around that I been sneaking off to Welch to see some beau. 968 01:08:12,021 --> 01:08:14,958 I wish that rumor'd been true. Well, 969 01:08:15,058 --> 01:08:20,297 They told me Hodgkin's can go into remission, so I might have some time. 970 01:08:20,397 --> 01:08:22,932 Is there anything I can do, Miss Riley? 971 01:08:23,032 --> 01:08:26,303 You can accept my apology. 972 01:08:26,403 --> 01:08:29,105 For what? 973 01:08:29,206 --> 01:08:31,541 My life's work is teaching. 974 01:08:31,641 --> 01:08:35,145 And I believed that if you boys won that science fair, 975 01:08:35,245 --> 01:08:40,083 got scholarships, went off and did something great with your lives, 976 01:08:40,184 --> 01:08:42,786 somehow my life would have counted for something. 977 01:08:44,954 --> 01:08:46,890 Homer. 978 01:08:49,793 --> 01:08:52,162 You know what? 979 01:08:52,262 --> 01:08:57,133 Sometimes you really can't listen to what anybody else says. 980 01:08:57,234 --> 01:09:00,170 You just gotta listen inside. 981 01:09:00,270 --> 01:09:03,307 You're not supposed to end up in those mines. 982 01:09:03,407 --> 01:09:06,843 You know why? 'Cause I think you made other plans. 983 01:09:06,943 --> 01:09:10,347 I want you to know something. 984 01:09:10,447 --> 01:09:14,651 I'm proud of you. I am. 985 01:09:14,751 --> 01:09:17,521 Whatever you choose. 986 01:09:49,753 --> 01:09:51,655 [ Alarm Ringing ] 987 01:10:04,401 --> 01:10:06,770 [ Mine Alarm Blaring ] 988 01:10:58,888 --> 01:11:03,393 [ Homer ] Excuse me, ma'am, is Quentin home? 989 01:11:08,164 --> 01:11:09,699 Quentin. 990 01:11:14,704 --> 01:11:18,642 Homer, y-you figured this equation out by yourself? 991 01:11:18,742 --> 01:11:22,446 Well, if I did the math right. It proves that you can't-- 992 01:11:22,546 --> 01:11:23,913 I-It proves we didn't start that fire! 993 01:11:24,013 --> 01:11:25,649 [ Quentin's Mom ] Quentin, what're you doin'? 994 01:11:25,749 --> 01:11:29,018 Now, the AUK XIII was the only one that we couldn't find that day. 995 01:11:29,118 --> 01:11:31,688 And our best guess for fall time with the AUK XII, 996 01:11:31,788 --> 01:11:34,824 which is exactly identical, was about 14 seconds. 997 01:11:34,924 --> 01:11:37,260 If you help me with the trig part, Quentin, 998 01:11:37,361 --> 01:11:40,964 we should be able to make a good guess where that rocket landed. 999 01:11:54,711 --> 01:11:57,347 Six thousand, three hundred and twenty-eight feet. 1000 01:11:58,415 --> 01:12:00,984 One point two miles. 1001 01:12:02,486 --> 01:12:04,454 Homer? Yeah? 1002 01:12:07,090 --> 01:12:11,761 Are you gonna tell Roy Lee and O'Dell where I live? 1003 01:12:11,861 --> 01:12:16,700 It wouldn't matter if you lived in the governor's mansion, 1004 01:12:16,800 --> 01:12:20,470 they'd still think you're weird. 1005 01:12:25,041 --> 01:12:27,711 I'll see you at dawn. 1006 01:12:27,811 --> 01:12:30,514 Don't you have to go to the mine? 1007 01:12:30,614 --> 01:12:32,982 I don't work there anymore. 1008 01:12:48,565 --> 01:12:50,534 [ Quentin ] One. 1009 01:12:57,273 --> 01:12:59,375 [ Homer ] Two. 1010 01:13:08,752 --> 01:13:10,687 [ Homer ] Ninety-nine. 1011 01:13:14,558 --> 01:13:16,526 A hundred seven. 1012 01:13:36,012 --> 01:13:38,147 One hundred and twenty-six. 1013 01:13:39,348 --> 01:13:42,185 That's 6,300 feet. 1014 01:13:42,285 --> 01:13:44,654 It's gotta be around here somewhere. 1015 01:14:08,545 --> 01:14:11,447 What'd we do wrong? 1016 01:14:11,548 --> 01:14:15,218 I don't know. I-I'll check the math again. 1017 01:14:25,161 --> 01:14:27,263 Hey, was there wind that day? 1018 01:14:27,363 --> 01:14:29,666 I-I don't remember. 1019 01:14:29,766 --> 01:14:31,901 'Cause if there was, 1020 01:14:32,001 --> 01:14:34,604 the wind probably came from the west... 1021 01:14:34,704 --> 01:14:37,173 which means that it would've pushed the rocket... 1022 01:14:39,342 --> 01:14:41,177 right there. 1023 01:14:45,649 --> 01:14:47,917 Prodigious. 1024 01:14:48,017 --> 01:14:50,887 ...associated-- 1025 01:14:50,987 --> 01:14:52,889 [ Students Murmuring ] 1026 01:14:56,526 --> 01:14:59,996 Mr. Hayes, where you off to in such a hurry? 1027 01:15:00,096 --> 01:15:02,799 [ Mr. Turner ] Okay, everybody, back in your seats. 1028 01:15:02,899 --> 01:15:07,236 Miss Stanton, Miss Blue, let's go, back in your seats. Mr. Hancock. 1029 01:15:08,471 --> 01:15:10,607 That goes for you too, Mr. Wilson. 1030 01:15:15,078 --> 01:15:17,013 Miss Riley, what's going on in here? 1031 01:15:17,113 --> 01:15:20,784 They didn't start that fire, Mr. Turner. 1032 01:15:20,884 --> 01:15:23,620 In the first place, you are not a member of this classroom. 1033 01:15:23,720 --> 01:15:25,722 Neither are you, Mr. Turner. [ Students Chuckling ] 1034 01:15:25,822 --> 01:15:27,724 Why don't you let the boy defend himself? 1035 01:15:27,824 --> 01:15:31,895 And in the second place, this rocket proves nothing. 1036 01:15:31,995 --> 01:15:34,764 You've already admitted having lost a number of your rockets. 1037 01:15:34,864 --> 01:15:36,900 You cannot prove conclusively... 1038 01:15:37,000 --> 01:15:40,236 that another one of them didn't start that fire. Yes, I can. 1039 01:15:47,410 --> 01:15:49,979 Are we to conclude, Mr. Hickam, that since leaving school, 1040 01:15:50,079 --> 01:15:52,015 you've not only become an expert in rocket science, 1041 01:15:52,115 --> 01:15:53,482 but in the field of trigonometry? 1042 01:15:53,583 --> 01:15:55,318 I didn't say that-- Obviously, you learned more... 1043 01:15:55,418 --> 01:15:58,154 in the coal mines than you did in high school. [ Students Chuckling ] 1044 01:15:58,254 --> 01:16:02,759 Let the boy talk. Go ahead, Homer. 1045 01:16:02,859 --> 01:16:06,830 Now, that fire was near Welch, just under three miles from our launch pad. 1046 01:16:06,930 --> 01:16:11,534 And at the time of the fire, the best that we could do was 1.2 miles... 1047 01:16:11,635 --> 01:16:14,270 which is exactly where we found that rocket, Mr. Turner. 1048 01:16:14,370 --> 01:16:18,574 See, Mr. Turner, that rocket fell for about 14 seconds, which means... 1049 01:16:18,675 --> 01:16:21,277 that it flew to an altitude of 3,000 feet... 1050 01:16:21,377 --> 01:16:23,947 according to the equation... 1051 01:16:24,047 --> 01:16:27,383 "S" equals one-half "A" "T" squared... 1052 01:16:27,483 --> 01:16:31,020 where "S" is the altitude, "A" is the gravity constant-- or 32-- 1053 01:16:31,120 --> 01:16:33,723 and "T" is the time it took for that rocket to come back down. 1054 01:16:33,823 --> 01:16:36,826 Velocity equals acceleration times time. Get him, Homer, get him. 1055 01:16:36,926 --> 01:16:39,162 Are you following this, Mr. Turner? [ Students Chuckling ] 1056 01:16:39,262 --> 01:16:42,298 All right, we're all duly impressed. 1057 01:16:42,398 --> 01:16:46,402 But do you mind telling me, if you did not start that fire, who did? 1058 01:16:46,502 --> 01:16:48,604 [ Phone Ringing ] 1059 01:16:48,705 --> 01:16:50,740 What is it? 1060 01:16:50,840 --> 01:16:55,178 Whatever it is, i-it's ingenious. The fins are spring-loaded. 1061 01:16:55,278 --> 01:16:57,446 That isn't a rocket at all. 1062 01:16:57,546 --> 01:16:59,983 It's an aeronautical flare. 1063 01:17:02,151 --> 01:17:06,022 There's an airport here in Welch. It's right above where the fire started. 1064 01:17:15,498 --> 01:17:19,335 Mr. Hickam, report to my office as soon as we return to school. 1065 01:17:19,435 --> 01:17:23,439 You do intend to enter the county science fair, do you not? 1066 01:17:23,539 --> 01:17:25,742 Yes, sir, we do. 1067 01:17:25,842 --> 01:17:28,444 Well, if you intend to represent Big Creek, 1068 01:17:28,544 --> 01:17:31,414 you're gonna have to be enrolled as a student at Big Creek. 1069 01:17:31,514 --> 01:17:33,382 [ Engine Starting ] 1070 01:17:33,482 --> 01:17:36,820 "Prodigenous." 1071 01:17:39,823 --> 01:17:41,958 [ Homer ] Do you think you can draw well enough so Mr. Bolden could build it? 1072 01:17:42,058 --> 01:17:43,993 [ Roy Lee ] Yep. Let me see. 1073 01:17:44,093 --> 01:17:46,730 Yeah. [ John ] Hey, Homer. 1074 01:17:46,830 --> 01:17:49,532 Hi, Dad. What's this stuff doin' here? 1075 01:17:49,632 --> 01:17:51,400 [ Quentin ] Mr. Hickam, we didn't start the fire. 1076 01:17:51,500 --> 01:17:53,302 [ Homer ] The troopers gave it back to us. 1077 01:17:53,402 --> 01:17:55,705 [ Roy Lee ] Yeah, it wasn't even one of our rockets. It was an aeronautical flare. 1078 01:17:55,805 --> 01:17:57,841 Y'all go on home now. 1079 01:17:57,941 --> 01:17:59,876 [ Quentin ] Yes, sir. 1080 01:18:16,425 --> 01:18:20,864 This the reason you skipped work today? Yes, sir. 1081 01:18:24,801 --> 01:18:28,371 I thought you put all this nonsense behind you, Homer. 1082 01:18:28,471 --> 01:18:31,074 I thought you weren't gonna be doin' it-- Dad, it isn't nonsense. 1083 01:18:31,174 --> 01:18:33,442 I-I don't wanna argue with you. 1084 01:18:33,542 --> 01:18:35,945 Look, son, 1085 01:18:36,045 --> 01:18:39,648 I can't even begin to tell you how proud of you I've been these past weeks. 1086 01:18:39,749 --> 01:18:44,553 I mean, you've just been doin' a hell of a job in that mine. 1087 01:18:44,653 --> 01:18:47,423 You keep goin', you're gonna have my job someday. 1088 01:18:47,523 --> 01:18:50,426 Everybody says so. 1089 01:18:51,928 --> 01:18:54,831 You got any idea how proud that would make me? 1090 01:18:56,165 --> 01:18:58,167 Dad, but I-- [ Stammering ] 1091 01:18:58,267 --> 01:19:03,907 I guess what I'm sayin' is, is that if this rocket stuff is so important to you, 1092 01:19:04,007 --> 01:19:07,844 then so be it, long as you're careful. 1093 01:19:07,944 --> 01:19:10,646 Guess there's worse hobbies you could have. 1094 01:19:10,746 --> 01:19:14,483 But skippin' work, that's out of line. 1095 01:19:14,583 --> 01:19:17,320 And you gotta know that. 1096 01:19:17,420 --> 01:19:21,090 So let's go and get you right with Jake. 1097 01:19:21,190 --> 01:19:23,993 Tell him you'll work the hoot owl shift tonight. 1098 01:19:24,093 --> 01:19:25,261 No. 1099 01:19:29,532 --> 01:19:33,036 The coal mine's your life. It's not mine. 1100 01:19:38,875 --> 01:19:41,477 I'm never going down there again. 1101 01:19:47,750 --> 01:19:50,219 I wanna go into space. 1102 01:20:13,576 --> 01:20:17,546 [ Man ] Homer Hickam, Roy Lee Cook, Quentin Wilson... 1103 01:20:17,646 --> 01:20:19,815 and Sherman O'Dell of Big Creek High... 1104 01:20:19,916 --> 01:20:22,518 for their ingenious display of amateur rocket-building techniques. 1105 01:20:42,972 --> 01:20:45,374 I can't believe we beat the kid with the robot dog. 1106 01:20:45,474 --> 01:20:49,112 [ O'Dell ] And I thought the see-through ear was gonna win. 1107 01:20:49,212 --> 01:20:51,680 [ Mr. Turner ] I got Miss Wade workin' on your travel arrangements, 1108 01:20:51,780 --> 01:20:55,684 so you boys are gonna have to decide who's goin' to Indianapolis. 1109 01:20:55,784 --> 01:20:58,454 We're all goin'. Yeah. 1110 01:20:58,554 --> 01:21:02,425 Son, I wish you could, but we can't afford to send all four of you. 1111 01:21:02,525 --> 01:21:06,595 Only one. Let me know what you decide. I'm gonna have to know by Friday. 1112 01:21:06,695 --> 01:21:09,532 You boys did a fine job today. 1113 01:21:20,843 --> 01:21:23,913 I need to borrow a suitcase, and I'm gonna need you guys' addresses... 1114 01:21:24,013 --> 01:21:27,350 because I'm gonna write some postcards. Oh, you shut up, Roy Lee. 1115 01:21:27,450 --> 01:21:30,453 Come on, you dope. You know, you're goin', Homer. 1116 01:21:30,553 --> 01:21:32,421 [ O'Dell ] Yeah. [ Quentin ] Yeah. 1117 01:21:32,521 --> 01:21:35,658 Say hello to the outside world for us. 1118 01:21:35,758 --> 01:21:38,027 Do we know what we want? [ All ] Yeah! 1119 01:21:38,127 --> 01:21:39,862 Are we gettin' it? [ All ] No! 1120 01:21:39,963 --> 01:21:43,699 All right! All in favor of goin' out on strike, say "aye"! 1121 01:21:43,799 --> 01:21:45,301 [ All ] Aye! 1122 01:21:45,401 --> 01:21:47,736 All right, let's go! [ Shouting ] 1123 01:21:47,836 --> 01:21:50,606 All right, shut 'em down! Let's go! 1124 01:21:50,706 --> 01:21:54,910 Strike! Strike! Strike! 1125 01:21:55,011 --> 01:21:56,980 [ Shouting Continues ] 1126 01:22:12,461 --> 01:22:14,563 [ Jim ] Well, they sure are gettin' themselves worked up. 1127 01:22:14,663 --> 01:22:16,565 Everybody's sayin' this one's gonna be a long one. 1128 01:22:16,665 --> 01:22:19,668 And it will, if I have anything to say about it. 1129 01:22:19,768 --> 01:22:21,704 Ungrateful sons of bitches. 1130 01:22:21,804 --> 01:22:25,574 [ Homer ] Mom, have you seen the big green suitcase? Did you look in the attic? 1131 01:22:25,674 --> 01:22:29,612 Yes, ma'am. Well, I don't know. John, you know where the suitcase is? 1132 01:22:32,081 --> 01:22:35,684 How the hell should I know where the suitcase is? 1133 01:22:35,784 --> 01:22:37,720 [ Elsie ] I don't know, sug. 1134 01:22:37,820 --> 01:22:39,688 [ Mother Murmuring ] 1135 01:22:43,092 --> 01:22:45,094 [ Sighing ] 1136 01:22:50,266 --> 01:22:52,335 [ Gunshot, Glass Shattering ] 1137 01:22:52,435 --> 01:22:56,139 John! Y'all stay inside! 1138 01:22:58,141 --> 01:23:02,545 [ Tires Screeching ] Vernon! 1139 01:23:02,645 --> 01:23:04,713 [ Jim ] I'm gonna kill that son of a bitch! 1140 01:23:04,813 --> 01:23:06,782 Oh, don't be a damn fool. 1141 01:23:06,882 --> 01:23:11,654 All right, well, what are we gonna do? Nothin'. 1142 01:23:11,754 --> 01:23:15,358 [ John ] Drunken bastard couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. 1143 01:23:15,458 --> 01:23:17,660 He tried to kill you, Dad. Yeah, Dad, you can't just stand-- 1144 01:23:17,760 --> 01:23:20,463 Hey, hey, don't trouble yourself, Homer. 1145 01:23:20,563 --> 01:23:23,066 You got more important things to worry about. 1146 01:23:23,166 --> 01:23:27,002 [ John ] Just go look for your suitcase. 1147 01:23:30,773 --> 01:23:31,674 Forget about it, Homer. 1148 01:23:33,842 --> 01:23:35,944 Shut up, Jim. 1149 01:23:36,045 --> 01:23:40,883 Listen, I'm sorry about what's goin' on around here, but it isn't my fault! 1150 01:23:40,983 --> 01:23:43,919 What do you want from me anyway? Better watch yourself, Homer! 1151 01:23:44,019 --> 01:23:46,489 If I win at Indianapolis, maybe I can go to college, 1152 01:23:46,589 --> 01:23:48,624 maybe even get a job at Cape Canaveral! 1153 01:23:48,724 --> 01:23:51,927 There's nothing here for me! The town is dyin'! 1154 01:23:52,027 --> 01:23:54,263 The mine is dyin'! Everybody knows it here but you! 1155 01:23:54,363 --> 01:23:57,733 You wanna get out of here so bad, then go! Go! 1156 01:23:57,833 --> 01:23:59,102 Yeah, I'll go! Yeah, I'll go! 1157 01:23:59,202 --> 01:24:00,536 Go, go! I'll go! 1158 01:24:00,636 --> 01:24:05,608 And I'll be gone forever! I won't even look back! 1159 01:24:08,711 --> 01:24:11,046 [ Door Slamming ] 1160 01:24:48,984 --> 01:24:51,387 [ Man ] Welcome to Indianapolis! 1161 01:24:51,487 --> 01:24:54,490 Visitors to the fair will include prominent members of every branch... 1162 01:24:54,590 --> 01:24:56,592 of the national scientific community. 1163 01:24:56,692 --> 01:24:59,362 The fair will be open to the public over the next two days. 1164 01:24:59,462 --> 01:25:04,267 The following day, the judges will arrive to select the winners. 1165 01:25:04,367 --> 01:25:09,372 By timing the rocket's descent, we would be able to figure out just how high the rocket flew. 1166 01:25:12,408 --> 01:25:15,077 Would you like to see? This is a Delaval nozzle. 1167 01:25:15,178 --> 01:25:17,380 Do any of y'all know what a Delaval noz-- 1168 01:25:27,990 --> 01:25:30,793 Two, please. The judges always go for the most expensive exhibits. 1169 01:25:30,893 --> 01:25:32,795 That guy with the biosphere's gonna win. 1170 01:25:32,895 --> 01:25:36,732 I don't think so. My money's on the kid with the rocket display. 1171 01:25:36,832 --> 01:25:39,702 Have you seen it yet? It's really cool. 1172 01:25:44,807 --> 01:25:47,510 [ Woman On P.A. ] Mr. Owens, to the security office. 1173 01:25:47,610 --> 01:25:49,712 Mr. Owens, to the security office, please. 1174 01:25:59,021 --> 01:26:02,491 [ Homer ] It's not like we got a hell of a lot of time, Roy Lee. The judging is tomorrow. 1175 01:26:02,591 --> 01:26:04,527 [ Roy Lee ] There's nothin' we can do without Mr. Bolden. 1176 01:26:04,627 --> 01:26:06,895 And he can't get anywhere near the machine shop. 1177 01:26:06,995 --> 01:26:10,833 They even took my picture of Dr. von Braun. 1178 01:26:10,933 --> 01:26:12,801 They stole everything. 1179 01:26:14,803 --> 01:26:17,273 [ Car Horn Honking ] 1180 01:26:22,077 --> 01:26:24,547 Leon, what are you doing back here? 1181 01:26:24,647 --> 01:26:26,782 You know you shouldn't be seen back here. 1182 01:26:26,882 --> 01:26:28,917 I know, Elsie, but Homer's in trouble. 1183 01:26:30,986 --> 01:26:32,888 [ Shouting ] 1184 01:26:44,166 --> 01:26:48,437 Elsie, I don't have the power to settle this strike. 1185 01:26:48,537 --> 01:26:51,407 The bosses listen to you. They'll do what you tell 'em. 1186 01:26:51,507 --> 01:26:54,042 I am not gonna crawl on my belly... 1187 01:26:54,142 --> 01:26:57,680 in front of those miserable union rats. 1188 01:26:57,780 --> 01:27:00,483 Is that what this is about, John? Is this about your pride? 1189 01:27:00,583 --> 01:27:03,051 No, it's about what's best for Coalwood. 1190 01:27:03,151 --> 01:27:08,156 If this mine doesn't produce, then the town dies. 1191 01:27:08,257 --> 01:27:12,060 Think the union gives a good damn about that? 1192 01:27:12,160 --> 01:27:14,697 They're nothin' but a bunch of greedy sons of bitches that-- 1193 01:27:14,797 --> 01:27:16,732 Shut up, John. Just shut up. 1194 01:27:16,832 --> 01:27:19,935 Homer once said you love the mine more than your own family. 1195 01:27:20,035 --> 01:27:22,438 And I stuck up for you 'cause I didn't wanna believe it. 1196 01:27:22,538 --> 01:27:25,508 Homer has gotten a lot of help from the people in this town. 1197 01:27:25,608 --> 01:27:28,677 They've helped him build his rockets, they've gone out there and watched him fly 'em. 1198 01:27:28,777 --> 01:27:33,048 But not you, John. You never showed up. Not even once. 1199 01:27:33,148 --> 01:27:35,183 Now, I'm not asking you to believe in him, 1200 01:27:35,284 --> 01:27:37,953 but he's your son, for God's sake, John. 1201 01:27:38,053 --> 01:27:41,123 And I am askin' you to help him. 1202 01:27:41,223 --> 01:27:43,158 If you don't, I'll leave you. 1203 01:27:43,258 --> 01:27:46,094 I'll find work. I'll do whatever it takes to get away from here. 1204 01:27:46,194 --> 01:27:51,400 I'll live in a tree to get away from you. Don't you think I won't. 1205 01:27:53,135 --> 01:27:54,937 Where would you go? 1206 01:27:57,606 --> 01:27:59,542 Myrtle Beach. 1207 01:28:03,045 --> 01:28:06,915 [ Door Opens, Closes ] 1208 01:28:13,221 --> 01:28:16,091 I guess we all know this isn't gonna fix things, 1209 01:28:16,191 --> 01:28:18,627 uh, at least not for long. 1210 01:28:18,727 --> 01:28:21,263 We know you did what you could for us. 1211 01:28:21,364 --> 01:28:23,499 Jake. Thanks. 1212 01:28:23,599 --> 01:28:25,468 Leon. 1213 01:28:25,568 --> 01:28:27,470 Yes, John. 1214 01:28:28,871 --> 01:28:32,575 Don't you have some work to do? 1215 01:28:45,153 --> 01:28:47,990 It's packed and shipped and on its way. Be at the bus station, 8:00 a.m. 1216 01:28:48,090 --> 01:28:50,826 Okay, Mom, but how'd you-- Your father, Homer. 1217 01:28:50,926 --> 01:28:53,028 It was your father. Give 'em hell, Homer! 1218 01:28:53,128 --> 01:28:55,030 [ Cheering ] 1219 01:28:58,100 --> 01:29:01,003 Good luck, sweetie. Bye. 1220 01:29:02,471 --> 01:29:04,373 [ Coin Clinks ] 1221 01:29:14,282 --> 01:29:16,385 Thanks, Dad. 1222 01:29:28,964 --> 01:29:32,568 [ Homer ] When the rocket propellant burns, it produces a river of gas... 1223 01:29:32,668 --> 01:29:35,137 which flows through the convergent section of the nozzle. 1224 01:29:35,237 --> 01:29:37,473 If the river continues through the nozzle, 1225 01:29:37,573 --> 01:29:39,542 but through the throat at less than sonic speed-- 1226 01:29:39,642 --> 01:29:42,144 that is to say, less than the speed of sound-- 1227 01:29:42,244 --> 01:29:45,548 it becomes compact in the-- compacted in the divergent section, 1228 01:29:45,648 --> 01:29:47,550 bound in turmoil and inefficient. 1229 01:29:47,650 --> 01:29:52,154 Lyle Wells and Jean Cooper, Schrader High School, McMinnville, Oregon. 1230 01:30:10,539 --> 01:30:14,409 Now, ladies and gentlemen, the big moment. 1231 01:30:14,510 --> 01:30:18,146 The Highest Scholastic Achievement Award for Science. 1232 01:30:18,246 --> 01:30:21,750 The National Science Fair first prize gold medal... 1233 01:30:21,850 --> 01:30:24,286 goes to Homer Hickam, 1234 01:30:24,386 --> 01:30:27,656 Quentin Wilson, Roy Lee Cook and Sherman O'Dell, 1235 01:30:27,756 --> 01:30:31,760 Big Creek High School, McDowell County, West Virginia. 1236 01:31:03,592 --> 01:31:06,929 Tom Webster of Virginia State College. I wanna talk to you about a scholarship. 1237 01:31:07,029 --> 01:31:11,199 Jack Palmer, Virginia Tech. We got the best science program in the state, buddy, okay? 1238 01:31:11,299 --> 01:31:15,170 [ German Man ] Congratulations, son. Good luck to you. 1239 01:31:17,906 --> 01:31:20,475 What did he say to you? What did who say? 1240 01:31:20,576 --> 01:31:26,214 Von Braun. That was Wernher von Braun. You just shook his hand. 1241 01:31:34,089 --> 01:31:37,025 [ Cheering ] 1242 01:31:43,532 --> 01:31:46,735 Oh, Homer, I'm so proud of you. Thanks, Mom. 1243 01:31:46,835 --> 01:31:50,105 He's not here, hon. 1244 01:31:50,205 --> 01:31:52,675 Where's Miss Riley? 1245 01:32:09,191 --> 01:32:10,993 Hello, Miss Riley. 1246 01:32:14,129 --> 01:32:16,064 Hey, Homer. 1247 01:32:16,164 --> 01:32:18,066 Hey. Hey. 1248 01:32:20,703 --> 01:32:23,772 Oh! You did it! 1249 01:32:23,872 --> 01:32:26,909 I knew you would. 1250 01:32:27,009 --> 01:32:30,913 The Rocket Boys are goin' to college. 1251 01:32:31,013 --> 01:32:33,716 We all got scholarships. [ Chuckling ] 1252 01:32:33,816 --> 01:32:36,151 And you know what? 1253 01:32:37,686 --> 01:32:41,389 From now on, every school year, 1254 01:32:41,489 --> 01:32:43,926 I'm gonna brag to all my new students... 1255 01:32:44,026 --> 01:32:47,630 about how I taught Homer Hickam and the Rocket Boys. 1256 01:32:47,730 --> 01:32:50,232 Maybe one day, 1257 01:32:50,332 --> 01:32:54,302 one of them'll feel like they can do what y'all did. 1258 01:33:06,148 --> 01:33:08,984 You know, just, stuff like that takes time. 1259 01:33:14,723 --> 01:33:16,725 Will you let me out? 1260 01:33:23,498 --> 01:33:26,234 [ John ] What they were doin', charging Olga for that-- 1261 01:33:26,334 --> 01:33:28,270 that kind of a pump? 1262 01:33:28,370 --> 01:33:30,939 Hell, why don't you salvage something up here? 1263 01:33:31,039 --> 01:33:33,041 Hey, Dad. Hi. Hello, Homer. 1264 01:33:33,141 --> 01:33:36,745 I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate what you did for me. 1265 01:33:36,845 --> 01:33:40,849 I know it wasn't easy for you, so thank you. 1266 01:33:40,949 --> 01:33:43,585 A-And we're shootin' off our last rocket today at 5:00, 1267 01:33:43,686 --> 01:33:47,189 so if you'd like to come see it-- I got a lot of work to do. 1268 01:33:47,289 --> 01:33:50,693 All right. Well, I just thought I'd ask. 1269 01:33:53,361 --> 01:33:55,698 Hear you met your big hero. 1270 01:33:58,133 --> 01:34:00,168 Didn't even know it. 1271 01:34:07,042 --> 01:34:08,944 Look, 1272 01:34:09,044 --> 01:34:11,980 I know you and me don't exactly see eye to eye on certain things. 1273 01:34:12,080 --> 01:34:16,651 I mean, man, we don't see eye to eye on just about anything. 1274 01:34:16,752 --> 01:34:21,389 But, Dad, I come to believe that I got it in me to be somebody in this world. 1275 01:34:21,489 --> 01:34:24,292 A-And it's not because I'm so different from you either. 1276 01:34:24,392 --> 01:34:26,762 It's 'cause I'm the same. 1277 01:34:26,862 --> 01:34:31,566 You know, I can be just as hardheaded and just as tough. 1278 01:34:31,666 --> 01:34:35,871 I only hope I can be as good a man as you are. 1279 01:34:35,971 --> 01:34:39,007 I mean, sure, 1280 01:34:39,107 --> 01:34:42,544 Dr. von Braun's a great scientist, 1281 01:34:42,644 --> 01:34:45,080 but he isn't my hero. 1282 01:35:15,410 --> 01:35:17,279 [ Mine Alarm Blaring ] 1283 01:35:46,809 --> 01:35:51,213 It's our last rocket. Yeah, let's do it. 1284 01:35:51,313 --> 01:35:54,149 Wire it up for me, will you? I gotta do something. Yeah. 1285 01:35:56,251 --> 01:35:58,320 Hi, Homer. Hi. 1286 01:35:58,420 --> 01:36:01,256 Congratulations on winning the science fair. 1287 01:36:01,356 --> 01:36:04,592 It's gotta be the most exciting thing that's ever happened around here. 1288 01:36:04,692 --> 01:36:07,896 Um, I was thinking, Homer, if, if you've got some time-- 1289 01:36:07,996 --> 01:36:11,499 Excuse me, Dorothy. Hi. Hi. 1290 01:36:15,703 --> 01:36:19,341 Good luck. Thanks. [ Clears Throat ] 1291 01:36:19,441 --> 01:36:21,877 Hey, everybody, can we have your attention, please? 1292 01:36:21,977 --> 01:36:23,946 [ Man ] Come on, Homer, let her fly! 1293 01:36:24,046 --> 01:36:27,682 We're gonna launch the rocket in a minute, but we'd like to say thank you first. 1294 01:36:27,782 --> 01:36:32,120 If it wasn't for y'all, we'd never have gotten into any science fair. 1295 01:36:32,220 --> 01:36:35,057 We'd probably never have gotten past blowin' up my mom's fence. 1296 01:36:35,157 --> 01:36:37,525 [ Laughing ] But we did... 1297 01:36:37,625 --> 01:36:41,129 because of your help and support. 1298 01:36:41,229 --> 01:36:43,465 And this is for Coalwood. 1299 01:36:48,670 --> 01:36:52,407 There are a few people who believed in us even before we did. 1300 01:36:52,507 --> 01:36:56,078 We'd like to dedicate this rocket to them. 1301 01:36:56,178 --> 01:36:58,513 To Ike Bykovsky. 1302 01:37:01,683 --> 01:37:04,586 To Mr. Bolden, who helped us so much. 1303 01:37:07,322 --> 01:37:10,258 To the person who first inspired us, 1304 01:37:10,358 --> 01:37:12,861 our teacher, Miss Riley. 1305 01:37:14,897 --> 01:37:20,135 And, finally, I'd like to dedicate this rocket to my mom and to-- 1306 01:37:25,273 --> 01:37:27,109 my dad. 1307 01:37:41,990 --> 01:37:45,994 You know, it, uh, won't fly unless somebody pushes the button. 1308 01:37:49,331 --> 01:37:51,299 It's yours, if you want it. 1309 01:38:14,589 --> 01:38:17,692 Ten, nine-- [ Together ] Eight, 1310 01:38:17,792 --> 01:38:20,428 seven, six, five, 1311 01:38:20,528 --> 01:38:24,166 four, three, two, one. 1312 01:38:40,648 --> 01:38:44,552 Look at it go, Homer. This one's gonna go for miles. 1313 01:44:56,157 --> 01:44:58,059 *