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[Radio Static]
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[Man On Radio] While most of President
Eisenhower's advisors...
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- [Static Continues]
- [Woman Singing]
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- [Man On Radio] Today are ominous.
- [Other Man On Radio] Washington...
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[Static, Music Continues]
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[Man On Radio] If you have just tuned in
to this special bulletin,
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Washington has confirmed
that, yesterday,
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on the fourth
of October, 1957,
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the Soviet Union
successfully launched...
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history's first
man-made satellite...
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into space orbit
around the Earth.
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[Switch Clicks]
[Motor Humming]
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The satellite which the Russians
have dubbed Sputnik...
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is being hailed
as a milestone in history.
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No one in our nation's capital
could deny that the satellite...
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has ushered in a grim
new chapter in the Cold War.
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And indeed,
a wave of national anxiety...
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already seems
to be sweeping the country.
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[Man] Still maintaining its speed
of 18,000 miles an hour,
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completing an orbit of the Earth
every 96 minutes.
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Doctor Wernher von Braun,
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Chief Engineer of the Army
Ballistic Missile Agency,
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expressed the hope
that the United States...
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would soon be following
the Russians into space...
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with our own
artificial satellite.
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Doctor von Braun confirmed...
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that there has still been no actual
sighting of the Soviet satellite,
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but the U.S. Expects
to be tracking it very soon.
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We are told that Sputnik will be
visible to the naked eye...
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about an hour after sunset
and an hour before dawn,
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as it traverses the October sky
over the United States.
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What the beeping signal means
we still don't know.
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It may be nothing more...
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## [Radio: Elvis Presley's
"Jailhouse Rock"]
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[Horn Honking]
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# Warden threw a party
in the county jail #
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Let's go, Roy Lee.
[Engine Starts, Singing Continues]
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It's almost 9:00. Sure are in a hurry
to get yourself killed.
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No kidding. There are easier
ways to commit suicide, Homer.
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Will you just step on it,
Roy Lee?
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I am stepping on it.
[Laughing]
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# Everybody
in the whole cell block #
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# Was dancing
to the jailhouse rock ##
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[Whistle Blowing]
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Okay, Maguire, Longstreet, Hickam.
Let's see what you got.
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Hey, take it easy on my kid brother.
Make him look good, all right?
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Let's go! Hut!
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[Grunting]
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[Boy] Hut two!
[Grunting]
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- I thought I told you to take it easy on him.
- I did take it easy on him.
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- [Boy] Set! - I'm gonna run
right over you, you son of a bitch.
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- You hear me?
- [Boy] Hut one! Hut two!
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[Grunting Continues]
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Homer, you sure got guts,
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but you gotta know
when to quit.
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Okay, Miller!
You're up!
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[Band Playing]
[Shouting]
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# Someday we'll all be blue #
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# Well, that'll be the day
when you say good-bye #
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[Panting] Why should the damn jocks
be the only ones getting scholarships?
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They're also the only ones that get the girls.
This burns my ass.
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# That'll be the day
when I die ##
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What do you boys think
about this?
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Isn't that something?
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Let 'em have outer space.
We got rock 'n' roll.
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I'm with you. We got enough
to worry about down here.
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- Homer, your dad say anything
about the lay offs? - No.
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- Have they pulled any more pillars?
- Uh, he didn't say.
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Does he talk at all?
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Oh, yeah. He talks.
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Damn it, Jake! Didn't I tell you to put
some men to work on those roof bolts?
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- Was I talking to the wall?
- I'm sorry, John. We was just trying to get...
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Make sure the hoot owl shift
sets those timbers by the vent!
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Two more days on that block,
we're gonna be down to the bone.
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I guess that's...
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Jensen!
Get out of the way!
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Jensen, look out!
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[Horn Blowing]
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[Sirens Wailing]
Come on. Come on, Jensen.
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- [Man] Come on back.
- [Jensen Grunting]
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- Come on.
- What happened?
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Whole damn mountain
'bout fell on your head.
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And John here...
he saved your life.
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That's my dad.
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I want you out of this mine.
Don't come back, you stupid son of a bitch.
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Didn't I tell you
to watch the roof, huh?
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Now we could've all been killed 'cause
you didn't have the sense to look up!
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- That's my dad.
- [Coughs]
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Homer.
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Well, how'd it go?
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[Coughs]
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Well, I told you. You spend
the summer shoveling coal,
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and you'll be playing
linebacker next fall.
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What's the matter, Homer?
Not cut out for mining coal?
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Me neither.
[Men Laughing]
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Hey, let's get that mess
cleaned up!
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Let's get some cribbing
on that roof!
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Buck up, Homer.
You're a Coalwood boy.
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When you get down in the mine,
get that coal shovel in your hand,
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feel just as natural to you
as a tick on a dog.
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[Homer's Dad]
And get that slate off the loader!
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[Man On Radio] It's the radio signal
transmitted by the Soviet Sputnik.
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Listen now for the sound which forevermore
separates the old from the new.
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[Rhythmic Beeping]
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[Beeping Continues]
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That's it?
That's the Sputnik?
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- That's Sputnik.
- Well, big deal.
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Big deal?
What you fail to grasp...
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is that the sound you're hearing
is being transmitted...
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by an object that is traveling
at 18,000 miles per hour,
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559 miles high,
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- a- a-a-and orbiting the Earth
e- e-every nine... - Shut up!
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Boys, not in my class!
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Thank you, Quentin.
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Now Quentin's right, y'all.
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Sputnik is a milestone
in history.
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Things'll never be
the same again.
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- What do you think about that, Homer?
- Well, yes, ma'am. Uh...
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[Students Laughing]
[Teacher] Cat got your tongue?
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We were talking
about being in orbit,
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hundreds of miles
away from the Earth.
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You know anything
about that?
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[Girl Giggling]
No, ma'am.
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I got my eye on you, boy.
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Now who can tell me
why Sputnik is so important?
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[Man]
We ought to just shoot the damn thing down.
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It's got one of them
little spy cameras in it.
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It takes pictures of every one
of our missile bases.
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This country'd better get on
the ball before it's too late.
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All I know is this Sputnik
had better show up soon.
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I'm getting a crick
in my neck.
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[Roy Lee] All right. What you need to do
is take her to the movies.
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Something scary, like
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man.
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Then you take your arm and put it up
round the back of her chair, like so.
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Now when it gets real scary, and she ain't
paying attention to nothing but the movie,
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you sort of let your arm sort
of slide on down her shoulder,
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real nice and slow
and easy...
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until...
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[Laughs]
Hey! Hey!
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- I see it! Right there!
- Where? Where?
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[Chattering]
[Woman] You seeing things, Carl?
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- I see it.
- Where do you see it?
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I see it.
It's right there.
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[Chattering Continues]
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[Whispering]
Wow.
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[Man] Son of bitches gonna be dropping
bombs on us from up there.
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Don't know why they'd drop
a bomb on this place.
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Be a heck of a waste
of a bomb.
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The first game against Welch...
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that's the one that's
gonna draw the scouts.
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Yeah. Welch knows it too.
They're gonna be coming after us.
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Well, y'all be careful, Jim. Last year, those
two boys from Welch got their arms broken.
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Well, they started it.
[Laughing]
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It don't matter much who started it.
I don't call that football.
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You don't worry about Jim.
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Ain't nobody on the Welch team
that can catch him.
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I wish the scouts could've seen
that first game with Bluefield.
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I'm gonna build a rocket.
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Like Sputnik.
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Well, I'm not saying it's gonna
go up in space or anything,
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but I'm gonna do it.
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I'm gonna build a rocket.
[Chuckles]
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Well, just don't
blow yourself up.
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[Laughing]
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More eggs, anybody?
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Nice rocket, Homer.
How high do you think it will fly?
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Well, I got it packed with
the powder from 30 sky rockets.
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Three, four miles.
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- You ready?
- Yeah.
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- Yeah.
- [All] Ten, nine...
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Eight, seven, six...
Should we get behind something?
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[Grunting]
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[Gasps]
Wh-What happened?
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- [Homer] My rocket blew up.
- Are you okay?
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- I guess.
- My heart's pounding.
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I thought the mine blew up.
Oh, Homer.
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I waited six months for the company
carpenter to get around putting up that fence.
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Didn't I tell you
not to blow yourself up?
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Yes, ma'am.
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Then let's not.
[Sighs]
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- [Woman] Elsie.
- [Elsie] It's all right, Ms. Fields!
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It's all right.
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[Homer's Voice]
Dear Dr. Von Braun,
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- [TV Announcer] Six, five, four, three...
- My name is Homer Hickam.
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- Two, one... - I'm 17 and I live in a small
mining town in West Virginia.
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Ignition.
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Lift off. Lift off.
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I'm writing to offer my condolences
to you and your team...
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on your recent attempt
to launch the Vanguard rocket.
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I also had a disastrous occurrence during
the launch of my own small rocket.
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Since here in Coalwood, everyone's
much more interested...
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in what's down below the earth
than what's above it,
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there isn't a whole lot of material to
be found on the subject of rocketry.
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So I've been kind of stumbling
around in the dark.
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# Don't you give me
no dirty look #
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# Your father's hip
He knows what cooks #
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# Just tell your hoodlum
friend outside #
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# You ain't got time
to take a ride #
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# Yakety yak
Don't talk back #
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- # Yakety yak, yakety yak ##
- You can't be seen with him, Homer.
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[Roy Lee] He's a weirdo.
You go ahead,
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but you can kiss
your social life good-bye.
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- Hi, Homer.
- Hi.
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I don't let anybody
copy my homework.
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I don't wanna copy
your homework.
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Um,
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do you know anything
about rockets?
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Of course I do.
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Uh, you wanna come with me
over to the library?
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No.
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[Students Murmuring]
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What do you wanna know
about rockets?
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Everything.
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Well, rocketry was actually invented by
the Chinese as early as 1,000 A.D.
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And, supposedly,
they were quite sophisticated.
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[Chattering Continues]
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Potassium chlorate and sulphur.
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Uh, well,
what'd you use?
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Uh, something like that.
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[Homer]
Hey, Quentin, this is great.
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This is exactly... We have
everything we need in here.
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Roy Lee,
drive me to my house.
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We can use my basement.
Yeah, at least nobody'll see us down there.
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Go, go, go.
[Engine Turning Over]
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- Come on.
- [Quentin] You got a loose choke cable.
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You hear that?
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The butterfly valve
isn't closing all the way.
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Uh, last year I built an internal combustion
engine and entered it in the science fair.
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Yeah, well, you wouldn't happen
to have it on you, would you?
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# Gonna find her #
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# Gonna find her #
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# Gonna find her #
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# Gonna find her #
# Yeah #
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# I've been searching #
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00:14:07,346 --> 00:14:10,008
# Uh, I'm searching #
236
00:14:10,082 --> 00:14:12,073
# Oh, yeah, searching #
237
00:14:12,151 --> 00:14:15,917
# Every which way #
238
00:14:15,988 --> 00:14:17,922
- # Oh, yeah #
- I'm sorry.
239
00:14:17,990 --> 00:14:20,652
# Searching #
240
00:14:20,726 --> 00:14:24,287
# I'm searching #
You missed a spot.
241
00:14:24,363 --> 00:14:29,665
# Searching every which way #
242
00:14:29,735 --> 00:14:32,067
# But I'm like that... ##
243
00:14:32,137 --> 00:14:34,298
This thing's starting
to look like a rocket.
244
00:14:34,373 --> 00:14:38,673
Listen to this. "Weld the washer
to the base of the rocket body,
245
00:14:38,744 --> 00:14:42,612
creating a combustion chamber
and nozzle."
246
00:14:42,681 --> 00:14:45,707
We don't know how to weld.
Weld.
247
00:14:45,784 --> 00:14:48,685
Homer, your brother's in metal shop.
Maybe he could, uh...
248
00:14:51,590 --> 00:14:54,582
- Do we really need this nozzle thing?
- For crying out loud,
249
00:14:54,660 --> 00:14:56,890
the nozzle's the most important part.
250
00:14:56,962 --> 00:14:59,726
It directs the flow of the hot gases!
Hey, cool it, Quentin.
251
00:14:59,798 --> 00:15:02,289
[Roy Lee]
Man, talking about your hot gases.
252
00:15:09,141 --> 00:15:13,168
I don't think your father would like you
sneaking up in the middle of the night in here.
253
00:15:13,245 --> 00:15:17,272
And I know that he wouldn't like me
welding for you on company time.
254
00:15:17,349 --> 00:15:19,749
Well, what if I paid
the company for your time?
255
00:15:19,818 --> 00:15:22,218
Homer, I can't.
256
00:15:22,288 --> 00:15:24,756
I would lose my job.
257
00:15:25,824 --> 00:15:27,792
I'm sorry.
258
00:15:27,860 --> 00:15:32,126
- Did you see Sputnik go over the other night?
- Nah.
259
00:15:33,999 --> 00:15:37,230
'Cause it was beautiful.
260
00:15:37,303 --> 00:15:40,534
I stood there and watched it
streak across the sky.
261
00:15:40,606 --> 00:15:46,442
And anywhere in the world, someone could
look up and see exactly what I saw.
262
00:15:46,512 --> 00:15:50,778
For once, it felt like Coalwood
was part of the outside world.
263
00:15:50,849 --> 00:15:56,048
Homer, believe me, there are much worse
places than Coalwood in this world.
264
00:15:56,121 --> 00:15:59,147
Besides, this is just
a flying piece of steel.
265
00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:04,459
You know, a rocket
took it up there, Mr. Bykovsky.
266
00:16:04,530 --> 00:16:06,760
I don't know. I...
267
00:16:06,832 --> 00:16:09,323
When I was working
on this rocket, I felt like,
268
00:16:09,401 --> 00:16:13,861
I felt like I was,
like I was Wernher von Braun.
269
00:16:14,940 --> 00:16:16,931
Let me see.
270
00:16:19,778 --> 00:16:21,712
Homer,
271
00:16:23,415 --> 00:16:25,349
it will be our secret.
272
00:16:27,219 --> 00:16:29,983
Mr. Bykovsky did
a dang good job on this.
273
00:16:30,055 --> 00:16:32,649
Yeah, well,
he used a washer for the weld.
274
00:16:32,725 --> 00:16:35,455
Man, it looks just like it did in the picture.
Prodigious.
275
00:16:35,527 --> 00:16:37,461
When, uh,
when do we go?
276
00:16:37,529 --> 00:16:39,463
Give me that.
Uh, Saturday...
277
00:16:39,531 --> 00:16:41,692
What is this,
a weapon of some kind?
278
00:16:41,767 --> 00:16:44,998
[Homer Chuckling]
No, sir. It's a, it's a rocket.
279
00:16:45,070 --> 00:16:47,800
I don't allow dangerous devices
on school grounds.
280
00:16:47,873 --> 00:16:51,969
Mr. Turner, I asked Homer to bring
that to school. To show it in class.
281
00:16:52,044 --> 00:16:56,538
You know, the boys are thinking about
entering that county science fair.
282
00:16:56,615 --> 00:16:59,482
Be careful, gentlemen.
I'm gonna have my eye on you.
283
00:16:59,551 --> 00:17:01,416
Thank you, Mr. Turner.
284
00:17:03,002 --> 00:17:06,091
That science fair is rigged.
All the judges are from Welch,
285
00:17:06,091 --> 00:17:08,182
so only the kids from Welch
ever win.
286
00:17:08,260 --> 00:17:11,024
And besides,
science fairs are for geeks.
287
00:17:11,096 --> 00:17:13,030
No offense, Quentin.
288
00:17:13,098 --> 00:17:15,032
Well, it's too bad
you feel that way.
289
00:17:15,100 --> 00:17:18,934
You know, the winners go on to the
National Science Fair in Indianapolis,
290
00:17:19,004 --> 00:17:22,531
and colleges from all over the
country hand out scholarships.
291
00:17:22,608 --> 00:17:25,668
It's great.
Have a good lunch, boys.
292
00:17:27,746 --> 00:17:30,613
College scholarships
for winning a science fair?
293
00:17:30,682 --> 00:17:32,616
Well, maybe
it's not for you.
294
00:17:32,684 --> 00:17:35,744
- W-W-Well, what do you mean?
- Homer, you got a great mind.
295
00:17:35,821 --> 00:17:40,655
But science requires math, which has
never been one of your favorite subjects.
296
00:17:41,693 --> 00:17:45,060
[Chuckling] Can't just dream your way
out of Coalwood, Homer.
297
00:17:51,170 --> 00:17:54,333
Auk I.
Stroke of genius, Homer.
298
00:17:54,406 --> 00:17:56,608
It won't fly unless somebody
lights the fuse.
299
00:17:56,608 --> 00:17:58,803
What the hell is auk?
300
00:17:58,877 --> 00:18:00,936
It's a bird that don't fly.
301
00:18:01,013 --> 00:18:03,243
What, kind of like
a parakeet?
302
00:18:03,315 --> 00:18:05,112
Ready?
[Whistle Blowing]
303
00:18:05,184 --> 00:18:09,746
Well, Youngstown's
always been fair, Otis,
304
00:18:09,822 --> 00:18:12,586
[Chuckling] But you're asking me
to lay off damn near half the town.
305
00:18:12,658 --> 00:18:15,991
The mine
is just not producing...
306
00:18:16,061 --> 00:18:18,120
the way it was
ten years ago, John.
307
00:18:18,197 --> 00:18:21,132
We're paying the same labor
for half the tonnage.
308
00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:24,465
What if we were
to open up a new shaft?
309
00:18:24,536 --> 00:18:26,902
[John]
That coal is down there, Otis.
310
00:18:26,972 --> 00:18:29,668
You just, you just
let me go after it.
311
00:18:29,741 --> 00:18:33,006
The Coalwood mine
is giving out, Mr. Hickam.
312
00:18:37,749 --> 00:18:39,683
Move!
313
00:18:41,253 --> 00:18:44,120
- Ten...
- [All] Nine, eight,
314
00:18:44,189 --> 00:18:47,317
seven, six, five,
315
00:18:47,392 --> 00:18:50,122
four, three, two...
316
00:18:52,898 --> 00:18:56,959
Uh-oh.
Holy shit, it's headed for the mine!
317
00:18:59,404 --> 00:19:02,307
I told you we didn't know what we were doing!
318
00:19:02,307 --> 00:19:04,141
- I told you!
- Oh, no. Oh, no.
319
00:19:04,209 --> 00:19:06,609
[Chattering, Shouting]
320
00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:10,875
[Chattering Continues]
321
00:19:12,084 --> 00:19:14,712
[Man] I don't believe this.
Go ahead.
322
00:19:14,786 --> 00:19:18,449
[Man] God in heaven, I thought
it was a guided missile!
323
00:19:18,524 --> 00:19:21,493
[Laughing] I thought the damn
Russians were attacking us.
324
00:19:22,561 --> 00:19:24,620
[Man]
The boy's in trouble now.
325
00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:32,327
So this is what you been up to
in the basement, huh?
326
00:19:32,404 --> 00:19:35,430
- Yes, sir.
- Damn, Homer.
327
00:19:35,507 --> 00:19:38,210
You could've killed somebody
with this idiot thing.
328
00:19:38,210 --> 00:19:40,044
I know, sir.
I'm sorry. I was...
329
00:19:40,112 --> 00:19:42,910
Well, Homer here wants to be a rocket
scientist. Is that it, John?
330
00:19:42,981 --> 00:19:45,183
He has no idea
what he wants to be.
331
00:19:45,183 --> 00:19:49,044
But I know what he is.
He's a menace,
332
00:19:49,121 --> 00:19:51,055
and he's a damn thief.
333
00:19:51,123 --> 00:19:54,058
- Dad...
- And so is whoever helped you.
334
00:19:54,126 --> 00:19:56,424
Ike Bykovsky did this,
didn't he?
335
00:19:56,495 --> 00:19:59,264
Don't you ever
let me catch you...
336
00:19:59,264 --> 00:20:02,491
with these fool things on company
property again, you understand me?
337
00:20:03,869 --> 00:20:06,770
- Yes, sir.
- Then go home.
338
00:20:18,817 --> 00:20:22,776
[Phone Ringing]
339
00:20:22,854 --> 00:20:25,721
[Thunderclap] Yeah?
What's your tunnel number?
340
00:20:25,791 --> 00:20:30,387
He called me a thief, Ma,
in front of everybody.
341
00:20:30,462 --> 00:20:34,125
- I mean, how could he do that?
- He was dead wrong calling you that.
342
00:20:34,199 --> 00:20:36,401
He'd never have done that
to Jim.
343
00:20:36,401 --> 00:20:39,404
They could catch Jim
sticking up the company store,
344
00:20:39,404 --> 00:20:42,237
and Dad would probably laugh
and say, "That's my boy."
345
00:20:42,307 --> 00:20:44,776
I know he's hard to understand
sometimes, Homer,
346
00:20:44,776 --> 00:20:46,778
but you have to know
he loves you.
347
00:20:46,778 --> 00:20:49,381
He loves the mine...
348
00:20:49,381 --> 00:20:51,383
more than Jim even.
349
00:20:51,383 --> 00:20:54,653
- More than you.
- You hush up.
350
00:20:54,653 --> 00:20:57,616
- [TV: Screaming]
- What's it given him back?
351
00:20:57,689 --> 00:21:00,988
Nothing but a spot on his lung
the size of a damn quarter.
352
00:21:04,696 --> 00:21:06,926
You don't know
what the mine gives me.
353
00:21:08,066 --> 00:21:10,626
You don't know
'cause you're still a boy.
354
00:21:10,702 --> 00:21:14,763
But, by golly, you're gonna
find out soon enough.
355
00:21:16,608 --> 00:21:18,542
[Thunder Continues]
356
00:21:25,817 --> 00:21:28,081
[Scoffs]
I'm never going down there.
357
00:21:28,153 --> 00:21:30,986
[Fork Clatters]
358
00:21:31,056 --> 00:21:33,524
You better have a talk
with your son, Elsie,
359
00:21:33,592 --> 00:21:36,425
'cause he's out of control.
360
00:21:52,177 --> 00:21:56,273
- Where's my rocket stuff?
- Right where they belong.
361
00:22:12,864 --> 00:22:16,061
[Gunshot]
362
00:22:16,134 --> 00:22:21,071
Quentin, you know, that rocket
went up at least 100 feet. [Gunshots Continue]
363
00:22:21,139 --> 00:22:23,073
More like 200.
364
00:22:23,141 --> 00:22:25,803
- [Gunshot]
- God...
365
00:22:27,312 --> 00:22:31,681
Man, will you cut it out, Roy Lee?
Die, you son of a bitch.
366
00:22:31,750 --> 00:22:34,275
- Come on. My turn now.
- Hey, man. What's with you?
367
00:22:34,353 --> 00:22:36,446
Man, we should be trying
to get in that science fair...
368
00:22:36,521 --> 00:22:38,924
instead of sitting around here
like a bunch of hillbillies.
369
00:22:38,924 --> 00:22:42,387
I got some really bad news for you, Homer.
We are a bunch of hillbillies.
370
00:22:42,461 --> 00:22:46,557
Besides, um, didn't your dad
say no more rockets?
371
00:22:46,631 --> 00:22:49,498
No. He said no more rockets
on company property.
372
00:22:49,568 --> 00:22:52,504
Do you realize how far we'd have to go
to get off company property?
373
00:22:52,504 --> 00:22:54,406
Yeah. We have
to go to Snakeroot.
374
00:22:54,406 --> 00:22:56,808
Snakeroot?
That's eight miles.
375
00:22:56,808 --> 00:23:00,011
It's not that far.
I mean, we could walk if we have to.
376
00:23:00,011 --> 00:23:03,078
- Oh, walk.
- That's a fantastic idea. [Laughing]
377
00:23:03,148 --> 00:23:05,878
- Let's go! Come on!
- Wake the hell up, will ya, Homer?
378
00:23:05,951 --> 00:23:08,286
I got about as much chance
of winning that science fair...
379
00:23:08,286 --> 00:23:10,550
as you do winning
a football scholarship.
380
00:23:10,622 --> 00:23:12,556
I know I'm gonna be
a miner.
381
00:23:12,624 --> 00:23:15,058
I've known my entire life.
382
00:23:15,127 --> 00:23:17,429
What the hell's so bad
about mining coal?
383
00:23:17,429 --> 00:23:19,063
Nothing, Roy Lee.
Coal minings great.
384
00:23:19,131 --> 00:23:23,465
That's why your stepdaddy's
the biggest drunk in West Virginia.
385
00:23:23,535 --> 00:23:27,801
I mean, come on, guys!
You know the mine'll kill ya.
386
00:23:27,873 --> 00:23:30,706
Did you ever hear the story
about how O'Dell's dad died?
387
00:23:30,776 --> 00:23:34,234
- Homer, will you forget it, man?
- Shut up, Homer.
388
00:23:34,312 --> 00:23:38,483
Apiece of slate caught him right in
the neck and cut his head clear off.
389
00:23:38,483 --> 00:23:40,378
Bitch! Come on!
[Grunting]
390
00:23:40,452 --> 00:23:42,943
O'Dell!
391
00:23:43,021 --> 00:23:45,990
[Car Horn Honking]
Get off of me!
392
00:23:46,057 --> 00:23:48,924
Hey, fellas.
We're looking for U.S. 52.
393
00:23:51,163 --> 00:23:53,097
[Engine Revving]
394
00:23:53,165 --> 00:23:56,225
Uh, fellas?
395
00:23:56,301 --> 00:24:00,067
Uh, just, uh, stay left at the fork. It's
about another five miles straight ahead.
396
00:24:00,138 --> 00:24:02,003
Thanks.
397
00:24:09,414 --> 00:24:12,349
You fellas see the way
she was looking at me?
398
00:24:14,453 --> 00:24:17,854
Man, you all wanna
be coal miners,
399
00:24:17,923 --> 00:24:20,357
you all go ahead
and be coal miners.
400
00:24:32,037 --> 00:24:34,562
There. There.
401
00:24:48,687 --> 00:24:50,621
God's honest truth, Homer,
402
00:24:50,689 --> 00:24:52,850
what are the chances...
403
00:24:52,924 --> 00:24:55,427
of a bunch of kids
from Coalwood...
404
00:24:55,427 --> 00:24:58,025
actually winning
the National Science Fair?
405
00:24:58,096 --> 00:25:00,360
A million to one, O'Dell.
406
00:25:00,432 --> 00:25:03,196
That good?
407
00:25:03,268 --> 00:25:07,595
Well, why didn't you say so?
Come on. Give me that.
408
00:25:08,707 --> 00:25:10,641
Quentin.
[Grunts]
409
00:25:16,948 --> 00:25:19,473
What?
[Both Chuckling]
410
00:25:40,405 --> 00:25:43,238
We hiked eight miles
for this?
411
00:25:43,308 --> 00:25:46,072
Oh, it's great.
What should we call it?
412
00:25:46,144 --> 00:25:48,078
How 'bout a slack dump?
413
00:25:48,146 --> 00:25:51,116
[O'Dell]
What about "No Man's Land"?
414
00:25:51,116 --> 00:25:53,652
Cape Coalwood.
415
00:25:53,652 --> 00:25:56,221
I mean, it's perfect.
416
00:25:56,221 --> 00:25:58,519
We could build a blockhouse
over there...
417
00:25:58,590 --> 00:26:00,524
and, and a, and a,
and a launchpad.
418
00:26:01,726 --> 00:26:04,024
And we could even build
a test stand!
419
00:26:16,875 --> 00:26:18,877
[Homer's Voice]
Dear Dr. Von Braun,
420
00:26:18,877 --> 00:26:21,313
our launch site,
which we've named Cape Coalwood,
421
00:26:21,313 --> 00:26:23,440
is nearing completion.
[Shouting]
422
00:26:25,116 --> 00:26:28,019
- Thanks to the generosity of local businesses.
- # Come on, baby #
423
00:26:28,019 --> 00:26:29,884
# Let the good times roll #
424
00:26:29,955 --> 00:26:33,152
# Come on, baby
Let the good time roll #
425
00:26:33,224 --> 00:26:36,159
# Roll all night long ##
426
00:26:37,462 --> 00:26:39,998
Inspired by our efforts,
427
00:26:39,998 --> 00:26:43,969
everyone is anxious to help
by donating materials.
428
00:26:43,969 --> 00:26:47,804
[Chattering, Laughing] We've been fortunate
to have the support of our classmates.
429
00:26:47,804 --> 00:26:51,476
And the whole community
here in Coalwood is behind us.
430
00:26:51,476 --> 00:26:54,112
Hey, rocket boy.
Mars is that way. [Laughing]
431
00:26:54,112 --> 00:26:56,982
But no one has been more
encouraging to our efforts than my father.
432
00:26:56,982 --> 00:27:01,219
No, the company doesn't have
any cement left over for launchpads.
433
00:27:01,219 --> 00:27:03,221
I just thought I'd ask.
434
00:27:03,221 --> 00:27:06,424
Besides, I told you
no more rockets.
435
00:27:06,424 --> 00:27:09,694
Uh, you said no more rockets
on company property.
436
00:27:09,694 --> 00:27:11,930
And Olga
doesn't own Snakeroot.
437
00:27:11,930 --> 00:27:14,866
So, you walk eight miles?
438
00:27:14,866 --> 00:27:16,800
Yes, sir.
439
00:27:19,404 --> 00:27:22,080
Well, tell me something,
Homer.
440
00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:25,810
Uh, what exactly is
this Wernher von Braun...
441
00:27:25,810 --> 00:27:28,546
and the rest of those Germans
accomplishing anyway?
442
00:27:28,546 --> 00:27:32,083
'Cause if you ask me,
it's nothing but a stunt.
443
00:27:32,083 --> 00:27:35,954
You think, you think catching up
to the Russians in space is a stunt?
444
00:27:35,954 --> 00:27:39,124
When the novelty wears off,
they're all gonna be sent packing.
445
00:27:39,124 --> 00:27:43,959
- Maybe then they'll have to find themselves
a real job. - Like mining coal?
446
00:27:45,130 --> 00:27:47,132
You listen here.
447
00:27:47,132 --> 00:27:50,435
The coal we mine
makes steel, Homer.
448
00:27:50,435 --> 00:27:53,938
And if steel fails,
this country fails.
449
00:27:53,938 --> 00:27:56,995
If you had half a damn brain
in your head, you'd know that.
450
00:27:56,995 --> 00:27:58,609
[Phone Ringing]
451
00:28:00,812 --> 00:28:03,682
Well, who's down there now?
452
00:28:03,682 --> 00:28:06,244
Hold on just a second.
Hey, listen here.
453
00:28:06,244 --> 00:28:09,554
I had an engineer estimate
a new walkway.
454
00:28:09,554 --> 00:28:12,090
They had some cement left over, so...
455
00:28:12,090 --> 00:28:14,693
...it got caught in the rain...
it's probably ruined.
456
00:28:14,693 --> 00:28:17,495
But if you wanna haul it out,
it's all yours.
457
00:28:17,495 --> 00:28:19,429
Thanks, Dad.
458
00:28:20,765 --> 00:28:22,699
I'll be down there
in a minute.
459
00:28:27,272 --> 00:28:31,576
And Miss Riley wanted to make
sure you document your results.
460
00:28:31,576 --> 00:28:34,012
You will be graded
when she returns.
461
00:28:34,012 --> 00:28:36,181
You have one hour.
462
00:28:36,181 --> 00:28:39,217
Potassium chloride
has a potassium atom.
463
00:28:39,217 --> 00:28:43,221
If we mix it with sugar
and add heat,
464
00:28:43,221 --> 00:28:46,024
we'll get three parts oxygen,
two parts carbon dioxide,
465
00:28:46,024 --> 00:28:48,326
along with some
other by-products.
466
00:28:48,326 --> 00:28:50,795
In other words, lots
of good expanding gases.
467
00:28:50,795 --> 00:28:53,531
It should make
an excellent propellant.
468
00:28:53,531 --> 00:28:55,726
It smells like candy. Ooh!
469
00:28:57,535 --> 00:28:59,730
- [Chuckles]
- [Man] Better get started.
470
00:29:01,439 --> 00:29:03,930
All right, quick.
Get rid of it.
471
00:29:16,688 --> 00:29:19,156
[All Screaming]
472
00:29:19,224 --> 00:29:21,886
[Chattering]
473
00:29:25,063 --> 00:29:27,793
[Radio]
# Only you #
474
00:29:27,866 --> 00:29:30,300
## [Continues, Indistinct]
475
00:29:32,971 --> 00:29:36,674
Mr. Bolden, have you seen
Mr. Bykovsky around?
476
00:29:36,674 --> 00:29:39,378
He's not in the shop anymore.
477
00:29:40,378 --> 00:29:42,714
Your dad sent him down
to the mine.
478
00:29:42,714 --> 00:29:46,275
# For only you ##
479
00:29:47,519 --> 00:29:50,822
He's taking it out on you
because you helped me.
480
00:29:50,822 --> 00:29:54,492
That's enough of that.
Your father is a fair man.
481
00:29:54,492 --> 00:29:57,428
If he's strict,
it's because he has to be.
482
00:29:57,428 --> 00:30:00,899
Besides, he did me a big favor,
transferring me from the machine shop.
483
00:30:00,899 --> 00:30:02,533
What are you talking about?
484
00:30:02,533 --> 00:30:05,537
I can make twice as much money
down there working the high coal.
485
00:30:05,537 --> 00:30:08,139
You can?
486
00:30:08,139 --> 00:30:11,943
I've got relatives in Europe who've had
hard time recovering from the war.
487
00:30:11,943 --> 00:30:14,779
They depend on me
for whatever I can provide.
488
00:30:14,779 --> 00:30:16,981
So, believe me,
I can use the extra money.
489
00:30:16,981 --> 00:30:19,916
I'm just sorry I won't be able to weld
any more rockets for you.
490
00:30:22,854 --> 00:30:24,788
That's for good luck.
491
00:30:28,193 --> 00:30:31,563
May-Maybe you could teach me
how to weld.
492
00:30:31,563 --> 00:30:34,964
- Welding is very difficult, Homer.
- I could learn.
493
00:30:38,003 --> 00:30:40,337
You don't give up,
do you?
494
00:30:42,540 --> 00:30:43,700
I can't.
495
00:30:43,775 --> 00:30:47,472
[Buzzer Buzzing]
496
00:30:54,118 --> 00:30:56,552
- Come on, son.
- [Homer] Hi, Mr. Bolden.
497
00:31:00,792 --> 00:31:03,595
Hey, Homer.
I heard you telling Ike...
498
00:31:03,595 --> 00:31:06,497
you were gonna be shooting off
another rocket up here today.
499
00:31:06,497 --> 00:31:10,092
I thought that might
be something we'd like to see.
500
00:31:11,236 --> 00:31:13,602
Whoa!
501
00:31:15,006 --> 00:31:17,099
[Boys]
Eight, seven,
502
00:31:17,175 --> 00:31:19,336
six, five,
503
00:31:19,410 --> 00:31:22,208
four, three...
504
00:31:24,616 --> 00:31:26,709
Hey, look out!
505
00:31:28,353 --> 00:31:30,116
[Homer]
Mr. Bolden!
506
00:31:31,422 --> 00:31:34,492
Mr. Bolden, are you okay?
[Grunting]
507
00:31:34,492 --> 00:31:36,585
[Sighs]
I'm all right.
508
00:31:38,296 --> 00:31:41,466
- I'm sorry about that, sir.
- Oh, that's all right. That's all right.
509
00:31:41,466 --> 00:31:45,603
Homer, I flew with the Red Tails
in World War II.
510
00:31:45,603 --> 00:31:48,039
And seeing that rocket
come at me...
511
00:31:48,039 --> 00:31:50,276
it almost
took me back there.
512
00:31:51,276 --> 00:31:53,710
Hey, let me have
a look at that thing.
513
00:31:56,281 --> 00:31:58,283
That's a good job
on the weld, Homer,
514
00:31:58,283 --> 00:32:02,520
but the heat from the exhaust
melted the washer.
515
00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:06,557
It's referred to
as a nozzle... uh, sir.
516
00:32:06,557 --> 00:32:09,961
Son, you can call it
whatever you wanna call it,
517
00:32:09,961 --> 00:32:14,000
but you're gonna have to have
a better steel that can take the heat.
518
00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:18,703
Now I'd say S.A.E. 10-20 bar
stock ought to do you fine.
519
00:32:18,703 --> 00:32:22,273
- And I can order it for you.
- Well, that'd be great, Mr. Bolden.
520
00:32:22,273 --> 00:32:26,978
- But it's kind of expensive.
- Um...
521
00:32:26,978 --> 00:32:30,782
Twelve miles of scrap iron,
and all we gotta do is pop it loose.
522
00:32:30,782 --> 00:32:34,252
Yeh. Now what are we gonna tell the railroad
when they catch us prying up the track?
523
00:32:34,252 --> 00:32:37,847
It's abandoned. See, the county's
covered with abandoned spur lines.
524
00:32:37,922 --> 00:32:40,725
A mine shuts down,
the track just rusts over.
525
00:32:40,725 --> 00:32:43,455
[Grunting]
526
00:32:43,928 --> 00:32:48,625
[Gasping]
$8.20.
527
00:32:48,700 --> 00:32:51,426
This is worth eight twenty?
528
00:32:51,426 --> 00:32:54,431
A ton.
529
00:32:54,505 --> 00:32:56,996
Come on.
[Clears Throat]
530
00:32:58,710 --> 00:33:00,644
[Chattering]
531
00:33:00,712 --> 00:33:02,880
- [Grunting] Go, go!
- This thing weighs a ton all by itself!
532
00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:04,814
[Chattering Continues]
533
00:33:04,882 --> 00:33:06,884
Four-hundred pounds.
[Panting]
534
00:33:06,884 --> 00:33:09,520
Four-hundred pounds?
535
00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:11,756
All right.
536
00:33:11,756 --> 00:33:15,459
O'Dell, you're saying this thing
is worth a buck 65?
537
00:33:15,459 --> 00:33:16,961
[Grunting]
538
00:33:16,961 --> 00:33:19,395
Woo-hoo!
[Laughing]
539
00:33:22,767 --> 00:33:24,701
[Sighs]
540
00:33:26,804 --> 00:33:28,738
Whoa.
541
00:33:29,974 --> 00:33:32,636
[Whistle Blowing In Distance]
542
00:33:37,181 --> 00:33:40,241
[Blowing Continues]
543
00:33:44,255 --> 00:33:46,189
O'Dell?
544
00:33:46,257 --> 00:33:50,294
I...It's abandoned.
Uh, look at the rust.
545
00:33:50,294 --> 00:33:54,065
Caretta number two
shut down in '51.
546
00:33:54,065 --> 00:33:56,397
- [Whistling Blowing Loudly]
- Shit!
547
00:33:56,467 --> 00:33:59,270
Get it up! Get it up!
Just get it up!
548
00:33:59,270 --> 00:34:01,806
Give me a hand, man.
Come on!
549
00:34:01,806 --> 00:34:03,831
[Grunting]
550
00:34:04,909 --> 00:34:07,742
[Shouting]
[Grunting Continues]
551
00:34:07,812 --> 00:34:10,381
Forget it! Forget it!
Just stop the train!
552
00:34:10,381 --> 00:34:12,352
Roy Lee!
553
00:34:14,352 --> 00:34:17,521
- Stop! Stop! The track's out!
- [Whistle Blowing]
554
00:34:17,521 --> 00:34:19,457
Stop! Stop! Stop it!
555
00:34:19,457 --> 00:34:23,052
- [Shouting Continues]
- [Whistle Blowing]
556
00:34:23,127 --> 00:34:24,856
Stop!
Stop!
557
00:34:24,929 --> 00:34:27,796
The track!
558
00:34:27,865 --> 00:34:30,959
[Whistle Blowing]
559
00:34:31,035 --> 00:34:32,969
[Screeching]
560
00:34:37,141 --> 00:34:40,211
# You made me cry #
561
00:34:40,211 --> 00:34:43,181
# When you said good-bye #
562
00:34:43,181 --> 00:34:46,984
# Ain't that a shame #
563
00:34:46,984 --> 00:34:50,420
# My tears fell like rain #
564
00:34:50,488 --> 00:34:53,491
- S.A.E. 10-20 bar stock.
- # Ain't that a shame #
565
00:34:53,491 --> 00:34:56,160
Then go 30 degrees crucial.
When the fuel combusts,
566
00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:58,563
it creates
a controlled explosion.
567
00:34:58,563 --> 00:35:01,399
The nozzle directs
a, a, a river of hot gas...
568
00:35:01,399 --> 00:35:05,503
tha-that can reach th-the speed of sound
when it hits the mouth of the nozzle!
569
00:35:05,503 --> 00:35:08,172
- Hey, Quentin.
- Sorry.
570
00:35:08,172 --> 00:35:11,075
- # Ain't that a shame #
- [Shouting]
571
00:35:11,075 --> 00:35:14,979
- # My tears fell like rain #
- It's called a tapered bore.
572
00:35:14,979 --> 00:35:18,749
A tapered bore.
Now he's taking off just a little bit at a time.
573
00:35:18,749 --> 00:35:21,946
# You are to blame #
574
00:35:23,421 --> 00:35:25,355
# Oh, well #
575
00:35:25,423 --> 00:35:28,459
# Good-bye, although #
576
00:35:28,459 --> 00:35:30,695
# I'll cry #
577
00:35:30,695 --> 00:35:34,098
# Ain't that a shame #
578
00:35:34,098 --> 00:35:36,467
# My tears fell like rain #
579
00:35:36,467 --> 00:35:38,569
Good deed, good deed.
580
00:35:38,569 --> 00:35:42,507
# Ain't that a shame #
581
00:35:42,507 --> 00:35:44,737
# You're the one to blame #
582
00:35:46,077 --> 00:35:48,312
I'm concerned that the mass
of the added propellant...
583
00:35:48,312 --> 00:35:51,482
compared to the mass of the empty rocket
will be too little.
584
00:35:51,482 --> 00:35:53,351
Uh, he's afraid
it'll be too heavy.
585
00:35:53,351 --> 00:35:55,453
Why don't we just
make it longer?
586
00:35:55,453 --> 00:36:00,091
Longer would allow increased volume for
the propellant without much additional mass.
587
00:36:00,091 --> 00:36:02,025
Great idea.
588
00:36:06,430 --> 00:36:09,695
# Well, you made me cry #
589
00:36:09,767 --> 00:36:13,362
# When you said good-bye #
590
00:36:13,437 --> 00:36:16,736
# Ain't that a shame #
591
00:36:16,807 --> 00:36:18,876
# My tears fell like rain #
592
00:36:18,876 --> 00:36:21,336
[Explosion]
593
00:36:21,412 --> 00:36:24,074
# Ain't that a shame #
594
00:36:24,148 --> 00:36:26,446
- # You're the one to blame #
- [Chuckling] Yeah.
595
00:36:26,517 --> 00:36:28,883
[Laughing]
We got one!
596
00:36:28,953 --> 00:36:30,853
# Oh, well #
597
00:36:30,922 --> 00:36:32,856
# Good-bye #
598
00:36:32,924 --> 00:36:35,859
# Although I'll try #
599
00:36:35,927 --> 00:36:39,727
# Ain't that a shame #
600
00:36:39,797 --> 00:36:42,561
# My tears fell like rain #
601
00:36:43,601 --> 00:36:45,933
# Ain't that a shame #
602
00:36:47,805 --> 00:36:49,739
# You're the one to blame ##
603
00:36:53,644 --> 00:36:58,049
My guess is, is we're getting air pockets
in the body of the propellant.
604
00:36:58,049 --> 00:37:01,352
When the fire hits 'em, they act like little
combustion chambers.
605
00:37:01,352 --> 00:37:03,921
I think we're gonna need
a liquid binder of some sort.
606
00:37:03,921 --> 00:37:09,227
- What about gasoline?
- That's a good idea.
607
00:37:09,327 --> 00:37:12,230
"Four unidentifiable
high school students...
608
00:37:12,230 --> 00:37:16,676
Lost their lives earlier this morning
when their toy rocket exploded."
609
00:37:16,767 --> 00:37:20,863
Alcohol.
I mean, alcohol's stable.
610
00:37:20,938 --> 00:37:24,237
And it'll evaporate quickly.
611
00:37:24,308 --> 00:37:26,970
Yeah, but it'd have
to be 100% undiluted.
612
00:37:27,044 --> 00:37:29,740
None of that watered-down stuff
they sell at the company store.
613
00:37:29,814 --> 00:37:32,112
I have no idea
where we could find that.
614
00:37:32,183 --> 00:37:35,482
## [Men Scatting]
615
00:37:35,553 --> 00:37:38,420
Listen. I know these fellas,
so let me do all the talking.
616
00:37:38,489 --> 00:37:40,684
I'm not gonna say a word.
617
00:37:40,758 --> 00:37:42,692
# Now they often
call me Speedo #
618
00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:45,752
# But my real name is Mr. Earl #
[Man] Is that rocket fuel or what?
619
00:37:45,830 --> 00:37:48,731
[Laughing]
620
00:37:48,799 --> 00:37:50,733
# Now they often
call me Speedo #
621
00:37:50,801 --> 00:37:54,202
# But my real name is Mr. Earl #
622
00:37:55,873 --> 00:37:58,637
# Well, now some
may call me Joe #
623
00:37:58,709 --> 00:38:00,643
# Some may call me Moe #
624
00:38:00,711 --> 00:38:04,147
# Just remember Speedo
He don't ever take it slow #
625
00:38:04,215 --> 00:38:06,240
# Well, now they often call me
Speedo #
626
00:38:06,317 --> 00:38:09,445
# 'Cause I don't believe
in wasting time ##
627
00:38:19,764 --> 00:38:25,100
- Great.
- How'd they find out about it?
628
00:38:25,169 --> 00:38:27,831
My brother.
629
00:38:30,007 --> 00:38:32,942
You know, we poop out this time, the
whole county's gonna be laughing at us.
630
00:38:33,010 --> 00:38:36,241
Who cares what any of them think?
Easy for you to say, Quentin.
631
00:38:36,314 --> 00:38:38,976
- You're used to people making fun of you.
- All right now.
632
00:38:39,050 --> 00:38:40,984
Quentin's right, y'all.
633
00:38:41,052 --> 00:38:44,044
Homer, you don't have to prove
anything to anybody.
634
00:38:44,121 --> 00:38:46,112
You remember that.
635
00:38:46,190 --> 00:38:49,182
Now go launch yourself
a rocket.
636
00:38:50,094 --> 00:38:52,858
[Chattering]
637
00:38:52,930 --> 00:38:55,592
- [Man] Come on, boy.
- Homer!
638
00:38:55,666 --> 00:38:58,100
Hello, Dorothy.
639
00:38:58,169 --> 00:39:01,627
- Is that thing really gonna fly?
- Well, it, uh...
640
00:39:01,706 --> 00:39:06,973
That thing had better fly, or you can kiss your
chances of losing your virginity good-bye.
641
00:39:07,044 --> 00:39:10,104
Hey, couldn't you guys
find something better to do?
642
00:39:10,181 --> 00:39:12,581
Hey, listen. There's
no practice on Saturdays.
643
00:39:12,650 --> 00:39:15,517
You little sisters
are the only entertainment in town.
644
00:39:15,586 --> 00:39:18,020
Yeah, we were gonna drive over to War,
but then we thought,
645
00:39:18,089 --> 00:39:20,649
hey, let's go see Homer
blow himself up.
646
00:39:21,826 --> 00:39:24,727
That's real funny, Jim.
647
00:39:24,795 --> 00:39:27,730
[Chattering Continues]
648
00:39:41,912 --> 00:39:44,039
[Jim] Hey, Homer. Come on.
We don't got all day.
649
00:39:44,115 --> 00:39:48,211
- Shut up, Jim.
- Homer, everything ready?
650
00:39:48,285 --> 00:39:50,219
- Wait, wait.
- What? What do you mean, wait?
651
00:39:50,287 --> 00:39:52,847
[O'Dell]
Where are you going?
652
00:39:53,924 --> 00:39:55,858
[Chattering]
653
00:40:05,936 --> 00:40:08,268
[Girl]
Hurry up, y'all.
654
00:40:08,339 --> 00:40:11,502
All right. It won't fly unless
somebody pulls the string.
655
00:40:18,282 --> 00:40:20,773
- [Homer] Ten...
- [All] Nine, eight,
656
00:40:20,851 --> 00:40:23,319
seven, six,
657
00:40:23,387 --> 00:40:26,151
five, four...
658
00:40:29,994 --> 00:40:32,554
Oh, my God!
659
00:40:33,697 --> 00:40:35,756
[Chattering, Clapping, Cheering]
660
00:40:35,833 --> 00:40:38,802
[Cheering Continues]
661
00:40:48,846 --> 00:40:50,780
[Girl]
That's great!
662
00:40:55,753 --> 00:41:00,747
- Homer, that was unbelievable!
- Let's go, Dorothy.
663
00:41:00,825 --> 00:41:02,690
I'll tell you
what's unbelievable...
664
00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:06,924
- the captain of the football team being
jealous of you. - [Chuckling]
665
00:41:06,997 --> 00:41:09,800
What you think about getting
in that science fair now?
666
00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:12,298
I think we got a chance.
667
00:41:17,174 --> 00:41:19,301
[Elsie]
Well, bless her heart.
668
00:41:19,376 --> 00:41:22,072
Aunt Joanne hasn't seen you
in about a year and a half.
669
00:41:22,146 --> 00:41:25,047
- [Jim] You look like a sausage.
- He does not.
670
00:41:26,517 --> 00:41:29,179
Happy birthday, Homer.
[Smacks Lips]
671
00:41:29,253 --> 00:41:32,017
It'll stretch some
when you wear it.
672
00:41:32,089 --> 00:41:34,887
- You be sure and send her a nice
thank you note now. - All right.
673
00:41:34,959 --> 00:41:37,723
- John?
- Huh?
674
00:41:37,795 --> 00:41:41,287
Oh, happy birthday, Homer.
675
00:41:41,365 --> 00:41:44,300
And I got this in the mail.
676
00:41:44,368 --> 00:41:47,166
Must be a present
from Grandma.
677
00:41:47,238 --> 00:41:49,172
What's this?
678
00:41:54,011 --> 00:41:56,002
Oh, it's
an autographed picture.
679
00:41:56,080 --> 00:42:00,346
- Of Grandma? Rather get socks.
- Wernher von Braun.
680
00:42:00,417 --> 00:42:03,386
Well, wonder how he knew
it was your birthday.
681
00:42:03,454 --> 00:42:05,388
[Homer]
I don't reckon he did.
682
00:42:05,456 --> 00:42:09,654
"Dear Homer, congratulations
on your rocket building.
683
00:42:09,727 --> 00:42:11,661
Continue your education
and maybe one day..."
684
00:42:11,729 --> 00:42:14,220
Boy, you better take an interest
in your own damn town.
685
00:42:15,299 --> 00:42:17,233
Instead of wasting your time,
686
00:42:17,301 --> 00:42:20,600
worrying about Wernher von Braun
and, uh, uh, Cape Canaveral.
687
00:42:20,671 --> 00:42:24,107
John, it's his birthday.
688
00:42:27,111 --> 00:42:29,579
All right, Homer. Uh...
[Phone Rings]
689
00:42:32,016 --> 00:42:34,610
[Ringing Continues]
690
00:42:36,987 --> 00:42:40,889
- [Ringing Stops]
- [John] Yeah?
691
00:42:40,958 --> 00:42:43,827
Homer, there's strike talk
starting up again.
692
00:42:43,827 --> 00:42:45,688
- Your father's...
- Yeah, he's got a lot on his mind.
693
00:42:45,763 --> 00:42:48,493
Yeah, well,
I don't give a damn.
694
00:42:50,200 --> 00:42:53,431
"Principles
of Guided Missile Design."
695
00:42:53,504 --> 00:42:56,905
[Miss Riley] I had Miss Waters order it for
you a while back, and it just came.
696
00:42:58,876 --> 00:43:01,743
I know the math is too advanced for you.
It is for me too.
697
00:43:01,812 --> 00:43:04,872
There's calculus, differential equations...
No, I'll learn the math.
698
00:43:04,949 --> 00:43:08,214
This is great, Miss Riley.
I'll learn everything.
699
00:43:08,285 --> 00:43:10,719
It's the best present
that anyone's ever given me.
700
00:43:11,655 --> 00:43:15,056
Thank you.
I'm gonna show the guys.
701
00:43:15,125 --> 00:43:17,855
Well, Quentin will probably go cra...
Goodness gracious, Hickam.
702
00:43:17,928 --> 00:43:21,125
- Watch where you're going.
- Just...
703
00:43:21,198 --> 00:43:23,825
- Where'd you get this?
- I gave it to him.
704
00:43:24,668 --> 00:43:26,602
Bye, Miss Riley.
705
00:43:29,006 --> 00:43:33,409
Miss Riley, our job is to give these
kids an education, not false hopes.
706
00:43:33,477 --> 00:43:37,004
False hopes?
707
00:43:37,081 --> 00:43:41,142
Do you want me to sit quiet, let 'em
breathe in coal dust the rest of their life?
708
00:43:41,218 --> 00:43:44,415
[Sighs]
Miss Riley, once in a while,
709
00:43:44,488 --> 00:43:47,732
a lucky one will get out
on a football scholarship.
710
00:43:47,724 --> 00:43:50,589
The rest of'em
work in the mines.
711
00:43:50,661 --> 00:43:53,755
How about I believe
in the unlucky ones, hmm?
712
00:43:53,831 --> 00:43:57,164
I have to, Mr. Turner,
or I'd go out of my mind.
713
00:43:59,837 --> 00:44:03,204
- [Elsie Muttering]
- [John Laughing]
714
00:44:03,273 --> 00:44:05,366
- [Man] It's good, it's good.
- [John] Hey, Homer.
715
00:44:05,442 --> 00:44:07,933
Happy birthday, son.
716
00:44:08,012 --> 00:44:09,946
Got some good news
for you, Homer.
717
00:44:10,014 --> 00:44:13,347
Say hello to Fred Smith from
the University of West Virginia.
718
00:44:13,417 --> 00:44:15,510
- Hello, Homer.
- Hi, sir.
719
00:44:15,510 --> 00:44:19,545
Mr. Smith wants Jim to play football there.
He's offering him a full scholarship.
720
00:44:19,623 --> 00:44:22,025
Well, congratulations, Jim.
721
00:44:22,025 --> 00:44:23,855
Do you play ball, son?
722
00:44:23,927 --> 00:44:27,693
No, Homer shoots off rockets.
Whoosh and all that st...
723
00:44:27,765 --> 00:44:29,699
Well, rockets
are not exactly my field, son,
724
00:44:29,767 --> 00:44:32,201
but maybe if you work hard,
you'll go to college too.
725
00:44:32,269 --> 00:44:34,965
- Yeah, on a science fiction scholarship,
maybe. - [John] Jim.
726
00:44:46,583 --> 00:44:48,778
[Homer's Voice]
Dear Dr. Von Braun,
727
00:44:48,852 --> 00:44:51,377
thank you
for the autographed picture.
728
00:44:51,377 --> 00:44:53,689
It will only further inspire me
to keep working...
729
00:44:53,689 --> 00:44:57,324
toward our all-important goal
of entering that science fair this spring.
730
00:45:11,375 --> 00:45:13,309
[Clears Throat]
731
00:45:23,020 --> 00:45:25,784
We're shooting off
a rocket today.
732
00:45:27,591 --> 00:45:30,025
I th-thought you'd like
to come see it.
733
00:45:30,094 --> 00:45:32,961
I gotta catch up
on some work.
734
00:45:35,232 --> 00:45:39,066
Ho-How come, how come you never
have work when Jim plays football?
735
00:45:39,136 --> 00:45:41,070
You never miss a game.
736
00:45:42,940 --> 00:45:44,874
[Sighs]
737
00:45:46,510 --> 00:45:48,705
What time
are you gonna do it?
738
00:45:49,813 --> 00:45:51,747
About 4:00.
739
00:45:53,383 --> 00:45:57,513
Uh, I can't promise you...
[Rumbling, Glass Breaks]
740
00:45:57,588 --> 00:46:00,648
Somebody pulled a pillar too close.
[Alarm Blares]
741
00:46:00,724 --> 00:46:04,160
[Rings]
[Alarm Continues]
742
00:46:04,228 --> 00:46:06,890
Yeah?
743
00:46:06,964 --> 00:46:10,957
Well, thank God for that.
Yeah, right now.
744
00:46:13,270 --> 00:46:15,704
Nobody hurt.
[Man Shouts]
745
00:46:18,876 --> 00:46:21,470
[Shouting Continues]
746
00:46:22,179 --> 00:46:25,615
# Go, Rocket Boys ##
[Cheering]
747
00:46:27,317 --> 00:46:31,310
- Ten!
- [Together] Nine, eight, seven,
748
00:46:31,388 --> 00:46:33,253
six, five,
749
00:46:33,323 --> 00:46:35,689
four, three, two,
750
00:46:35,759 --> 00:46:37,420
one, lift off!
751
00:46:41,031 --> 00:46:42,965
[Cheering]
752
00:46:47,938 --> 00:46:49,929
[Cheering, Clapping Continue]
753
00:46:53,811 --> 00:46:55,301
You got it?
Can you see?
754
00:46:55,379 --> 00:46:57,438
- [O'Dell] Uh, no. Yes.
- [Roy Lee] See it?
755
00:46:57,514 --> 00:47:00,642
Yeah, I see it.
What's the time?
756
00:47:00,717 --> 00:47:03,777
Looks like 12 seconds.
Which one of you fellas is Homer Hickam?
757
00:47:03,854 --> 00:47:07,415
Um, it's me, sir.
I'm Basil Thorpe with the Bluefield Telegraph.
758
00:47:07,491 --> 00:47:10,051
Can I ask you
a few questions?
759
00:47:10,127 --> 00:47:12,061
Sure.
[Chuckles]
760
00:47:12,129 --> 00:47:17,294
[Homer] "The silvery cylinder burst forth
in a fiery column of smoke and flame,
761
00:47:17,367 --> 00:47:20,768
"racing the very wind
as it soared into the sky,
762
00:47:20,838 --> 00:47:23,033
"a messenger of these
Rocket Boys of Big Creek...
763
00:47:23,106 --> 00:47:25,802
"these boys who use
their brains, not brawn,
764
00:47:25,876 --> 00:47:29,446
who play not football,
but with Apollo's fire."
765
00:47:29,446 --> 00:47:31,607
- [All Chuckling]
- Hi, Homer.
766
00:47:31,682 --> 00:47:35,743
- Hi, Dorothy.
- Would you please sign my newspaper?
767
00:47:35,819 --> 00:47:38,117
Sure.
768
00:47:38,188 --> 00:47:40,713
I just know you're gonna be
really famous someday.
769
00:47:43,760 --> 00:47:48,322
- H-O-M-E-R.
- [Dorothy Giggling]
770
00:47:49,766 --> 00:47:52,326
Which one of you fellas
is Homer Hickam?
771
00:47:53,670 --> 00:47:55,900
Excuse me. Excuse me.
772
00:47:58,909 --> 00:48:01,776
- Which cost the taxpayers...
- What in the world is going on?
773
00:48:01,845 --> 00:48:04,336
Miss Riley,
this does not concern you.
774
00:48:04,414 --> 00:48:06,678
You have these boys
in handcuffs.
775
00:48:06,750 --> 00:48:11,119
You have these boys
in handcuffs in a high school, Mr. Turner.
776
00:48:11,188 --> 00:48:14,316
You probably heard about the forest
fire last week over by Welch.
777
00:48:14,391 --> 00:48:18,020
- A lot of timber went up. - Mr. Turner,
you take these handcuffs off these boys.
778
00:48:18,095 --> 00:48:20,689
They found a rocket
on the side of the road.
779
00:48:20,764 --> 00:48:24,029
We knew it started the fire, ma'am. What
we didn't know is where it came from,
780
00:48:24,101 --> 00:48:26,734
till this morning.
781
00:48:26,734 --> 00:48:29,973
Mr. Hickam, can you account
for all your rockets?
782
00:48:30,040 --> 00:48:31,974
No, sir. I can't.
783
00:48:35,646 --> 00:48:37,580
[Chattering]
784
00:48:44,354 --> 00:48:46,879
If you weren't a minor,
you'd be in the state penitentiary.
785
00:48:46,957 --> 00:48:49,653
- I know, Dad. I...
- Homer, I've been confused by you,
786
00:48:49,726 --> 00:48:52,058
I've been mad as hell
at you.
787
00:48:52,129 --> 00:48:55,098
But, boy, it's the first time
in your life I've been ashamed of you.
788
00:48:55,165 --> 00:48:57,963
[Roy Lee Grunting, Yelling]
789
00:48:58,035 --> 00:49:02,165
- [Grunting Continues]
- You couldn't stop, man. You couldn't!
790
00:49:02,239 --> 00:49:05,140
- Get in the car, Homer!
- [Yelling Continues]
791
00:49:05,208 --> 00:49:07,142
Homer, get in the car.
792
00:49:07,210 --> 00:49:10,509
[Man Grunting]
Idiot! I ought to goddamn kill ya.
793
00:49:12,382 --> 00:49:14,316
[Grunts]
794
00:49:16,153 --> 00:49:19,748
We ain't at the mine now.
This ain't your business.
795
00:49:19,823 --> 00:49:22,223
You get in the car
with Homer, son.
796
00:49:23,427 --> 00:49:26,021
You listen to me,
you drunken son of a bitch.
797
00:49:26,096 --> 00:49:29,532
If that boy's father was alive,
he'd kick your ass.
798
00:49:29,599 --> 00:49:31,692
So I'm gonna
have to do it for him.
799
00:49:31,768 --> 00:49:35,295
If I see him with a bruise,
you get a scar.
800
00:49:35,372 --> 00:49:38,170
If I see him with a limp,
you get crutches!
801
00:49:39,676 --> 00:49:43,043
[John]
You hear me? Do you hear me?
802
00:49:47,317 --> 00:49:49,911
You know,
I'm reporting you to the union!
803
00:49:49,987 --> 00:49:52,478
Screw you
and your damn union.
804
00:50:08,472 --> 00:50:13,341
Your father was one of the best men
I ever had working for me.
805
00:50:19,082 --> 00:50:21,414
I was lucky to know him.
806
00:50:21,485 --> 00:50:24,045
[Engine Starts]
807
00:51:11,601 --> 00:51:13,535
Come on.
808
00:51:15,439 --> 00:51:18,101
Let's go have some fun
for a change.
809
00:51:34,658 --> 00:51:37,354
# In love #
810
00:51:37,427 --> 00:51:40,191
# Why does my heart #
811
00:51:40,263 --> 00:51:42,731
# Skip a crazy beat #
812
00:51:42,799 --> 00:51:47,668
# For I know
it will beat, beat, beat #
813
00:51:47,737 --> 00:51:51,571
- # Tell me why #
- They watched us get arrested.
814
00:51:51,641 --> 00:51:54,667
[Quentin]
We're practically ex-convicts.
815
00:51:54,744 --> 00:51:56,939
They'll never dance with us.
816
00:51:57,013 --> 00:52:00,717
Jesus, Quentin.
You don't know anything about women.
817
00:52:00,717 --> 00:52:03,079
# Why do fools #
818
00:52:03,153 --> 00:52:06,884
- I heard she broke up with that dumb jock.
- # Fall in love ##
819
00:52:09,359 --> 00:52:12,123
- See you later, hopeless.
- [Clapping]
820
00:52:15,332 --> 00:52:18,960
# Many a tear has to fall #
821
00:52:21,071 --> 00:52:25,474
# But it's all in the game #
822
00:52:29,946 --> 00:52:33,780
# All in the wonderful game #
823
00:52:33,850 --> 00:52:37,013
# That we know #
824
00:52:37,087 --> 00:52:39,715
# As love #
825
00:52:39,789 --> 00:52:41,814
Hi, Homer.
826
00:52:41,892 --> 00:52:43,826
Hi, Dorothy.
827
00:52:43,894 --> 00:52:48,490
- # You have words #
- Jim, look who's here.
828
00:52:48,565 --> 00:52:51,033
Yeah, ain't it past your bedtime?
829
00:52:51,101 --> 00:52:53,695
- # And your future's looking #
- Let's go.
830
00:52:53,770 --> 00:52:56,295
- Hey, Jim.
- # Dim #
831
00:52:57,440 --> 00:53:01,137
- # But these things #
- Way to go.
832
00:53:01,211 --> 00:53:04,738
# Your hearts can rise #
833
00:53:04,814 --> 00:53:07,146
# Above #
834
00:53:10,754 --> 00:53:14,451
# Once in a while
he will call ##
835
00:53:24,901 --> 00:53:27,392
# When the twilight is gone #
836
00:53:27,470 --> 00:53:30,496
# Ah, ah #
837
00:53:30,574 --> 00:53:32,940
Hi, Valentine.
[Thunder Rumbling]
838
00:53:33,009 --> 00:53:35,273
# Ah #
839
00:53:35,345 --> 00:53:38,075
- I'm glad you didn't go to jail.
- # When the twilight is gone #
840
00:53:38,148 --> 00:53:41,242
# Ah, ah #
841
00:53:41,318 --> 00:53:43,343
# You come into my heart #
842
00:53:43,420 --> 00:53:45,752
# Ah #
843
00:53:45,822 --> 00:53:49,986
# And here in my heart
you will stay #
844
00:53:50,060 --> 00:53:51,994
[Thunder Rumbling]
845
00:53:52,062 --> 00:53:55,964
It sure was exciting
watching your rockets go up.
846
00:54:01,238 --> 00:54:06,608
# My prayer #
847
00:54:06,676 --> 00:54:11,579
# Is to linger with you #
848
00:54:12,882 --> 00:54:16,443
# At the end of the day ##
849
00:54:29,966 --> 00:54:32,400
[Train Rumbling Overhead]
850
00:54:36,306 --> 00:54:40,333
You ever see that movie,
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man?
851
00:54:46,883 --> 00:54:48,817
- [Car Horn Honking]
- [Boy] Homer!
852
00:54:48,885 --> 00:54:51,513
Homer! Down here!
Homer!
853
00:54:51,588 --> 00:54:55,922
- Homer! Homer!
- What is it?
854
00:55:08,305 --> 00:55:11,297
Mom! Mom!
855
00:55:11,374 --> 00:55:14,775
[Panting]
Mom?
856
00:55:14,844 --> 00:55:18,109
Your father always has to be the big hero.
[Siren Wailing]
857
00:55:18,181 --> 00:55:21,878
I swear to God, if he gets killed,
I won't shed a tear.
858
00:55:41,304 --> 00:55:43,238
It's coming up!
859
00:55:59,456 --> 00:56:01,947
[Screaming, Chattering]
860
00:56:10,633 --> 00:56:12,567
[Woman]
Who-Who is it?
861
00:56:22,912 --> 00:56:26,905
[Man]
It's Ike Bykovsky. Bykovsky.
862
00:56:31,488 --> 00:56:33,422
[Man]
It's John Hickam!
863
00:56:34,891 --> 00:56:37,257
- Dad, Dad!
- [Man] The cable snapped.
864
00:56:37,327 --> 00:56:39,295
May have fractured
his skull!
865
00:56:43,433 --> 00:56:48,200
Get out of the way. Move back, folks!
Let us through here!
866
00:56:50,106 --> 00:56:55,043
Tell you what, Homer. A dozen men would've
died today if it hadn't been for your dad.
867
00:57:09,759 --> 00:57:12,193
[Siren Wailing]
868
00:57:40,089 --> 00:57:42,557
Thank you, doctor.
869
00:57:42,625 --> 00:57:45,560
Mm-hmm. Bye-Bye.
870
00:58:03,313 --> 00:58:07,841
The, uh, doctor
says...
871
00:58:07,917 --> 00:58:12,081
there's a chance your dad
could lose his eye.
872
00:58:12,155 --> 00:58:16,717
He has to go to the hospital
in Charleston,
873
00:58:16,793 --> 00:58:19,728
and Olga won't pay
for all of it.
874
00:58:19,796 --> 00:58:24,392
I'm gonna go down to the mine
and ask Jake Mosby to sign me on.
875
00:58:24,467 --> 00:58:27,402
You can't do that, Jim.
You've got school.
876
00:58:27,470 --> 00:58:31,133
Olga owns this house, Mom,
and half the furniture in it.
877
00:58:31,207 --> 00:58:34,870
If you drop out,
you'll lose your scholarship.
878
00:58:34,944 --> 00:58:39,813
- Homer, I'm the oldest. It's my responsibility.
- I'll work in the mine.
879
00:58:42,285 --> 00:58:48,053
[Phone Ringing]
880
00:59:16,085 --> 00:59:19,020
- Here you are, Mr. Turner.
- Thank you, Miss Wade.
881
00:59:23,059 --> 00:59:26,620
Mining coal is an honorable trade,
Mr. Hickam.
882
00:59:29,666 --> 00:59:32,328
Nothing to be ashamed of.
883
00:59:46,849 --> 00:59:49,215
Miss Riley!
Miss Riley!
884
00:59:57,460 --> 01:00:00,395
[Alarm Clock Ringing]
885
01:01:17,573 --> 01:01:19,507
Turn your light on, boy.
886
01:02:05,722 --> 01:02:08,213
Remember when you
gave me these, John?
887
01:02:08,291 --> 01:02:10,782
Carbon crystals
from the mine.
888
01:02:10,860 --> 01:02:14,819
Yeah. Honeymoon.
At Myrtle Beach.
889
01:02:16,199 --> 01:02:20,329
And you said,
"You always wanted diamonds.
890
01:02:20,403 --> 01:02:24,203
But these are the best I can do.
I wish they were real."
891
01:02:24,273 --> 01:02:28,471
John, I never
wanted diamonds.
892
01:02:34,517 --> 01:02:36,451
This whole year...
893
01:02:36,519 --> 01:02:39,818
has been pretty rough going
down at the mine.
894
01:02:41,457 --> 01:02:44,017
Bad tempers...
895
01:02:44,093 --> 01:02:47,221
and a lot of strike talk.
896
01:02:47,296 --> 01:02:51,733
An accident
makes things worse.
897
01:02:53,202 --> 01:02:55,534
In a way, I guess,
898
01:02:55,605 --> 01:02:59,735
I'm the one who's responsible
for what happened to Mr. Bykovsky.
899
01:02:59,809 --> 01:03:02,243
Listen to me, Homer.
900
01:03:03,980 --> 01:03:06,312
Last month,
901
01:03:06,382 --> 01:03:10,648
I gave Ike the chance
to go back to the machine shop,
902
01:03:10,720 --> 01:03:12,654
and he turned it down.
903
01:03:12,722 --> 01:03:16,055
Yeah, he stayed in the mine
'cause the money was better.
904
01:03:16,125 --> 01:03:19,151
That was his decision.
905
01:03:19,228 --> 01:03:22,493
You understand me?
906
01:03:22,565 --> 01:03:24,499
Yes, sir.
907
01:03:26,569 --> 01:03:31,871
Well, is mining coal as terrible
as you figured it'd be?
908
01:03:31,941 --> 01:03:34,375
I guess not.
909
01:03:35,945 --> 01:03:38,607
But almost.
[Laughing]
910
01:03:40,082 --> 01:03:42,016
[Coughing]
911
01:03:58,134 --> 01:04:02,628
Everybody says to say hi.
Michael and Billy.
912
01:04:02,705 --> 01:04:04,900
Valentine Carmina.
913
01:04:04,974 --> 01:04:06,908
How about Miss Riley?
914
01:04:06,976 --> 01:04:11,913
She ain't been around much. She got
some new boyfriend over in Welch.
915
01:04:13,149 --> 01:04:16,641
So, uh, what's it like
down there?
916
01:04:20,223 --> 01:04:22,657
You get used to it
after a while.
917
01:04:23,893 --> 01:04:27,056
Besides, shoveling coal
has got its advantages.
918
01:04:27,129 --> 01:04:29,654
Check this out.
919
01:04:29,732 --> 01:04:33,634
Man, no wonder my stepdad
can slug me so good.
920
01:04:33,703 --> 01:04:36,604
After a month down there,
you'd be able to knock him out.
921
01:04:39,208 --> 01:04:41,836
Well, I ain't
in no hurry.
922
01:04:41,911 --> 01:04:46,848
[Work Whistle Blowing]
923
01:04:51,721 --> 01:04:54,189
- See ya all later.
- See ya, man.
924
01:04:54,257 --> 01:04:56,191
See ya, Homer.
925
01:04:57,760 --> 01:05:00,729
In Christ's name,
we pray. Amen.
926
01:05:00,796 --> 01:05:02,730
Amen.
927
01:05:06,969 --> 01:05:10,427
We appreciate the sacrifice
you made here, Homer.
928
01:05:10,506 --> 01:05:14,966
But pretty soon, you'll be able to go back
and finish up the school year.
929
01:05:16,279 --> 01:05:18,304
I'm not going back
to school.
930
01:05:18,381 --> 01:05:20,781
A few weeks left in the term,
931
01:05:20,850 --> 01:05:23,182
I'll just stay put.
932
01:05:23,252 --> 01:05:26,187
Well, I think you ought
to finish high school.
933
01:05:28,991 --> 01:05:31,221
Well, tell him, John.
934
01:05:32,895 --> 01:05:35,363
Homer's not a boy anymore.
935
01:05:37,566 --> 01:05:40,535
I don't think
I can tell him anything.
936
01:05:40,603 --> 01:05:42,537
[Dishes Clattering]
937
01:05:53,115 --> 01:05:57,245
[Jake] All I'm saying, John, is the cut off
was not done proper according to contract.
938
01:05:57,320 --> 01:05:59,254
Well, the company did
what it had to do.
939
01:05:59,322 --> 01:06:01,790
Well, you know the union
won't put up with it.
940
01:06:01,857 --> 01:06:06,021
Just give it a rest, Jake.
It's my first day back.
941
01:06:11,067 --> 01:06:14,867
Hey, Lenny,
how's he doing?
942
01:06:14,937 --> 01:06:16,928
He's a chip
off the old block, John.
943
01:06:17,006 --> 01:06:20,032
- It's good to have you back.
- [Chuckling] Thank you.
944
01:06:24,313 --> 01:06:28,977
I'm headed toward the face.
You wanna come along?
945
01:06:33,155 --> 01:06:35,885
[John] Even though I don't have
that piece of paper...
946
01:06:35,958 --> 01:06:39,257
the thing from college...
they listen to me.
947
01:06:39,328 --> 01:06:41,262
You know why?
948
01:06:41,330 --> 01:06:44,265
'Cause you know more
than they do.
949
01:06:44,333 --> 01:06:47,564
You bet your life
I do. Homer.
950
01:06:47,636 --> 01:06:51,402
I know the mine
like I know a man.
951
01:06:51,474 --> 01:06:55,240
Heck, I can take one look around here...
[Coughing]
952
01:06:57,079 --> 01:06:59,377
Are you all right?
953
01:06:59,448 --> 01:07:01,746
Yeah, I'm not afraid
of a little coal dust.
954
01:07:01,817 --> 01:07:04,809
Hell, Homer,
I was born for this.
955
01:07:04,887 --> 01:07:08,755
I guess it shouldn't surprise me
that you were too.
956
01:07:08,824 --> 01:07:11,418
Let's go watch 'em
shoot some coal.
957
01:07:18,768 --> 01:07:23,372
Elsie, hold dinner
for a while, will you?
958
01:07:23,372 --> 01:07:25,706
I have to make a call.
959
01:07:31,113 --> 01:07:33,047
Homer,
960
01:07:35,117 --> 01:07:38,814
I was in the store today,
and I heard some talk.
961
01:07:51,600 --> 01:07:54,967
Boy, it's sure hard
to keep a secret in this town, isn't it?
962
01:07:55,037 --> 01:07:58,029
But I guess I did
a pretty good job.
963
01:07:58,107 --> 01:08:03,010
You know, there's a rumor going around that I
been sneaking off to Welch to see some beau.
963
01:07:58,107 --> 01:08:03,010
964
01:08:03,079 --> 01:08:06,014
- I wish that rumor'd been true.
- Yeah.
965
01:08:06,082 --> 01:08:11,349
They told me Hodgkings can go into
remission, so I might have some time.
966
01:08:11,420 --> 01:08:13,980
Is there anything I can do,
Miss Riley?
967
01:08:14,056 --> 01:08:17,355
You can accept
my apology.
968
01:08:17,426 --> 01:08:20,156
For what?
969
01:08:20,229 --> 01:08:22,629
My life's work
is teaching.
970
01:08:22,698 --> 01:08:26,190
And I believed that if you boys won
that science fair,
971
01:08:26,268 --> 01:08:31,171
got scholarships, went off
and did something great with your lives,
972
01:08:31,240 --> 01:08:34,038
somehow my life would have counted
for something.
973
01:08:36,112 --> 01:08:38,046
Homer.
974
01:08:40,883 --> 01:08:43,215
You know what?
975
01:08:43,285 --> 01:08:48,188
Sometimes you really can't listen to what
anybody else says.
976
01:08:48,257 --> 01:08:51,249
You just gotta
listen inside.
977
01:08:51,327 --> 01:08:54,353
You're not supposed to
end up in those mines.
978
01:08:54,430 --> 01:08:57,888
You know why?
'Cause I think you made other plans.
979
01:08:57,967 --> 01:09:01,403
I want you
to know something.
980
01:09:01,470 --> 01:09:05,736
I'm proud of you.
I am.
981
01:09:05,808 --> 01:09:08,709
Whatever you choose.
982
01:09:40,809 --> 01:09:42,743
[Ringing]
983
01:09:55,457 --> 01:09:57,891
[Mine Alarm Blaring]
984
01:10:49,945 --> 01:10:54,507
Excuse me, ma'am,
is Quentin home?
985
01:10:59,355 --> 01:11:00,879
Quentin.
986
01:11:05,728 --> 01:11:09,721
Homer, y-you figured this equation out
by yourself?
987
01:11:09,798 --> 01:11:13,495
Well, if I did the math right.
It proves that you can't...
988
01:11:13,569 --> 01:11:16,905
- It proves we didn't start that fire!
- Quentin, what're you doing?
989
01:11:16,905 --> 01:11:20,097
Now, the AUKXIII was
the only one that we couldn't find that day.
990
01:11:20,175 --> 01:11:22,769
And our best guess for fall time
with the AUKXII,
991
01:11:22,845 --> 01:11:25,905
which is exactly identical,
was about 14 seconds.
992
01:11:25,981 --> 01:11:28,347
If you help me with the trig part,
Quentin,
993
01:11:28,417 --> 01:11:32,080
we should be able to make a good guess
where that rocket landed.
994
01:11:45,768 --> 01:11:48,362
Six thousand, three hundred
and twenty-eight feet.
995
01:11:49,438 --> 01:11:52,202
One point two miles.
996
01:11:53,542 --> 01:11:55,476
- Homer?
- Yeah?
997
01:11:58,113 --> 01:12:02,777
Are you gonna tell
Roy Lee and O'Dell where I live?
998
01:12:02,851 --> 01:12:07,788
It wouldn't matter if you lived
in the governor's mansion,
999
01:12:07,856 --> 01:12:11,485
they'd still think
you're weird.
1000
01:12:16,065 --> 01:12:18,761
I'll see you at dawn.
1001
01:12:18,834 --> 01:12:21,598
Don't you have to go
to the mine?
1002
01:12:21,670 --> 01:12:24,104
I don't work there
anymore.
1003
01:12:39,621 --> 01:12:41,555
One.
1004
01:12:48,430 --> 01:12:50,364
Two.
1005
01:12:59,808 --> 01:13:01,742
Ninety-nine.
1006
01:13:05,614 --> 01:13:07,548
A hundred seven.
1007
01:13:27,069 --> 01:13:29,333
One hundred
and twenty-six.
1008
01:13:30,406 --> 01:13:33,273
That's 6,300 feet.
1009
01:13:33,342 --> 01:13:35,674
It's gotta be
around here somewhere.
1010
01:13:59,568 --> 01:14:02,503
What'd we do wrong?
1011
01:14:02,571 --> 01:14:06,371
I don't know.
I...I'll check the math again.
1012
01:14:16,218 --> 01:14:18,345
Was there a wind
that day?
1013
01:14:18,420 --> 01:14:20,752
I...I don't remember.
1014
01:14:20,823 --> 01:14:22,984
'Cause if there was,
1015
01:14:23,058 --> 01:14:25,686
the wind probably came
from the west...
1016
01:14:25,761 --> 01:14:28,321
which means that it would've pushed
the rocket...
1017
01:14:30,499 --> 01:14:32,433
right there.
1018
01:14:36,672 --> 01:14:39,004
Prodigious.
1019
01:14:39,074 --> 01:14:41,941
...associated...
1020
01:14:42,010 --> 01:14:43,944
[Students Murmuring]
1021
01:14:47,583 --> 01:14:51,041
Mr. Hayes, where you off to
in such a hurry?
1022
01:14:51,119 --> 01:14:53,883
Okay, everybody,
back in your seats.
1023
01:14:53,956 --> 01:14:58,416
Miss Stanton, Miss Blue, let's go, back
in your seats. Mr. Hancock.
1024
01:14:59,495 --> 01:15:01,588
That goes for you too,
Mr. Wilson.
1025
01:15:06,134 --> 01:15:08,068
Miss Riley,
what's going on in here?
1026
01:15:08,136 --> 01:15:11,867
They didn't start
that fire, Mr. Turner.
1027
01:15:11,940 --> 01:15:14,704
In the first place, you are not a member
of this classroom.
1028
01:15:14,776 --> 01:15:16,801
Neither are you, Mr. Turner.
[Students Chuckling]
1029
01:15:16,879 --> 01:15:18,813
Why don't you let the boy
defend himself?
1030
01:15:18,881 --> 01:15:22,942
And in the second place,
this rocket proves nothing.
1031
01:15:23,018 --> 01:15:25,816
You've already admitted
having lost a number of your rockets.
1032
01:15:25,888 --> 01:15:27,947
You cannot prove
conclusively...
1033
01:15:28,023 --> 01:15:31,481
- that another one of them didn't
start that fire. - Yes, I can.
1034
01:15:38,467 --> 01:15:41,061
Are we to conclude, Mr. Hickam, that
since leaving school,
1035
01:15:41,136 --> 01:15:44,873
you've not only become an expert in rocket
science, but in the field of trigonometry?
1036
01:15:44,873 --> 01:15:46,775
I didn't say that I was a rock...
Obviously, you learned more...
1037
01:15:46,775 --> 01:15:49,239
in the coal mines than you did in high school.
[Students Chuckling]
1038
01:15:49,311 --> 01:15:53,505
Let the boy talk.
Go ahead, Homer.
1039
01:15:53,505 --> 01:15:57,909
Now, that fire was near Welch, just
under three miles from our launchpad.
1040
01:15:57,986 --> 01:16:02,616
And at the time of the fire,
the best that we could do was 1.2 miles...
1041
01:16:02,691 --> 01:16:05,319
which is exactly where we found
that rocket, Mr. Turner.
1042
01:16:05,394 --> 01:16:09,626
See, Mr. Turner, that rocket
fell for about 14 seconds, which means...
1043
01:16:09,698 --> 01:16:12,360
that it flew to an altitude
of 3,000 feet...
1044
01:16:12,434 --> 01:16:14,570
according to the equation...
1045
01:16:14,570 --> 01:16:18,471
"S" equals one-half"A"
"T" squared...
1046
01:16:18,540 --> 01:16:22,101
where "S"is the altitude,
"A"is the gravity constant... or 32...
1047
01:16:22,177 --> 01:16:24,805
and "T" is the time it took for that rocket
to come back down.
1048
01:16:24,880 --> 01:16:27,872
- Velocity equals acceleration times time.
- Get him, Homer, get him.
1049
01:16:27,950 --> 01:16:30,214
- Are you following this, Mr. Turner?
- [Students Chuckling]
1050
01:16:30,285 --> 01:16:33,379
All right,
we're all duly impressed.
1051
01:16:33,455 --> 01:16:37,516
But do you mind telling me,
if you did not start that fire, who did?
1052
01:16:37,593 --> 01:16:39,686
[Phone Ringing]
1053
01:16:39,761 --> 01:16:41,820
What is it?
1054
01:16:41,897 --> 01:16:46,231
Whatever it is, i-it's ingenious.
The fins are spring-loaded.
1055
01:16:46,301 --> 01:16:48,531
That isn't a rocket
at all.
1056
01:16:48,604 --> 01:16:51,038
It's an aeronautical flare.
1057
01:16:53,208 --> 01:16:57,201
There's an airport here in Welch.
It's right above where the fire started.
1058
01:17:06,555 --> 01:17:10,389
Mr. Hickam, report to my office as soon
as we return to school.
1059
01:17:10,459 --> 01:17:14,589
You do intend to enter
the county science fair, do you not?
1060
01:17:14,663 --> 01:17:16,824
Yes, sir, we do.
1061
01:17:16,898 --> 01:17:19,526
Well, if you intend
to represent Big Creek,
1062
01:17:19,601 --> 01:17:22,536
you're gonna have to be
enrolled as a student at Big Creek.
1063
01:17:22,604 --> 01:17:24,538
[Engine Starting]
1064
01:17:24,606 --> 01:17:28,007
"Prodigenous."
1065
01:17:30,846 --> 01:17:33,315
[Homer] Do you think you can draw
well enough so Mr. Bolden could build it?
1066
01:17:33,315 --> 01:17:35,049
- Yep.
- Let me see.
1067
01:17:35,117 --> 01:17:37,779
- Yeah.
- Hey, Homer.
1068
01:17:37,853 --> 01:17:41,289
- Hi, Dad.
- What's this stuff doing here?
1069
01:17:41,289 --> 01:17:44,388
- Mr. Hickam, we didn't start the fire.
- The troopers gave it back to us.
1070
01:17:44,459 --> 01:17:46,928
- Yeah, it wasn't even one of our rockets.
- It was an aeronautical flare.
1071
01:17:46,928 --> 01:17:48,887
Y'all go on home now.
1072
01:17:48,964 --> 01:17:50,898
Yes, sir.
1073
01:18:07,482 --> 01:18:12,044
- This the reason you skipped work today?
- Yes, sir.
1074
01:18:15,857 --> 01:18:19,452
I thought you put all this nonsense
behind you, Homer.
1075
01:18:19,528 --> 01:18:22,156
- I thought you weren't gonna be doing it...
- Dad, it isn't nonsense.
1076
01:18:22,230 --> 01:18:24,596
I...I don't wanna
argue with you.
1077
01:18:24,666 --> 01:18:27,032
Look, son,
1078
01:18:27,102 --> 01:18:30,731
I can't even begin to tell you how proud
of you I've been these past weeks.
1079
01:18:30,806 --> 01:18:35,607
I mean, you've just been doing a hell
of a job in that mine.
1080
01:18:35,677 --> 01:18:38,510
You keep going, you're gonna have
my job someday.
1081
01:18:38,580 --> 01:18:41,743
Everybody says so.
1082
01:18:42,984 --> 01:18:45,953
You got any idea how proud
that would make me?
1083
01:18:47,222 --> 01:18:49,247
Dad, what I...
[Stammering]
1084
01:18:49,324 --> 01:18:54,990
I guess what I'm saying is, is that if this
rocket stuff is so important to you,
1085
01:18:55,063 --> 01:18:58,931
then so be it,
as long as you're careful.
1086
01:18:59,000 --> 01:19:01,696
Guess there's worse hobbies
you could have.
1087
01:19:01,770 --> 01:19:05,604
But skipping work,
that's out of line.
1088
01:19:05,674 --> 01:19:08,404
And you gotta know that.
1089
01:19:08,477 --> 01:19:12,174
So let's go and get you right
with Jake.
1090
01:19:12,247 --> 01:19:15,317
Tell him you'll work
the hoot owl shift tonight.
1091
01:19:15,317 --> 01:19:16,482
No.
1092
01:19:20,589 --> 01:19:24,184
The coal mine's your life.
It's not mine.
1093
01:19:29,931 --> 01:19:32,798
I'm never going
down there again.
1094
01:19:38,874 --> 01:19:41,308
I wanna go into space.
1095
01:20:04,633 --> 01:20:08,592
[Man] Homer Hickam, Roy Lee Cook,
Quentin Wilson...
1096
01:20:08,670 --> 01:20:10,900
and Sherman O'Dell
of Big Creek High...
1097
01:20:10,972 --> 01:20:14,639
for their ingenious display
of amateur rocket-building techniques.
1098
01:20:33,995 --> 01:20:36,463
I can't believe we beat the kid
with the robot dog.
1099
01:20:36,531 --> 01:20:40,268
And I thought the see-through ear
was gonna win.
1100
01:20:40,268 --> 01:20:42,838
I got Miss Wade working
on your travel arrangements,
1101
01:20:42,838 --> 01:20:46,842
so you boys are gonna
have to decide who's going to Indianapolis.
1102
01:20:46,842 --> 01:20:49,611
- We're all going.
- Yeah.
1103
01:20:49,611 --> 01:20:53,548
Son, I wish you could,
but we can't afford to send all four of you.
1104
01:20:53,548 --> 01:20:57,686
Only one. Let me know what you decide.
I'm gonna have to know by Friday.
1105
01:20:57,686 --> 01:21:00,678
You boys did
a fine job today.
1106
01:21:11,900 --> 01:21:15,170
I need to borrow a suitcase,
and I'm gonna need you guys' addresses...
1107
01:21:15,170 --> 01:21:18,506
- because I'm gonna write some postcards.
- Oh, you shut up, Roy Lee.
1108
01:21:18,506 --> 01:21:21,576
Come on, you dope. You know, you're going,
Homer.
1109
01:21:21,576 --> 01:21:23,578
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
1110
01:21:23,578 --> 01:21:26,741
Say hello to the outside world
for us.
1111
01:21:27,349 --> 01:21:29,112
- Do we know what we want?
- [All] Yeah!
1112
01:21:29,184 --> 01:21:30,947
- Are we getting it?
- [All] No!
1113
01:21:31,019 --> 01:21:35,056
All right!
All in favor of going out on strike, say "aye"!
1114
01:21:35,056 --> 01:21:36,389
[All]
Aye!
1115
01:21:36,458 --> 01:21:38,790
- All right, let's go!
- [Shouting]
1116
01:21:38,860 --> 01:21:41,693
All right, shut 'em down!
Let's go!
1117
01:21:41,763 --> 01:21:45,961
Strike! Strike!
Strike!
1118
01:21:46,034 --> 01:21:47,968
[Shouting Continues]
1119
01:22:03,518 --> 01:22:05,720
Well, they sure are
getting themselves worked up.
1120
01:22:05,720 --> 01:22:07,722
Everybody's saying
this one's gonna be a long one.
1121
01:22:07,722 --> 01:22:10,825
And it will,
if I have anything to say about it.
1122
01:22:10,825 --> 01:22:12,861
Ungrateful
sons of bitches.
1123
01:22:12,861 --> 01:22:16,731
- Mom, have you seen the big green suitcase?
- Did you look in the attic?
1124
01:22:16,731 --> 01:22:20,895
- Yes, ma'am. - Well, I don't know. John,
you know where the suitcase is?
1125
01:22:23,138 --> 01:22:26,808
How the hell should I know
where the suitcase is?
1126
01:22:26,808 --> 01:22:28,910
I don't know, sug.
1127
01:22:28,910 --> 01:22:30,844
[Mother Murmuring]
1128
01:22:34,149 --> 01:22:36,208
[Sighing]
1129
01:22:41,323 --> 01:22:43,382
[Gunshot,
Glass Shattering]
1130
01:22:43,458 --> 01:22:47,230
- John!
- Y'all stay inside!
1131
01:22:50,230 --> 01:22:53,668
- [Tires Screeching]
- Vernon!
1132
01:22:53,668 --> 01:22:55,837
[Jim]
I'm gonna kill that son of a bitch!
1133
01:22:55,837 --> 01:22:57,939
Oh, don't be
a damn fool.
1134
01:22:57,939 --> 01:23:02,777
- All right, well, what are we gonna do?
- Nothing.
1135
01:23:02,777 --> 01:23:06,514
Drunken bastard couldn't hit
the broad side of a barn.
1136
01:23:06,514 --> 01:23:08,750
He tried to kill you, Dad.
Yeah, Dad, you can't just stand...
1137
01:23:08,750 --> 01:23:11,619
Hey, hey, don't
trouble yourself, Homer.
1138
01:23:11,619 --> 01:23:14,189
You got more important things
to worry about.
1139
01:23:14,189 --> 01:23:17,955
[John]
Just go look for your suitcase.
1140
01:23:21,796 --> 01:23:24,866
Forget about it, Homer.
1141
01:23:24,866 --> 01:23:26,868
Shut up, Jim!
1142
01:23:26,868 --> 01:23:32,007
Listen, I'm sorry about what's going on
around here, but it isn't my fault!
1143
01:23:32,007 --> 01:23:35,076
What do you want from me anyway?
Better watch yourself, Homer!
1144
01:23:35,076 --> 01:23:37,645
If I win at Indianapolis,
maybe I can go to college,
1145
01:23:37,645 --> 01:23:39,781
maybe even get a job
at Cape Canaveral!
1146
01:23:39,781 --> 01:23:43,151
There's nothing here for me!
The town is dying!!
1147
01:23:43,151 --> 01:23:45,687
The mine is dying!
Everybody knows it here but you!
1148
01:23:45,687 --> 01:23:48,857
You wanna get out of here
so bad, then go! Go!
1149
01:23:48,857 --> 01:23:50,225
Yeah, I'll go!
Yeah, I'll go!
1150
01:23:50,225 --> 01:23:51,626
- Go, go!
- I'll go!
1151
01:23:51,626 --> 01:23:56,825
And I'll be gone forever!
I won't even look back!
1152
01:23:59,768 --> 01:24:02,134
[Door Slamming]
1153
01:24:40,041 --> 01:24:42,544
[Man]
Welcome to Indianapolis!
1154
01:24:42,544 --> 01:24:45,647
Visitors to the fair will include prominent
members of every branch...
1155
01:24:45,647 --> 01:24:47,982
of the national
scientific community.
1156
01:24:47,982 --> 01:24:50,351
The fair will be open to the public
over the next two days.
1157
01:24:50,351 --> 01:24:55,090
The following day, the judges will arrive
to select the winners.
1158
01:24:55,390 --> 01:24:57,390
By timing the rocket's descent,
we would be able to...
1158
01:24:57,390 --> 01:25:00,487
...figure out just how high the rocket flew.
1159
01:25:03,431 --> 01:25:06,234
Would you like to see?
This is a Delaval nozzle.
1160
01:25:06,234 --> 01:25:08,395
Do any of y'all know
what a Delaval noz...
1161
01:25:19,047 --> 01:25:21,950
- Two, please. - The judges always go
for the most expensive exhibits.
1162
01:25:21,950 --> 01:25:23,952
That guy with
the biosphere's gonna win.
1163
01:25:23,952 --> 01:25:27,889
I don't think so. My money's on the kid
with the rocket display.
1164
01:25:27,889 --> 01:25:30,864
Have you seen it yet?
It's really cool.
1165
01:25:35,864 --> 01:25:38,633
[Woman On P.A.]
Mr. Owens, to the security office.
1166
01:25:38,633 --> 01:25:40,828
Mr. Owens,
to the security office, please.
1167
01:25:50,078 --> 01:25:53,648
It's not like we got a hell of a lot of time,
Roy Lee. The judging is tomorrow.
1168
01:25:53,648 --> 01:25:55,650
There's nothing we can do
without Mr. Bolden.
1169
01:25:55,650 --> 01:25:58,019
And he can't get anywhere
near the machine shop.
1170
01:25:58,019 --> 01:26:01,990
They even took my picture
of Dr. Von Braun.
1171
01:26:01,990 --> 01:26:03,924
They stole everything.
1172
01:26:05,827 --> 01:26:08,261
[Car Horn Honking]
1173
01:26:13,101 --> 01:26:15,703
Leon, what are you doing
back here?
1174
01:26:15,703 --> 01:26:17,939
You know you shouldn't
be seen back here.
1175
01:26:17,939 --> 01:26:20,703
I know, Elsie,
but Homer's in trouble.
1176
01:26:22,110 --> 01:26:24,190
[Shouting]
1177
01:26:35,190 --> 01:26:39,561
Elsie, I don't have the power
to settle this strike.
1178
01:26:39,561 --> 01:26:42,564
The bosses listen to you.
They'll do what you tell 'em.
1179
01:26:42,564 --> 01:26:45,200
I am not gonna crawl
on my belly...
1180
01:26:45,200 --> 01:26:48,836
in front of those
miserable union rats.
1181
01:26:48,836 --> 01:26:51,639
Is that what this is about, John?
Is this about your pride?
1182
01:26:51,639 --> 01:26:54,175
No, it's about what's best
for Coalwood.
1183
01:26:54,175 --> 01:26:59,314
If this mine doesn't produce,
then the town dies.
1184
01:26:59,314 --> 01:27:03,218
Think the union gives
a good damn about that?
1185
01:27:03,218 --> 01:27:05,853
They're nothing but a bunch of greedy
sons of bitches that...
1186
01:27:05,853 --> 01:27:07,855
Shut up, John.
Just shut up.
1187
01:27:07,855 --> 01:27:11,392
Homer once said you love the mine more
than your own family.
1188
01:27:11,392 --> 01:27:13,595
And I took up for you
'cause I didn't wanna believe it.
1189
01:27:13,595 --> 01:27:16,664
Homer has gotten a lot of help
from the people in this town.
1190
01:27:16,664 --> 01:27:19,834
They've helped him build his rockets, they've
gone out there and watched him fly 'em.
1191
01:27:19,834 --> 01:27:24,205
But not you, John. You never showed up.
Not even once.
1192
01:27:24,205 --> 01:27:26,341
Now, I'm not asking you
to believe in him,
1193
01:27:26,341 --> 01:27:29,110
but he's your son,
for God's sake, John.
1194
01:27:29,110 --> 01:27:32,280
And I am asking you
to help him.
1195
01:27:32,280 --> 01:27:34,282
If you don't,
I'll leave you.
1196
01:27:34,282 --> 01:27:37,418
I'll find work. I'll do whatever it
takes to get away from here.
1197
01:27:37,418 --> 01:27:42,520
I'll live in a tree to get away from you.
Don't you think I won't.
1198
01:27:44,259 --> 01:27:46,193
Where would you go?
1199
01:27:48,663 --> 01:27:50,597
Myrtle Beach.
1200
01:27:54,102 --> 01:27:58,038
[Door Opens, Closes]
1201
01:28:04,245 --> 01:28:07,282
I guess we all know
this isn't gonna fix things,
1202
01:28:07,282 --> 01:28:09,784
uh, at least not for long.
1203
01:28:09,784 --> 01:28:12,420
We know you did
what you could for us.
1204
01:28:12,420 --> 01:28:14,622
- Jake.
- Thanks.
1205
01:28:14,622 --> 01:28:16,522
Leon.
1206
01:28:16,591 --> 01:28:18,525
Yes, John.
1207
01:28:19,961 --> 01:28:23,727
Don't you have
some work to do?
1208
01:28:36,177 --> 01:28:39,113
It's packed and shipped and on its way. Be at
the bus station, 8:00 a.m.
1209
01:28:39,113 --> 01:28:41,949
- Okay, Mom, but how'd you...
- Your father, Homer.
1210
01:28:41,949 --> 01:28:44,652
- It was your father.
- Give 'em hell, Homer!
1211
01:28:44,652 --> 01:28:46,186
[Cheering]
1212
01:28:49,123 --> 01:28:52,149
- Good luck, sweetie.
- Bye.
1213
01:28:53,528 --> 01:28:55,462
[Coin Clinks]
1214
01:29:05,440 --> 01:29:07,374
Thanks, Dad.
1215
01:29:20,655 --> 01:29:23,725
[Homer] When the rocket propellant
burns, it produces a river of gas...
1216
01:29:23,725 --> 01:29:26,294
which flows through
the convergent section of the nozzle.
1217
01:29:26,294 --> 01:29:28,629
If the river continues
through the nozzle,
1218
01:29:28,629 --> 01:29:30,698
but through the throat
at less than sonic speed...
1219
01:29:30,698 --> 01:29:33,301
that is to say, less than
the speed of sound...
1220
01:29:33,301 --> 01:29:36,704
it becomes compact in the...
compacted in the divergent section,
1221
01:29:36,704 --> 01:29:38,706
bound in turmoil
and inefficient.
1222
01:29:38,706 --> 01:29:43,302
Lyle Wells and Jean Cooper,
Schrader High School, McMinnville, Oregon.
1223
01:30:01,562 --> 01:30:05,533
Now, ladies and gentlemen,
the big moment.
1224
01:30:05,533 --> 01:30:09,270
The Highest Scholastic
Achievement Award for Science.
1225
01:30:09,270 --> 01:30:12,874
The National Science Fair
first prize gold medal...
1226
01:30:12,874 --> 01:30:15,443
goes to Homer Hickam,
1227
01:30:15,443 --> 01:30:18,813
Quentin Wilson, Roy Lee Cook
and Sherman O'Dell,
1228
01:30:18,813 --> 01:30:22,943
Big Creek High School,
McDowell County, West Virginia.
1229
01:30:54,649 --> 01:30:58,119
Tom Webster of Virginia State College.
I wanna talk to you about a scholarship.
1230
01:30:58,119 --> 01:31:02,823
Jack Palmer, Virginia Tech. We got the best
science program in the state, buddy, okay?
1231
01:31:02,823 --> 01:31:06,316
Congratulations, son.
Good luck to you.
1232
01:31:08,963 --> 01:31:12,160
- What did he say to you?
- What did who say?
1233
01:31:12,160 --> 01:31:17,400
Von Braun. That was Wernher von Braun.
You just shook his hand.
1234
01:31:25,146 --> 01:31:28,206
[Cheering]
1235
01:31:34,589 --> 01:31:37,859
- Oh, Homer, I'm so proud of you.
- Thanks, Mom.
1236
01:31:37,859 --> 01:31:41,262
He's not here, hon.
1237
01:31:41,262 --> 01:31:43,696
Where's Miss Riley?
1238
01:32:00,281 --> 01:32:02,215
Hello, Miss Riley.
1239
01:32:05,219 --> 01:32:07,153
Hi, Homer.
1240
01:32:07,221 --> 01:32:09,155
- Hi.
- Hi.
1241
01:32:11,759 --> 01:32:14,896
- Oh!
- You did it!
1242
01:32:14,896 --> 01:32:18,065
I knew you would.
1243
01:32:18,065 --> 01:32:22,069
The Rocket Boys
are going to college.
1244
01:32:22,069 --> 01:32:24,839
We all got scholarships.
[Chuckling]
1245
01:32:24,839 --> 01:32:27,273
And you know what?
1246
01:32:28,743 --> 01:32:32,547
From now on,
every school year,
1247
01:32:32,547 --> 01:32:35,049
I'm gonna brag
to all my new students...
1248
01:32:35,049 --> 01:32:38,753
about how I taught Homer Hickam
and the Rocket Boys.
1249
01:32:38,753 --> 01:32:41,389
Maybe one day,
1250
01:32:41,389 --> 01:32:45,587
one of them'll feel like they can do
what y'all did.
1251
01:32:57,238 --> 01:33:00,173
You know, just,
stuff like that takes time.
1252
01:33:05,780 --> 01:33:07,714
Will you let me out?
1253
01:33:14,555 --> 01:33:19,393
[John]
What are they doing, charging Olga for that.
1254
01:33:19,393 --> 01:33:22,096
Hell, I'm going to salvage
something up here?
1255
01:33:22,096 --> 01:33:24,198
- Hey, Dad. Hi.
- Hello, Homer.
1256
01:33:24,198 --> 01:33:27,902
I just wanted to tell you how much I
appreciate what you did for me.
1257
01:33:27,902 --> 01:33:31,973
I know it wasn't easy for you,
so thank you.
1258
01:33:31,973 --> 01:33:34,742
A-And we're shooting off
our last rocket today at 5:00,
1259
01:33:34,742 --> 01:33:38,346
- so if you'd like to come see it...
- I got a lot of work to do.
1260
01:33:38,346 --> 01:33:41,679
All right. Well,
I just thought I'd ask.
1261
01:33:44,418 --> 01:33:46,818
Hear you met
your big hero.
1262
01:33:49,156 --> 01:33:51,351
Didn't even know it.
1263
01:33:58,099 --> 01:34:00,101
Look,
1264
01:34:00,101 --> 01:34:03,104
I know you and me don't exactly see
eye to eye on certain things.
1265
01:34:03,104 --> 01:34:07,775
I mean, we don't see eye to eye
on just about anything.
1266
01:34:07,775 --> 01:34:12,546
But Dad, I come to believe that I got it
in me to be somebody in this world.
1267
01:34:12,546 --> 01:34:15,849
A-And it's not because
I'm so different from you either.
1268
01:34:15,849 --> 01:34:17,918
It's 'cause
I'm the same.
1269
01:34:17,918 --> 01:34:22,610
You know, I can be
just as hardheaded and just as tough.
1270
01:34:22,690 --> 01:34:26,924
I only hope I can be
as good a man as you are.
1271
01:34:26,994 --> 01:34:30,131
I mean, sure,
1272
01:34:30,131 --> 01:34:33,694
Dr. Von Braun's
a great scientist,
1273
01:34:33,734 --> 01:34:36,168
but he isn't my hero.
1274
01:35:06,467 --> 01:35:08,401
[Elevator Buzzes]
1275
01:35:37,832 --> 01:35:42,369
- It's our last rocket.
- Yeah, let's do it.
1276
01:35:42,369 --> 01:35:45,304
- Wire it up for me, will ya? I gotta
do something. - Yeah.
1277
01:35:47,274 --> 01:35:49,477
- Hi, Homer.
- Hi.
1278
01:35:49,477 --> 01:35:52,413
Congratulations on winning
the science fair.
1279
01:35:52,413 --> 01:35:55,750
It's gotta be the most exciting thing
that's ever happened around here.
1280
01:35:55,750 --> 01:35:59,053
Um, I was thinking, Homer, if, if you've
got some time...
1281
01:35:59,053 --> 01:36:02,784
- Excuse me, Dorothy.
- Hi. - Hi.
1282
01:36:06,761 --> 01:36:10,464
- Good luck.
- Thanks. [Clears Throat]
1283
01:36:10,464 --> 01:36:13,033
Hey, everybody, can we have
your attention, please?
1284
01:36:13,033 --> 01:36:15,102
Come on, Homer,
let her fly!
1285
01:36:15,102 --> 01:36:18,806
We're gonna launch the rocket in a minute,
but we'd like to say thank you first.
1286
01:36:18,806 --> 01:36:23,277
If it wasn't for y'all, we'd never have gotten
into any science fair.
1287
01:36:23,277 --> 01:36:26,213
We'd probably never have
gotten past blowing up my mom's fence.
1288
01:36:26,213 --> 01:36:28,649
- [Laughing]
- But we did...
1289
01:36:28,649 --> 01:36:32,286
because of your help
and support.
1290
01:36:32,286 --> 01:36:34,720
And this is for Coalwood.
1291
01:36:39,727 --> 01:36:43,564
There are a few people
who believed in us even before we did.
1292
01:36:43,564 --> 01:36:47,234
We'd like to dedicate
this rocket to them.
1293
01:36:47,234 --> 01:36:49,759
To Ike Bykovsky.
1294
01:36:52,740 --> 01:36:55,732
To Mr. Bolden,
who helped us so much.
1295
01:36:58,345 --> 01:37:01,415
To the person
who first inspired us,
1296
01:37:01,415 --> 01:37:03,953
our teacher, Miss Riley.
1297
01:37:05,953 --> 01:37:11,786
And, finally, I'd like to dedicate
this rocket to my mom and to...
1298
01:37:16,330 --> 01:37:18,264
my dad.
1299
01:37:33,047 --> 01:37:37,108
You know, it, uh, won't fly
unless somebody pushes the button.
1300
01:37:40,354 --> 01:37:42,481
It's yours,
if you want it.
1301
01:38:05,646 --> 01:38:08,809
- Ten, nine...
- [Together] Eight,
1302
01:38:08,883 --> 01:38:11,477
seven, six, five,
1303
01:38:11,552 --> 01:38:15,283
four, three, two, one.
1304
01:38:31,705 --> 01:38:35,835
Look at it go, Homer.
This one's gonna go for miles.
1305
01:44:47,147 --> 01:44:51,413
# Many a tear
has to fall #
1306
01:44:53,153 --> 01:44:56,020
# But it's all #
1307
01:44:56,089 --> 01:44:58,455
# In the game #
1308
01:45:01,928 --> 01:45:06,166
# All in the wonderful game #
1309
01:45:06,166 --> 01:45:09,503
# That we know #
1310
01:45:09,503 --> 01:45:11,937
# As love #
1311
01:45:16,176 --> 01:45:19,780
# You have words #
1312
01:45:19,780 --> 01:45:22,883
# With him #
1313
01:45:22,883 --> 01:45:25,952
# And your future's #
1314
01:45:25,952 --> 01:45:29,523
#Looking dim #
1315
01:45:29,523 --> 01:45:32,659
# But these things #
1316
01:45:32,659 --> 01:45:37,062
# Your hearts can rise #
1317
01:45:37,130 --> 01:45:39,064
# Above #
1318
01:45:42,402 --> 01:45:47,107
# Once in a while
you will call #
1319
01:45:47,107 --> 01:45:49,976
# But it's all #
1320
01:45:49,976 --> 01:45:52,410
# In the game #
1321
01:45:56,116 --> 01:46:00,520
# Soon he'll be there
at your side #
1322
01:46:00,520 --> 01:46:04,124
# With a sweet #
1323
01:46:04,124 --> 01:46:07,525
# Bouquet #
1324
01:46:10,030 --> 01:46:13,934
# And he'll kiss #
1325
01:46:13,934 --> 01:46:17,104
# Your lips #
1326
01:46:17,104 --> 01:46:19,436
# And caress #
1327
01:46:19,506 --> 01:46:23,977
# Your waiting fingertips #
1328
01:46:23,977 --> 01:46:27,381
# And your hearts #
1329
01:46:27,381 --> 01:46:31,017
# Will fly #
1330
01:46:31,017 --> 01:46:33,451
# Away #
1331
01:46:36,256 --> 01:46:41,728
# Soon he'll be there
at your side #
1332
01:46:41,728 --> 01:46:45,031
# With a sweet #
1333
01:46:45,031 --> 01:46:49,229
# Bouquet #
1334
01:46:51,571 --> 01:46:55,108
# Then he'll kiss #
1335
01:46:55,108 --> 01:46:58,478
# Your lips #
1336
01:46:58,478 --> 01:47:00,747
# And caress #
1337
01:47:00,747 --> 01:47:05,252
# Your waiting fingertips #
1338
01:47:05,252 --> 01:47:08,955
# And your hearts #
1339
01:47:08,955 --> 01:47:11,992
# Will fly #
1340
01:47:11,992 --> 01:47:14,927
# Away ##