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By; Macy Eisenmenger
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October 5,1957
Russians Win Race To Launch Earth Satellite
Roy Lee and Sherman O'Dell didnt run away after the first rocket blew up Homer's mom's fence.
I believe they changed this so that they could focus more on the father and son relationship rather than the relationship between Homer and his friends. This affects the film by
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- The rocket boys still blow up the fence.
- They still build a block house.
- Elsie still has a beach painted on the kitchen wall.
- Homer goes into the mine.
- Dorothy and Homer never have a thing.
- John(Homer Senior) presses the launch button for the rocket.
Auk I flies in the movie.
Auk I flies in the movie.
In the book, Auk I doesn't even fly. I believe that the filmmaker changed it so that the process of them building rockets and finding the perfect set up went faster. Where as in the book it goes at a slower pace. It takes maybe 2 or 3 times for the rocket to actually fly in the book, but in the movie they get it the second time they build a rocket. This affects the film by making things go by faster.
The reason Homer stops making rockets is because his father is in bad shape after the mine collapse.
The reason Homer stops making rockets is because h...
In the book, Homer stops making rockets because Mr. Bykovski dies in the mine collapse and he believes it is his fault. I believe the filmaker changed it to because of his dad so that we focus on their relationship instead of the relationship between Mr. Bykovski and Homer.
John was carried out of the mine.
John was carried out of the mine.
I believe the filmmaker changed it to him being carried out rather than walking out so that they had a reason to make Homer work in the mine. John getting hurt makes it so that Homer has to take his place until he gets better which gives us a look into the mine. Which lets us understand and be able to actually see what it is like down in the mines.
They get drunk in the movie.
In the book, they don't get drunk off the alcohol they are trying to get for their rocket fuel. I believe that the filmaker did this so that you actually remember that they are teenage boys and that they are still in that reckless stage where if they get ahold of alcohol they are going to drink it. It also adds humor to the film.
They get drunk in the movie.
Bykovski Dead
Geneva Eggers isn't in the movie at all.
I believe the filmmaker took out Geneva Eggers so that John doesn't seem like a good dad. If Homer would have found out that his dad saved a girl from a fire when she little. The ending wouldn't be as impactful. It affects the film by making Homer's father seem like a bad guy till the very end of the movie.
Mine Collapse!
There isn't a football suspension.
I believe the filmmaker changed it to where there isn't a football suspension in the movie because if Jim and Homer faught a lot in the movie and the football team was constantly pouting we wouldn't be completely focused on the father and son relationship. So they only make it to where we see Jim a few times and that is enough to realize that John pays more attention to Jim than Homer.
Miss Riley was the name of the last rocket.
Miss Riley was the name of the last rocket.
I believe that the filmmaker chose to put Miss Riley's name on there to show that she is the reason why Homer and them made this amazing rocket. And to let her know she did something special before she passed.
The Rocket Boys!
Homer's cat isn't in the movie at all.
Through out the book i kinda saw his cat as something that was there when he was having problems with his father. I believe they took the cat out for the movie because they want us to see Homer struggle. They wanted him to get dissapointed and upset over his dad so that we get the concept of the relationship between them.
Homer meets Von Braun.
In the book, Homer never meets Von Braun. I believe the filmmaker set this up so that in the movie Homer could say that his father was his hero not Von Braun. This affects the film by letting us and John ( Homer Senior) know how Homer really feels about his dad.
Homer meets Von Braun.
Homer works at the mine.
I believe the filmmaker changed it to Homer actually working in the mine so that we can see in depth what goes on down there. And to see how Homer will handle it. But mostly to show that he is doing it to make his dad happy.
Homer works at the mine.
Homer finds cape coalwood himself instead of John (Homer Senior) showing him.
Homer finds cape coalwood himself instead of John (Hom...
I believe the filmmaker changed this so that it seems like John is a bad parent. The filmmaker wanted to wait until the end of the movie for John to accept that Homer loves to build rockets and wasn't going to stop. This helps to build until the end of the movie.
Citations
https://mjshochat723.wordpress.com/2016/10/01/on-october-sky/
http://www.coalwoodwestvirginia.com/sputnik.htm
http://www.american-historama.org/1945-1989-cold-war-era/sputnik.htm
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/author-sues-universal-musical-theater-899337
http://nigerianecho.com/25-dead-in-central-african-gold-mine-collapse/
Hickam, Homer. October Sky: A memoir. New York: Dell, 1998.
October Sky, dir. Joe Johnston. perf. Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, and Laura Dern, 1999, DVD, Universal Pictures, 2000.