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Intro Written: June 28th, 2021
Production Start Date: September 24th, 2023
Production End Date: September 25th, 2023
Outro Written/Published: January 7th, 2024

Directed by
Joe Johnston

Screenplay by
Lewis Colick

Based on the book "Rocket Boys" by
Homer H. Hickam, Jr.

Produced by
Charles Gordon
Larry Franco

Executive Producers
Marc Sternberg
Peter Cramer

Director of Photography
Fred Murphy, A.S.C.

Production Designed by
Barry Robison

Edited by
Robert Dalva

Jake Gyllenhaal • Chris Cooper • William Lee Scott • Chris Owen • Chad Lindberg • Natalie Canerday • Elya Baskin • Chris Ellis and Laura Dern

Music by
Mark Isham

Costume Designer
Betsy Cox

Casting by
Nancy Foy

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Charles Gordon
production

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Joe Johnston
film

Unit Production Manager - Zane Weiner
First Assistant Director - Betsy Magruder
Second Assistant Director - Jonathan McGarry

Art Director - Tony Fanning
Assistant Art Director - Andrew Menzies
Set Decorator - Chris Spellman
Buyer - Ruby Guidara
Set Designers - William G. Davis, Alan Hook
Property Master - Philip G. Schneider
Prop Assistants - Kevin Kropp, Whitney B. Kemp
Leadman - Michael Calabrese
On Set Dresser - Eric J. Luling
Camera Operator - Paul Varrieur, S.O.C.
First Assistant Camera - David Galbraith
Second Assistant Camera - Robert A. McMahan
Loader - Jerome Williams
Production Sound Mixer - Mary Ellis
Boom Operator - Bill Fibben
Cableman - Mark Zimbicki
Gaffer - Brian Gunter
Best Boy Electric - Stephen Crowley
Electricians - Jeffry Gordon, David Duren, Tom Clark, Dan Cornwall
Rigging Gaffer - Jeff Becker
Key Grip - Mike Lewis
Best Boy Grip - Darryl Wilson
Dolly Grip - Fred Cooper
Rigging Key Grip - Terry Arthur
Grips - Lewis Bowman, Robert Hill, Lee McLemore, Chris Rodriquez, Dee Nichols
Special Effects Supervisor - Joey DiGaetano
Special Effects Foreman - Robert Vazquez
Special Effects - Gary L. Pilkinton, Dave Rigbsy, Richard E. Perry, Kathleen Tonkin
Costume Supervisor - Marciann Shapiro
Key Set Costumer - Stephen K. Randolph
Costumer - Stephen Brown
Seamstress - Fumie H. Carrera
Makeup Artist Supervisor - Lynn Barber
Key Makeup - Gloria Belz
Makeup Artists - Julie Callihan, Leigh Ann Yandle
Special Effects Makeup - Bill Johnson
Key Hair Stylist - Susan Mills
Hair Stylists - Beka Wilson, Michealle Vanderpool-Kohrs
Script Supervisor - Brenda Wachel
Location Manager - Charley Baxter
Assistant Location Manager - Jeff Talman
Location Scout - Michael Tomlinson
Production Accountant - Mike Revell
Assistant Accountant - Michael Beaudin
Payroll - Molly Proctor
Production Coordinator - Katie Willard Troebs
2nd 2nd Assistant Director - Rusty Mahmood
Additional 2nd Assistant Director - Matt Marshall
Casting Associate - Diana Jaher
Location Casting - Jo Doster, C.S.A.
Extras Casting - Kim Petrosky
Extras Casting Assistant - Owen J. Rice
Unit Publicist - Dave Fulton
Still Photographers - Van Redin, Deana Newcomb
Assistant to Mr. Gordon - Misty Cooper
Assistant to Mr. Franco & Mr. Johnston - Cheryl A. Tkach
Art Department Coordinator - Susan Zeh
Assistant Production Coordinator - Janet Campolito
Production Secretary - Rhonda J. Guthrie

Production Assistants
John Guss • Paul Schmitz • C.J. Drews • Barrett J. Leigh • John Griffin • John Ployhar

Construction Coordinator - Douglas A. Womack
General Foreman - Jim Pybrun
Construction Foremen - Joseph F. Beeco, Craig Byrom, Jimmy L. Carmickle, John Patterson
Greensman - Swift Moseley
On Set Greens - Matthew Butler
Lead Scenic - Brian Patrick Stultz
Scenic Foreman - Alisa B. Lumbperas
Standby Painter - Todd Hatfield

Swing Gang
Ed Fitzgerald • C.J. Pyles • John Rabasca • Spencer H. Register • Fred W. Schwendel • Manny Serrano • Margaret A. Thigpen • David Weathers

Stunt Coordinator - Cliff Cudney
Transportation Coordinators - J.L. & Cindy Parker
Mine Advisor - Tom Taylor
Railroad Coordinator - Arthur J. Miller, Jr.
Dialogue Consultant - Emily S. Buckberry
Projectionist - Al Jacques
Catering - Tomkats
Craft Service - Gerald Bean, Diane Johnson
First Aid - Eric Lasagna
1st Assistant Editor - Todd Busch
2nd Assistant Editor - Steve Ansell
Assistant Editors - Anthony Joseph Camaioni, Andi Kasen, Robb Sullivan
Supervising Sound Editor - Howell Gibbens
Supervising ADR Editor - Elizabeth Kenton
Assistant Sound Editor - James Morioka
FX Editor - Aaron Glascock
Dialogue Editor - Stephanie Flack
Foley Editor - Thom Brennan
Foley Mixer - Mary Jo Lang
Foley Artists - John B. Roesch, Hilda Hodges
Foley Recordist - Carolyn Tapp
ADR Mixer - Alan Holly
ADR Recordist - Greg Lowe
Re-Recording Mixers - Michael Casper, Daniel Leahy
Recordist - Charlie Ajar
Re-Recorded at - Universal Studios Sound Facility
ADR Voice Casting - L.A. MadDogs
Post Production Accounting - R.C. Baral & Company
Conducted and Orchestrated by - Ken Kugler
Score Recorded and Mixed by - Stephen Krause
Assisted by - Pete Doell
Score Recorded at - Capitol Studios
Music Editors - Tom Carlson, Joe E. Rand
Orchestra Contracted by - Sandy DeCrescent
Music Preparation by - Janice Hayen
Solo Violin by - Sid Page
Titles & Opticals - Howard Anderson Company
Negative Cutter - Gary Burritt
Color Timer - Mike Stanwick

Special Visual Effects by Industrial Light & Magic, a Division of Lucas Digital Ltd., Marin County, California
Visual Effects Supervisor - Jim Mitchell
Visual Effects Producer - Mark S. Miller
Sabre Supervisor - Pablo Helman
Sequence Supervisor - Joel Aron
Sabre Artists - Okan Ataman, Jonathan Wank
Digital Timing Supervisor - Bruce Vecchitto
Visual Effects Editor - Mike McGovern
Visual Effects Coordinator - Theresa Corrao
Visual Effects Production Assistant - Julie D'Antoni
Principal Engineer - Fred Meyers
CG Technical Support - Brent Bowers, Kela Hicks, Kristen Millette, Michelle Motta
Still Photographer - Sean Casey

Additional Visual Effects - Matte World Digital

CAST

Homer Hickam - Jake Gyllenhaal
John Hickam - Chris Cooper
Miss Riley - Laura Dern
Quentin - Chris Owen
Roy Lee - William Lee Scott
O'Dell - Chad Lindberg
Elsie Hickam - Natalie Canerday
Jim Hickam - Scott Miles
Leon Bolden - Randy Stripling
Principal Turner - Chris Ellis
Ike Bykovsky - Elya Baskin
Dorothy Platt - Courtney Fendley
Jake Mosby - David Dwyer
Mr. Dantzler - Terry Loughlin
Valentine Carmina - Kaili Hollister
Coach Gainer - David Copeland
Jensen - Don Henderson Baker
Lenny - Tom Kagy
Trooper One - Donald Thorne
Kid - Justin Whitsett
Neighbors - Larry Rue, Neva Howell, Terry Nienhuis
Anderson - Brady Coleman
Roper - Rick Forrester
Basil Thorpe - Terrence Gibney
Corvette Guy - Doug Swander
Corvette Girl - Keeli Hale Kimbro
Vernon - Mark Jeffrey Miller
Reverend - Blaque Fowler
Rescue Worker - Don Tilley
Chemistry Teacher - Rockford Davis
Doctor - John Bennes
Barney - Jonathan Fawbush
Fred Smith - Larry Black
Moonshiner - Frank Schuler
Man at Mine - Tommy Smeltzer
Miners - Charles Lawlor, Tom Turbiville
Quentin's Mom - Ida Ginn
Judge at Welch - Richard Lumpkin
Union Officials - Mark Whitman Johnson, Don Taylor
Mr. Morris - Don G. Campbell
Ivy League Girl - Elizabeth Byler
Ivy League Boy - Bradford Ryan Lund
Judge at Indy - Frank Hoyt Taylor
Head Judge - David Hager
Tom Webster - Ray Elder
Jack Palmer - Andy Stahl
Wernher Von Braun - Joey DiGaetano
Miner in Elevator - Thomas Taylor
Man in Crowd - David Ducey
Nurse - Jenny Patterson
Locomotive Engineer - O. Winston Link

Stunts
Chris Bennett • John Fagan • Jeff Galpin • Robert Girard • David Brian Martin • Chad Rose • Mike Smith • Russell Towery • Peter Peterson • Robert Vazquez

Camera Cranes by Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment

"From The Earth To The Moon by Jules Verne - The Fitzroy Edition" published by Amereon House.

"Physics" by Oscar M. Stewart and "Trigonometry With Tables" by Krickenbeger, ©Silver Burdette Ginn, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Education Group. Used by permission.

"Principles Of Guided Missile Design", ©Van Nostrand Reinhold. Used by permission.

Vanguard Rocket footage courtesy of NBC News Archives.

Special thanks to IMAX Corporation for launch footage supplied from "Hail Columbia", an IMAX Production. ©IMAX Corporation.

"Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy"
Written by Charlie Monroe
Performed by The Monroe Brothers
Courtesy of The RCA Records Label

"My Prayer"
Written by Georges Boulanger and Jimmy Kennedy
Performed by The Platters
Courtesy of Mercury Records
By arrangement with PolyGram Film & TV Music

"Jailhouse Rock"
Written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
Performed by Elvis Presley
Courtesy of The RCA Records Label of BMG Entertainment

"Red & Black"/"On Wisconsin"
Written by O'Dell Willis/W.T Purdy and Carl Beck
Performed by the Central High School Band, Knoxville, Tennessee

"That'll Be The Day"
Written by Norman Petty, Jerry Allison and Buddy Holly
Performed by Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Courtesy of MCA Records
Under license from Universal Music Special Markets

"Yakety Yak"
Written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
Performed by The Coasters
Courtesy of Atco Records
By arrangement with Warner Special Products

"Searchin'"
Written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
Performed by The Coasters
Courtesy of Atco Records
By arrangement with Warner Special Products

"Smoke Gets In Your Eyes"
Written by Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach
Performed by The Platters
Courtesy of Mercury Records
By arrangement with PolyGram Film & TV Music

"Let The Good Times Roll"
Written by Leonard Lee and Shirley Goodman
Performed by Shirley & Lee
Courtesy of EMI Records
Under license from EMI Music Special Markets

"Only You (And You Alone)"
Written by Ande Rand and Buck Ram
Performed by The Platters
Courtesy of Mercury Records
By arrangement with PolyGram Film & TV Music

"Ain't That A Shame"
Written by Antoine "Fats" Domino and Dave Bartholomew
Performed by Fats Domino
Courtesy of EMI Records
Under license from EMI Music Special Markets

"Speedo"
Written by Esther Navarro
Performed by The Cadillacs
Courtesy of Rhino Entertainment Co.
By arrangement with Warner Special Products

"Why Do Fools Fall In Love"
Written by Frankie Lymon and Morris Levy
Performed by Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
Courtesy of Rhino Entertainment Co.
By arrangement with Warner Special Products

"It's All In The Game"
Written by Carl Sigman and Charles G. Dawes
Performed by Tommy Edwards
Courtesy of Polydor Records
By arrangement with PolyGram Film & TV Music

Special Thanks to
The People of Oliver Springs, Petros and the State of Tennessee • Tennessee Governor Don Sundquist • Tennessee Film, Entertainment and Music Commission, Anne Pope, Executive Director • Tennessee Department of Labor • Tennessee Valley Railroad, Chattanooga, Tennessee • U.S. Rep. John J. Duncan, Jr. • U.S. Tennessee Valley Authority Kingston Fossil Plant • U.S. Department of Energy Oak Ridge Operations

Copyright ©1999 Universal City Studios, Inc.
All Rights Reserved.

Country of First Publication: United States of America. Universal City Studios, Inc. is the author of this motion picture for purposes of the Berne Convention and all national laws giving effect thereto.

While this picture is based upon a true story, certain character names have been changed, some minor characters have been composited or invented, and a number of incidents fictionalized.

This motion picture is protected under the laws of the United States and other countries. Unauthorized duplication, distribution or exhibition may result in civil liability and criminal prosecution.

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