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Based on Homer Hickam's memoir "Rocket
Boys," it is the story of a teenager from a small coal-mining town who studied
science and built rockets in the hopes of getting a college scholarship. Starring Laura
Dern, Chris Cooper, Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Owen, William Lee Scott, Roy Lee, Chad
Lindberg, Natalie Canerday and Scott Thomas.
SEX/NUDITY 1 - A boy shows his friend how to feel a date's breast
during a movie. We see a boy and girl sitting in the back seat of a parked car, talking
nervously.
VIOLENCE/GORE 2 - A boy fires a gun at an old, empty car. One gunshot is
fired from a car into a house but no one is injured. We see a NASA rocket explode on
television -- many other small rockets also explode. A small homemade rocket blows up a
fence; another nearly hits a group of men and another nearly hits a man and his car. A boy
gets knocked down several times while playing football. A man slaps and hits a boy; the
boy's mouth gets bruised. A scuffle. A jump scene in which a flame shoots from sink
drains in a chemistry lab. A man cuts his eye in a mining accident; another dies in the
mine (we see a sheet-covered body carried out of the mine on a stretcher). A group of boys
light a bottle of alcohol and throw it into a shack; we see the shack engulfed in flames.
We see a man with a bandage on his head (his skull was apparently fractured in a
coal-mining accident).
PROFANITY 3 - A couple anatomical and scatological references, lots of mild
profanities and many insults. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Making difficult decisions, being true to yourself, family
relationships, physics, using explosives, tolerance, taking risks.
MESSAGE - Follow your conscience and your dreams -- even if that means
bucking tradition, fighting authority, and withstanding disapproval from those closest to
you.
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