| Overall: | A- |
|---|---|
| Violence: | B |
| Sexual Content: | B |
| Language: | C |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | B+ |
| Run Time: | 108 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 25 Jan 2001 |
| MPAA Rating: | |
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| How We Determine Our Grades | |
October Sky is rated PG: for language, brief teen sensuality and alcohol use, and for some thematic elements.
Director: Joe Johnston
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper
Studio: 1999 Universal Studios
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Rod Gustafson has worked in various media industries since 1977. He founded Parent Previews in 1993, and today continues to write and broadcast the reviews in newspapers, on radio and (of course) on the Internet. He currently serves as the President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness, a provincial non-profit society. He also authors a regular column for The Parent's Television Council in Los Angeles. He and his wife Donna have four children.
