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- Which one of you is Homer Hickam?
- It's me, sir.
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I'm Basil Thorpe
with the Bluefield Telegraph.
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Can I ask you a few questions?
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Sure.
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"The silvery cylinder burst forth
in a fiery column of smoke and flame...
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racing the very wind
as it soared into the sky...
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a messenger of these
Rocket Boys of Big Creek.
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These boys who use
their brains, not brawn...
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who play not football,
but with Apollo's fire."
:47:30
Hi, Homer.
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- Hi, Dorothy.
- Would you please sign my newspaper?
:47:35
Sure.
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I just know you're gonna be
really famous someday.
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H-O-M-E-R.
:47:49
Which one of you fellas
is Homer Hickam?
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Excuse me.
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- Which cost the taxpayers--
- What in the world is goin' on?
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This does not concern you.
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You have these boys in handcuff s.
:48:06
You have these boys in handcuff s
in a high school, Mr. Turner.
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You probably heard about
the forest fire last week over by Welch.
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- A lot of timber went up in smoke.
- Take these handcuff s off these boys.
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They found a rocket
on the side of the road.
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We knew it started the fire. What we
didn't know is where it came from...
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till this morning.
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Mr. Hickam, can you account
for all your rockets?
:48:29
No, sir. I can't.
:48:44
If you weren't a minor,
you'd be in the state penitentiary.
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- I know, Dad.
- Homer, I've been confused by you.
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I've been mad as hell at you.
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But it's the first time in your life
I've been ashamed of you.
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Stop! Stop!
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You couldn't stop, man.
You couldn't!