A Parisian museum director believes his wife has lost interest in him and so places a poisoned cigarette in the box on his desk - thus allowing chance to decide the moment of his death....
本片根据真实故事改编。 1957年,苏联卫星发射成功,美国民众萌发了危机意识。一个矿井小镇的普通高中生霍默(杰克·吉伦哈尔 Jake Gyllenhaal 饰)此刻却为自己的未来忧虑,他在球队选拔中落选,而体魄强健的哥哥一直更受父亲约翰(克里斯·库珀 Chris Cooper 饰)认可,不甘于平庸的霍默萌生了制作火箭的想法,在老师和朋友们的支持下,霍默全身心投入了研究,老师更带来了他可以通过...