:47:00
- Looks like 12 seconds.
- Which one of you fellas
is Homer Hickam?
:47:03
- Um, it's me, sir.
- I'm Basil Thorpe
with the Bluefield Telegraph.
:47:07
Can I ask you
a few questions?
:47:10
Sure.
[ Chuckles ]
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[ Homer ]
"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,
:47:20
"a messenger of these
Rocket Boys of Big Creek--
:47:22
"these boys who use
their brains, not brawn,
:47:25
who play not football,
but with Apollo's fire."
:47:29
- [ All Chuckling ]
- Hi, Homer.
:47:31
- Hi, Dorothy.
- Would you please sign my newspaper?
:47:35
Sure.
:47:38
I just know you're gonna be
really famous someday.
:47:43
- H-O-M-E-R.
- [ Dorothy Giggling ]
:47:49
Which one of you fellas
is Homer Hickam?
:47:53
Excuse me. Excuse me.
:47:58
- Which cost the taxpayers--
- What in the world is goin' on?
:48:01
Miss Riley,
this does not concern you.
:48:04
You have these boys
in handcuffs.
:48:06
You have these boys in handcuffs
in a high school, Mr.Turner.
:48:11
You probably heard about the forest fire
last week over by Welch.
:48:14
- A lot of timber went up.
- Mr.Turner, you take
these handcuffs off these boys.
:48:17
They found a rocket
on the side of the road.
:48:20
We knew it started the fire, ma'am. What
we didn't know is where it came from,
:48:23
till this morning.
:48:26
Mr.Hickam, can you account
for all your rockets?
:48:29
No, sir. I can't.
:48:35
[ Chattering ]
:48:44
If you weren't a minor, you'd
be in the state penitentiary.
:48:46
- I know, Dad. I--
- Homer, I've been confused by you,
:48:49
I've been mad as hell at you.
:48:51
But, boy, it's the first time
in your life I've been ashamed of you.
:48:54
[ Roy Lee Grunting, Yelling ]
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- [ Grunting Continues ]
- You couldn't stop, man. You couldn't!