October Sky (1999)

David Dwyer: Jake Mosby

Quotes 

• Jake Mosby : Buck up, Homer. You're a Coalwood boy! You get down there, get that shovel in your hands, coaldust on your neck, feel just as natural as a tick on a dog.

• John : [after a cave in]  Come on. Come on, Jensen. Come on back.

  Jensen : What happened?

  Jake Mosby : Whole damn mountain about fell on your head. And John here, he saved your life.

  Homer : [proud]  That's my dad.

  John : I want you out of this mine, and don't you ever come back, you stupid son of a bitch. Didn't I tell you to watch those pillars? Now we coulda all been killed today, because you didn't have the sense to look up!

  Homer : [ashamed]  That's my dad.