Natalie Canerday

The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes.

Dir. Joe Johnston · With Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Chris Owen

Karl Childers, a mentally disabled man, has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 for killing his mother and her lover. Although thoroughly institutionalized, he is deemed fit to be released into the outside world.

Dir. Billy Bob Thornton · With Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh

Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father. Set against the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas, these brothers discover the lengths to which each will go to protect their family.

Dir. Jeff Nichols · With Michael Shannon, Douglas Ligon, Barlow Jacobs

Following a series of drug deals and murders, three criminals -- Fantasia, Ray Malcolm and Pluto -- travel from Los Angeles to Houston, finally arriving in a small Arkansas town to go into hiding. Two detectives from the LAPD, who are already on the case, contact the town's sheriff, Dale Dixon, to alert him of the fugitives' presence in the area. Underestimating Dixon, the criminals have no idea what they are about to face.

Dir. Carl Franklin · With Bill Paxton, Cynda Williams, Billy Bob Thornton