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Meteor
After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it hits, it will cause an incredible catastrophe that will probably extinguish mankind. To stop the meteor, NASA wants to use the illegal nuclear weapon satellite "Hercules," but discovers soon that it doesn't have enough firepower. Their only chance to save the world is to join forces with the USSR, which has also launched such an illegal satellite. But will both governments agree?
1979 · Directed by Ronald Neame · 107 min · Science Fiction · Thriller · Action · 10 frames
Tagline
It's five miles wide... it's coming at 30,000 m.p.h... there's no place on Earth to hide!
Crew
- Screenplay: Stanley Mann, Edmund H. North
- Cinematography: Paul Lohmann
- Edited by: Carl Kress
- Music: Laurence Rosenthal
- Production design: Edward C. Carfagno
- Produced by: Theodore R. Parvin, Arnold H. Orgolini, Run Run Shaw
Cast
- Sean Connery as Paul Bradley
- Natalie Wood as Tatiana Donskaya
- Karl Malden as Harry Sherwood
- Brian Keith as Dr. Dubov
- Martin Landau as General Adlon
- Trevor Howard as Michael Hughes
- Richard Dysart as Secretary of Defense
- Henry Fonda as The President
- Joseph Campanella as General Easton
- Bo Brundin as Rolf Manheim
Production
- Country: United States of America, Hong Kong
- Language: English, French, Russian
- Studios: American International Pictures, Palladium Productions, Shaw Brothers
- Budget: $16,000,000
- Box office: $12,600,000
- Themes: new york city, nasa, meteor, disaster, destruction, united nations, world trade center, avalanche, translator, flood
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