A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian crew into space to destroy the comet before impact. Meanwhile, an enterprising reporter uses her smarts to uncover the scoop of the century.
Acting
Robert Duvall's gravel-voiced space grandpa steals everything.
Score
James Horner's swelling strings weaponize your tear ducts.
Direction
Mimi Leder builds dread through faces, not just explosions.
Director
Mimi Leder
Robert Duvall
Capt. Spurgeon 'Fish' Tanner
Téa Leoni
Jenny Lerner
Elijah Wood
Leo Biederman
Vanessa Redgrave
Robin Lerner
Morgan Freeman
President Tom Beck
Maximilian Schell
Jason Lerner
James Cromwell
Alan Rittenhouse
Ron Eldard
Oren Monash
Jon Favreau
Gus Partenza
Laura Innes
Beth Stanley
Mary McCormack
Andrea Baker
Richard Schiff
Don Biederman
Leelee Sobieski
Sarah Hotchner
Blair Underwood
Mark Simon
Dougray Scott
Eric Vennekor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released two months before Armageddon, this box office underdog was accused of being 'the other comet movie' despite being first—Michael Bay's marketing machine simply steamrolled it.
The tidal wave scene used 400,000 gallons of water in a single take; the crew built a mini highway and destroyed it completely. No CGI ocean could match that wet chaos.
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