Deep Impact
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Film · TMDB
6.2A 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.
Released: 1998-05-08121 minDir: Mimi LederAction, Drama, Science Fiction
Cast
- Robert Duvall as Capt. Spurgeon 'Fish' Tanner
- Téa Leoni as Jenny Lerner
- Elijah Wood as Leo Biederman
- Vanessa Redgrave as Robin Lerner
- Morgan Freeman as President Tom Beck
- Maximilian Schell as Jason Lerner
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Ratings · OMDb
IMDb
6.3/10
199,379 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
45%
Metacritic
40/100
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 5 wins & 14 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Mimi Leder
- Written by
- Bruce Joel Rubin , Michael Tolkin
- Produced by
- David Brown , Richard D. Zanuck
- Starring
- Robert Duvall Téa Leoni Elijah Wood Vanessa Redgrave Maximilian Schell Morgan Freeman
- Cinematography
- Dietrich Lohmann
- Edited by
- Paul Cichocki, David Rosenbloom
- Music by
- James Horner
- Production companies
- Paramount Pictures , DreamWorks Pictures , Amblin Entertainment , The Manhattan Project, Zanuck / Brown Productions
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures, (United States and Canada), DreamWorks Pictures, (through United International Pictures , international)
- Release date
- May 8, 1998 ( 1998-05-08 )
- Running time
- 121 minutes
- Country
Key dates
- Published
- 14 May 1998
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- impact event
- Director
- Mimi Leder
- Screenwriter
- Michael Tolkin
- Cast member
- Michael Winters
- Composer
- James Horner
- Producer
- Richard D. Zanuck
Article
Deep Impact is a 1998 American science fiction disaster film directed by Mimi Leder, written by Bruce Joel Rubin and Michael Tolkin, and starring Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Elijah Wood, Vanessa Redgrave, Maximilian Schell, and Morgan Freeman. Steven Spielberg served as an executive producer of this film. It was released by Paramount Pictures in the United States and Canada, and by DreamWorks Pictures through United International Pictures internationally on May 8, 1998. The film depicts humanity's attempts to prepare for and destroy a 7-mile (11 km) wide comet set to collide with Earth and cause a mass extinction.
Deep Impact was released in the same summer as the similarly themed Armageddon, which fared better at the box office, while astronomers described Deep Impact as being more accurate. Deep Impact was slightly better received critically than Armageddon, although both ultimately received mixed reviews. Deep Impact grossed over $349.5 million worldwide on an $80 million production budget, becoming the sixth highest-grossing film of 1998.