Meteor
1979
It's five miles wide... it's coming at 30,000 m.p.h... there's no place on Earth to hide!
- Ronald Neame
- 1h 47m
- October 19, 1979 · United States of America
Overview
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?
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 19, 1979
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English, French, Russian
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Shaw Brothers,American International Pictures,Palladium,Meteor Joint Venture,Palladium Productions
- Cast
- Sean Connery,Natalie Wood,Karl Malden,Brian Keith,Martin Landau,Trevor Howard,Richard Dysart,Henry Fonda,Joseph Campanella,Bo Brundinand 51 more
- Director
- Ronald Neame
- Writer
- Stanley Mann,Edmund H. North
- Producer
- Arnold H. Orgolini,Theodore R. Parvin,Sandy Howard,Gabriel Katzka,Samuel Z. Arkoff,Run Run Shaw
- Cinematography
- Paul Lohmann
- Music
- Laurence Rosenthal
- Budget
- $16,000,000
- Revenue
- $12,600,000
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