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Armageddon
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"Armageddon" is a 1998 science fiction film directed by Michael Bay about a team sent to stop an asteroid from colliding with Earth. The film became a major Hollywood blockbuster and is notable as an example of the disaster movie genre that was popular in the 1990s.
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6.8When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb. This leads him to renowned driller Harry Stamper, who agrees to helm the dangerous space mission provided he can bring along his own hotshot crew. Among them is the cocksure A.J. who Harry thinks isn't good enough for his daughter, until the mission proves otherwise.
Cast
- Bruce Willis as Harry S. Stamper
- Billy Bob Thornton as Dan Truman
- Ben Affleck as A.J. Frost
- Liv Tyler as Grace Stamper
- Will Patton as Chick
- Steve Buscemi as Rockhound
Themes
- daughter
- race against time
- space marine
- moon
- washington dc, usa
- saving the world
- cataclysm
- paris, france
- asteroid
- self sacrifice
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Ratings
IMDb
6.7/10
476,912 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
42%
Metacritic
42/100
- Year
- 1998
- Runtime
- 151 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- Nominated for 4 Oscars. 15 wins & 41 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Named after
- Armageddon
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- impact event
- Director
- Michael Bay
- Screenwriter
- Shane Salerno
- Cast member
- Anthony Guidera
- Composer
- Harry Gregson-Williams
- Producer
- Gale Anne Hurd
- Production company
- Touchstone Pictures
- Cinematographer
- John Schwartzman
- Narrative location
- Florida
- Duration
- 151
- FilmAffinity ID
- 714830
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- ArmageddonPremiere98.jpg
- Significant event
- world premiere
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- publication date
- 1998-00-00
- Commons category
- Armageddon (1998 film)
- film editor
- Chris Lebenzon
- title
- Armageddon
- narrator
- Charlton Heston
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
- distributed by
- Disney+
- box office
- 201578182
- different from
- Deep Impact
- production designer
- Michael White
- review score
- 6.7/10
- capital cost
- 140000000
- form of creative work
- feature film
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Encyclopedic overview
Armageddon is a 1998 American science fiction disaster film directed by Michael Bay and co-produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. The film follows a group of blue-collar deep-core drillers sent by NASA to destroy a gigantic asteroid, which is the size of Texas, on a collision course with Earth. It stars an ensemble cast including Bruce Willis with Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck, Will Patton, Peter Stormare, Keith David, Owen Wilson, William Fichtner and Steve Buscemi.
The film released on July 1, 1998 by Buena Vista Pictures through its Touchstone Pictures label. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, Armageddon was a commercial success, grossing $553.7 million worldwide against a $140 million budget, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1998, and the highest-grossing film to be released by Touchstone Pictures.
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