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5.2After 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 which 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 who have also launched such an illegal satellite. But will both governments agree?
Released: 1979-10-19107 minDir: Ronald NeameScience Fiction, Thriller, ActionBudget: $16.0MBox office: $12.6M
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 Sir Michael Hughes
Themes
- new york city
- france
- nasa
- meteor
- disaster
- hong kong
- destruction
- united nations
- world trade center
- avalanche
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Ratings
IMDb
5.1/10
9,089 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
5%
Metacritic
27/100
- Year
- 1979
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 108
- FilmAffinity ID
- 242105
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- publication date
- 1979-10-19
- title
- Meteor
- capital cost
- 16000000
- box office
- 8400000
- review score
- 5%
Sources (12)
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Gallery (5)
Connections
Time
Entity
1566 Icarus
Entity
Washington, D.C.
Entity
Cold War
Entity
comet
Entity
Siberia
Entity
NASA
Concept
tsunami
Entity
asteroid
Entity
International Standard Book Number
Entity
nuclear weapon
Entity
Academy Awards
Concept
Sean Connery
Person
IMDb
Entity
avalanche
Entity
The New York Times
Entity
Wayback Machine
Entity
orbit
Entity
asteroid belt
Entity
Orson Welles
Entity
Categories
1970s disaster films1970s science fiction action films1979 American films1979 English-language films1979 films1979 science fiction filmsAmerican disaster filmsAmerican International Pictures filmsAmerican science fiction action filmsAmerican space adventure filmsCold War filmsComets in filmEnglish-language science fiction action filmsFiction about the Apollo asteroidsFilms about avalanchesFilms about impact eventsFilms about meteoroidsFilms about nuclear war and weaponsFilms adapted into comicsFilms directed by Ronald NeameFilms scored by Laurence RosenthalFilms set in Hong KongFilms set in New York CityFilms set in Switzerland