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Deep Impact (1998)

Director: Mimi Leder

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From Time Out Film Guide

A meteor is heading for Earth. The first 40 minutes are the least bad. Astronomers are caught napping when schoolboy Wood spots something strange coming this way. Washington keeps a lid on it, until TV reporter Leoni stumbles across 'the biggest story in history'. A year hence, we will be destroyed, unless the US-Soviet space mission Messiah can deflect the asteroid's course by detonating nuclear explosions deep in its core. It's at this point - when the President (Freeman) places the fate of the world into the hands of astronaut Duvall and his crew - that the movie really goes into under-drive. They learn the value of self-sacrifice and togetherness. If director Leder fails to make the personal stories come to life, she's even sketchier on the big picture - her idea of social breakdown begins and ends with a traffic jam.

Author: TCh 0000-00-00 00:00:00

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Cast & crew

Director: Mimi Leder

Producer: Richard D Zanuck, David Brown

Cast: Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Elijah Wood, Vanessa Redgrave, Maximilliam Schell, Morgan Freeman, James Cromwell full cast

Genre(s): Action/Adventure

Duration: 121 mins

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