Without Warning (TV 1994)

A television program is interupted by a news network announcing that three meteors have hit the United States, France and China. At first it seems natural but after interviews by scientists... See full summary »

Director:

Robert Iscove

Writers:

Jeremy Thorn (story), Walon Green (story),

Stars:

Sander Vanocur, Jane Kaczmarek, Bree Walker

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sander Vanocur	...	Himself
Jane Kaczmarek	...	Dr. Caroline Jaffe
Bree Walker	...	Herself (as Bree Walker Lampley)
Dwier Brown	...	Matt Jensen
Brian McNamara	...	Mike Curtis
James Morrison	...	Paul Whitaker
Ashley Peldon	...	Kimberly Hastings
James Handy	...	Dr. Norbert Hazelton
Kario Salem	...	Dr. Avram Mandel
Spencer Garrett	...	Paul Collingwood
Gina Hecht	...	Barbara Shiller
John de Lancie	...	Barry Steinbrenner
Patty Toy	...	Denise Wong
Dennis Lipscomb	...	Dr. Robert Pearlman
Ron Canada	...	Terrence Freeman

Storyline

A television program is interupted by a news network announcing that three meteors have hit the United States, France and China. At first it seems natural but after interviews by scientists and eyewitness seems to suggest that it is not. Three more meteors are coming and the various Earth governments combine forces to stop them.

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Plot Keywords:

scientist | man in the street | news report | press conference | meteor threatens earth | 

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Genres:

Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 October 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

Tod aus dem All

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wolper Organization, The, Mountain View Productions, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Because Sander Vanocur plays himself as a news anchor in this film, a few complaints were received from people who believed the movie events were real, despite repeated on screen narration and text before the start of each act. Following that, CNN issued an order that its reporters and anchors would not be allowed to play themselves or any other role in a fictional movie.

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Goofs

In a scene that begins at 1h 5mins of the film, Dr. Robert Pearlman (played by Dennis Lipscomb) asserts that angles of meteors' trajectories match those of Pioneer spacecraft, as presented in the "pixelated message that was sent on Pioneer 11". What he refers to is actually Arecibo message, sent on 16 November 1974 by Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. This message has never been put on any spacecraft, instead it was sent by means of modulated radio waves. Hence, the shape Pearlman refers to is of Arecibo Observatory's antenna, and not of Pioneer spacecraft as presented in the film. This probably got confused with Pioneer plaque - an aluminium plaque that really was put on Pioneer 10 an 11 spacecraft, which were launched into space respectively 2 and 1 year before Arecibo message. The plaque and message, while having similar goal of communicating with potential extraterrestial intelligence, look very different from each other.

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Crazy Credits

Opens with credits for the faux TV-movie that begins the film. Loni Anderson, who appears briefly in this introduction, is the only actor who actually gets screen credit at the start of the film. Technically, "Without Warning" is the title of the movie-within-the-movie.

User Reviews

Great movie!

This is without a doubt, one of the greatest made for TV movies I've ever seen. The first time I saw it, I actually thought what was being reported was really happening, so I changed the channel to CNN to see if they were also reporting on it. This movie is a great way to scare someone by making them think what their watching is real.