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Overview

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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Jonathan Hensleigh (screenplay) and
J.J. Abrams (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
1 July 1998 (USA) more
Tagline:
It's Closer Than You Think. more
Plot:
When an asteroid the size of Texas is headed for Earth the world's best deep core drilling team is sent to nuke the rock from the inside. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 27 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(198 articles)
Tyler And Braff 'Not Dating'
 (From WENN. 10 December 2009, 11:06 AM, PST)

What Is James Cameron Working On?
 (From EmpireOnline. 9 December 2009, 6:11 PM, PST)

User Comments:
a love it or hate it type of movie more (1093 total)

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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sci-fi disaster action, sensuality and brief language.
Runtime:
150 min | USA:153 min (director's cut)
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.20 : 1 more
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Certification:
Taiwan:PG-12 | Philippines:PG-13 | Finland:K-12 (1998) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Belgium:KT | Brazil:12 | Chile:14 | Denmark:15 | France:U | Germany:12 (w) | Hong Kong:IIA | Iceland:LH (video rating) | Iceland:L (original rating) | Italy:T | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #36122) | USA:Unrated (director's cut)

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Trivia:
During the training of the mission team, an Aerosmith song ("Sweet Emotion") is playing in the background with vocals by Liv Tyler's father, Steven Tyler, who also sings the theme song "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing." The two Tylers appear in the Armageddon music video. more
Goofs:
Errors in geography: People in numerous locations all over the globe are shown reacting to various events simultaneously - all in daylight. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
[Camera shoots past the moon to slowly zoom in on the Earth]
Narrator: This is the Earth, at a time when the dinosaurs roamed a lush and fertile planet.
[From behind the camera, a giant asteroid appears, speeding towards the Earth ahead of it]
Narrator: A piece of rock just 6 miles wide changed all that.
[Blazing through the atmosphere, the asteroid impacts with a spectacular display of fire and destruction]
Narrator: It hit with the force of 10,000 nuclear weapons. A trillion tons of dirt and rock hurtled into the atmosphere, creating a suffocating blanket of dust the sun was powerless to penetrate for a thousand years. It happened before. It will happen again. It's just a question of when.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Danger Zone: The Making of 'Top Gun' (2004) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Mister Big Time more

FAQ

Is Armageddon connected to The Rock?
Wouldn't it be easier to train astronauts how to drill then to train drillers to be Astronauts?
Was there really an earlier impact by a meteorite that killed all life on Earth?
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20 out of 30 people found the following comment useful.
a love it or hate it type of movie, 30 December 2000
10/10
Author: (aero_nut@go.com) from pennsylvania

This is definitely the type of movie you'll either love or hate.

I personally love it, I am a Die Hard (lol) Bruce Willis fan. All characters were supurbly cast. Busemi as Rock, Affleck as AJ, Tyler as Grace, Thornton as Truman, ect.... All of them seemed to work well together. Their character just fit them. Lots of people didn't like this movie for they believed that it is too far fetched, which isn't true. One of NASA's theories IS to land on, and drill into a "global killer". And as it is also said in the movie we don't have the budget to look for these things. Amatures are the people that usually find them. Another thing people over look is the fact that Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer worked with NASA on the factual aspects of the movie. They didn't just make these things up.(all of this is said in the commentaries on the criterion collection) The other thing about this movie is, you have to like science, space and the things that go with it (like me "aero_nut"). And you have to appreciate the fact, and not be obtuse that this could happen one day, God destroyed the Earth before he could do it again. I really believe that the love story helped this movie make money, (thats what made Titanic #1), Liv Tyler and Ben Affleck made a great couple. The chemistry between them was awesome. Not to mention this is americans at their best,(with the help of a russian friend, who is perfectly cast as stormare). The love song to this movie is definitely a topper, Dianne Warren has graced so many movies with her songs and this has to be the best so far. Furthermore very few rock bands can sound good with a orchestra, (G-N-R is one) and Aerosmith certainly fit the bill here. i love this cast the movie and the soundtrack, but thats just me.

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