Deep Impact (1998)

Taglines:

Heaven and Earth are about to collide. See more »

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for intense disaster related elements and brief language See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 May 1998 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Impacto Profundo See more »

Filming Locations:

Ambassador Hotel - 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »

Budget:

$75,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$41,152,375 (USA) (10 May 1998) (3156 Screens)

Gross:

$180,500,000 (Worldwide) (23 August 1998) (except USA)

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks SKG, Zanuck/Brown Productions See more »

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Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

DTS  | Dolby Digital  | SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Trivia

One of the NASA officials in the movie is played by Gerry Griffin, who is a former NASA flight director. Griffin presided over the Apollo 12 mission and later became director of the Johnson Space Center in Houston. See more »

Goofs

Errors in geography: If the comet had hit the Atlantic Seaboard,then surely the wave would have swelled into the Gulf of Mexico. This would have caused Houston (where all the families were saying their goodbyes) to be inundated as well. See more »

Quotes

Spurgeon Tanner: [about the Wolf comet] Now the outgassing has created a vent a half mile wide and at least two miles deep. Comet gets closer to the sun; sun melts the ice, ice turns to steam. We get a big hole, okay? So, how many nukes do we have left in the back?
Mikhail Tulchinsky: Four.
Spurgeon Tanner: Okay. If we can get the remaining bombs in that vent, there shouldn't be anything left of that comet bigger than a suitcase. Now, we can't do anything about the little one, but you know... it just might give them a chance. Now, without the arming codes, we're going to have to wait to set the bomb timers until we get closer to Earth, to raise Houston.
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Connections

Referenced in Pulse (2006) See more »

Soundtracks

"La Bohème"
Written by Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Giacosa, & Luigi Illicia
Performed by Mario Serini & Nicolai Gedda See more »