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Overview

User Rating:
6.0/10   50,362 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Bruce Joel Rubin (written by) and
Michael Tolkin (written by)
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Release Date:
8 May 1998 (USA) more
Tagline:
Heaven and Earth are about to collide. more
Plot:
Unless a comet can be destroyed before colliding with Earth, only those allowed into shelters will survive. Which people will survive? full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
5 wins & 7 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(105 articles)
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better of the two more (429 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Robert Duvall ... Spurgeon Tanner

Téa Leoni ... Jenny Lerner

Elijah Wood ... Leo Biederman

Vanessa Redgrave ... Robin Lerner

Morgan Freeman ... President Beck
Maximilian Schell ... Jason Lerner

James Cromwell ... Alan Rittenhouse

Ron Eldard ... Oren Monash

Jon Favreau ... Gus Partenza
Laura Innes ... Beth Stanley

Mary McCormack ... Andrea Baker

Richard Schiff ... Don Biederman

Leelee Sobieski ... Sarah Hotchner

Blair Underwood ... Mark Simon

Dougray Scott ... Eric Vennekor
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Impact (USA) (original script title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for intense disaster related elements and brief language.
Runtime:
120 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
During the school assembly, one student makes the observation "You're going to have more sex than anyone else in our class!" to Leo Biederman. This line was improvised by the young actor, and the reactions from the other students are genuine. more
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Continuity: When Jenny is calling a cab, talking to her father in the rain, she raises her left hand, but in the next shot her right hand is up. more
Quotes:
[President Beck & Jenny are discussing the up coming news conference about the comet]
Jenny Lerner: I want exclusivity.
President Beck: Now listen, young lady. This is a presidential favour. I'm letting you go because I don't want another headache. And I'm trusting you because I know what this can do for your career. Now, it may seem like we have each other over the same barrel but it just seems that way.
Jenny Lerner: I want...
President Beck: You want?
Jenny Lerner: May I... May I have the first question?
President Beck: I'll see you Tuesday, Miss Lerner.
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Soundtrack:
Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) more

FAQ

Would a meteorite 2-3 miles wide actually cause a tsumani that large?
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41 out of 72 people found the following comment useful.
better of the two, 11 August 1998
Author: Jacob (jacob2@rocketmail.com) from Dallas, Texas, USA

"Deep Impact" certainly ranks as the better of the two comet/asteroid disaster movies this summer. Unlike in "Armageddon," here you actually care about the characters, and I didn't find myself looking at my watch to see when the movie would be over. If there was one way to improve this movie, it would have been to show more scenes of Morgan Freeman (the best movie president in a while) and focus less on the plotline of the reporter and her father. Overall, though, a very entertaining film, which cannot be said for "Armageddon."

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