Deep Impact (1998)

Director:

Mimi Leder

Writers (WGA):

Bruce Joel Rubin (written by) and
Michael Tolkin (written by)

Release Date:

8 May 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Heaven and Earth are about to collide.

Plot:

Unless a comet can be destroyed before colliding with Earth, only those allowed into shelters will survive. Which people will survive?

Plot Keywords:

End Of The World | Female Director | Black U.S. President | Black President | Disaster Film

Awards:

5 wins & 7 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sun. July 13	5:30 PM	TNT
Sun. July 13	11:00 PM	TNT

Cast

Robert Duvall	...	Capt. Spurgeon 'Fish' Tanner
Téa Leoni	...	Jenny Lerner
Elijah Wood	...	Leo Beiderman
Vanessa Redgrave	...	Robin Lerner
Morgan Freeman	...	President Tom Beck
Maximilian Schell	...	Jason Lerner
James Cromwell	...	Alan Rittenhouse
Ron Eldard	...	Dr. Oren Monash
Jon Favreau	...	Dr. Gus Partenza
Laura Innes	...	Beth Stanley
Mary McCormack	...	Andrea 'Andy' Baker
Richard Schiff	...	Don Beiderman
Leelee Sobieski	...	Sarah Hotchner
Blair Underwood	...	Mark Simon
Dougray Scott	...	Eric Vennekor
Gary Werntz	...	Chuck Hotchner
Bruce Weitz	...	Stuart Caley
Betsy Brantley	...	Ellen Beiderman
O'Neal Compton	...	Morten Entrekin
Rya Kihlstedt	...	Chloe Lerner
Aleksandr Baluyev	...	Col. Mikhail Tulchinsky
Caitlin Fein	...	Caitlin Stanley
Amanda Fein	...	Caitlin Stanley
Joe Urla	...	Ira Moskatel (as Joseph Urla)
Una Damon	...	Marianne Duclos
Mark Moses	...	Tim Urbanski
Derek de Lint	...	Theo Van Sertema
Charles Dumas	...	Jeff Worth
Suzy Nakamura	...	Jenny's Assistant
Alimi Ballard	...	Bobby Rhue
Katie Hagan	...	Jane Beiderman
Denise Crosby	...	Vicky Hotchner
Frank Whiteman	...	Priest
Jason Dohring	...	Jason Thurman
Jasmine Harrison	...	Jasmine
Rahi Azizi	...	Student
Hannah Werntz	...	Holly Rittenhouse
Tucker Smallwood	...	Ivan Brodsky
Merrin Dungey	...	Sheila Bradley
Kimberly Huie	...	Wendy Mogel
William Fair	...	Grey Man
Francis X. McCarthy	...	Gen. Scott
Ellen Bry	...	Stofsky
Lisa Ann Grant	...	Reporter
Leslie Dilley	...	Waiter
Concetta Tomei	...	Patricia Ruiz
Mike O'Malley	...	Mike Perry
Kurtwood Smith	...	Otis Hefter
Gerry Griffin	...	NASA Official
Charlie Hartsock	...	David Baker
Jennifer Jostyn	...	Marietta Monash
Don Handfield	...	Dwight Tanner
Jason Frasca	...	Steve Tanner
Cynthia Ettinger	...	Pretty Woman
Benjamin Stralka	...	Little Boy
Stephanie Patton	...	Brittany Baker
Michael Winters	...	NASA Guy
John Ducey	...	Young Lieutenant
Christopher Darga	...	Section Leader
Joshua Colwell	...	CAPCOM
Cornelius Lewis	...	Ben Sergeant
Kevin LaRosa	...	Pilot
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ethan Aronoff	...	NY Tourist (uncredited)
James E. Ash	...	Police Officer (uncredited)
Matt Bennett	...	Backpacker (uncredited)
Len Berdick	...	Fleeing Pedestrian (uncredited)
W. Earl Brown	...	McCloud (uncredited)
Cullen G. Chambers	...	Father (uncredited)
Pamela Fischer	...	Pedestrian (uncredited)
Bob Glouberman	...	Prompter Techie (uncredited)
Phil Hawn	...	Refugee Climbing Fence (uncredited)
Arden James	...	Refugee (uncredited)
Jody Millard	...	Soldier (uncredited)
George F. Miller	...	Fleeing Pedestrian Landing Next to Guy on Bench (uncredited)
Joseph Ashton Montgomery	...	Astronomy Club Member (uncredited)
Philip Ng	...	Times Square Attendee (uncredited)
Mic Rodgers	...	Secret Service Agent #1 (uncredited)
Thomas Rosales Jr.	...	Refugee (uncredited)
Charles Martin Smith	...	Dr. Marcus Wolf (uncredited)
Athena Stamos	...	High School Student (uncredited)

Directed by
Mimi Leder

Writing credits (WGA)
Bruce Joel Rubin		(written by) and
Michael Tolkin		(written by)

Produced by
Joan Bradshaw	....	executive producer
David Brown	....	producer
D. Scott Easton	....	associate producer
Walter F. Parkes	....	executive producer (as Walter Parkes)
Steven Spielberg	....	executive producer
Richard D. Zanuck	....	producer

Original Music by
James Horner

Cinematography by
Dietrich Lohmann

Film Editing by
Paul Cichocki
David Rosenbloom

Casting by
Allison Jones

Production Design by
Leslie Dilley

Art Direction by
Dennis Bradford
Gary Kosko
Andrew Neskoromny
Tom Valentine

Set Decoration by
Peg Cummings

Costume Design by
Ruth Myers

Makeup Department
Gary Archer	....	dental prosthetics
John M. Elliott Jr.	....	makeup department head
Barbara Lacy	....	makeup artist
Waldo Sanchez	....	department head hair stylist

Production Management
D. Scott Easton	....	unit production manager
Brad Goodman	....	post-production supervisor
Peter M. Tobyansen	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Paula Case	....	second second assistant director (as Paula J. Harris)
K.C. Colwell	....	first assistant director
Cara Giallanza	....	first assistant director: second unit, Los Angeles
Basil Grillo	....	additional second second assistant director (as Basil Bryant Grillo)
Derek E. Johansen	....	second assistant director: second unit, Los Angeles (as Derek Johansen)
Dana J. Kuznetzkoff	....	first assistant director: New York (as Dana Kuznetzkoff)
Ronan O'Connor	....	DGA trainee: New York
Tom Priestley Jr.	....	second unit director: Los Angeles
Darin Rivetti	....	key second assistant director
Robert Rooy	....	first assistant director: Washington DC
Alison C. Rosa	....	second assistant director: Washington D.C. (as Alison Rosa)
Lisa M. Rowe	....	second assistant director: New York (as Lisa Rowe)
Glen Trotiner	....	second assistant director: New York
Mark Vargo	....	second unit director
Wainani Young-Tomich	....	additional second assistant director: crowd scenes
Michele Ziegler	....	first assistant director: second unit
Michael Reichman	....	additional second assistant director: New York (uncredited)

Art Department
Jeff Brown	....	greensman
Richard K. Buoen	....	storyboard artist
Carl Catanese	....	set buyer: Washington, DC
Randy L. Childs	....	propmaker foreman
Shannon Curfman	....	set dresser
Steven DeSantis	....	stage foreman
César Díez Álava	....	assistant property master
Daniel J. Gillooly	....	greens coordinator
Batia Grafka	....	property master
Michael D. Harrell	....	assistant property master
Michael Anthony Jackson	....	storyboard artist
Philip Keller	....	storyboard artist
Kristina Kilpe	....	set dresser: Washington DC
David Lowery	....	storyboard artist
Josh Lusby	....	set designer
Mark A. Mancinelli	....	plasterer gang boss
Masako Masuda	....	assistant art director
Richard F. Mays	....	set designer
Frank McEldowney	....	greensperson
Ed Miarecki	....	senior model maker
Scott Nifong	....	property master: second unit
Kris Peck	....	assistant property master
Raymond Prado	....	storyboard artist
Richard Robinson	....	propmaker
Eric Rosenberg	....	assistant art director
Mark Sakamoto	....	co-leadman
Heather Smith	....	art department production assistant
Paul Sonski	....	assistant art director
Tommy 'Tom' Tomlinson	....	property master
Suzan Torres	....	set designer
Gary Tuers	....	props
John Villarino	....	construction coordinator
Mike Villarino	....	construction general foreman
Thomas R. Wagner	....	property assistant
Robb W. Ward	....	construction foreman: Washington D.C.
Gregory A. Weimerskirch	....	assistant art director
Tim Wilcox	....	digital illustrator
Dean Wolcott	....	set designer
Eric Hunsaker	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Christopher S. Aud	....	sound effects editor (as Christopher Aud)
Anna Behlmer	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Voss Bonds Jr.	....	sound effects editor (as John V. Bonds Jr.)
Raul A. Bruce	....	boom operator
Timothy A. Cleveland	....	sound effects editor (as Tim Cleveland)
Jeffrey Cranford	....	second assistant sound editor (as Jeff Cranford)
Joe Dorn	....	adr supervisor
John P. Fasal	....	special sound designer (as John Paul Fasal)
Patrick J. Foley	....	dialogue editor
Patrick J. Foley	....	sound editor
Eric Gotthelf	....	foley mixer
Todd Harris	....	second assistant sound editor
J. Paul Huntsman	....	supervising sound editor
Kimberly Lowe Voigt	....	adr editor
Mark L. Mangino	....	dialogue editor
Mark L. Mangino	....	sound effects editor
Mark Hopkins McNabb	....	sound
Andy Nelson	....	sound re-recording mixer
George Nemzer	....	sound effects editor
Walter Newman	....	supervising sound editor
Jayme S. Parker	....	sound effects editor (as Jayme Parker)
Tom Perry	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jonathan Phillips	....	second assistant sound editor
John F. Reynolds	....	dialogue editor
Jeff Rosen	....	foley supervisor (as Jeffrey Rosen)
Andrew Somers	....	adr editor
Andrew Somers	....	dialogue editor (as Andy Somers)
David Werntz	....	second assistant sound editor
Joe White	....	sound
Robb Wilson	....	sound assistant (as R. Robb Wilson)

Special Effects by
Thomas Brown	....	special effects technician (as Thomas H. Brown)
Darrell Burgess	....	wire effects
Danny Cadow	....	wire effects technician
Cornellius Carroll	....	wire effects (as Cornelius Carroll)
Ron Ciesielski	....	special effects technician
Steve J. Costello	....	special effects technician
Kim Derry	....	special effects technician
Donald Elliott	....	special effects foreman (as Donald R. Elliott)
Tom Firestone	....	support crew: Space Suite
Robert Harman	....	wire effects coordinator
Thomas R. Homsher	....	special effects foreman
Donald Krause	....	special effects technician
Michael Lantieri	....	special effects coordinator
Joe Love	....	special effects technician
Matt McDonnell	....	special effects technician (as Matthew J. McDonnell)
Fred O'Connor	....	special effects crew
Dan Ossello	....	special effects technician
John Ossello	....	special effects technician
Tom Pahk	....	special effects rigger (as Thomas Pahk)
Tom Pahk	....	special effects technician
John Palmer	....	special effects project supervisor: WonderWorks
Brick Price	....	special effects sets (as WonderWorks Inc.)
Robin Reilly	....	special effects technician
Steve Sanders	....	shop supervisor
Jordan Snowhook	....	special effects technician
Gregory C. Tippie	....	special effects foreman: second unit, Los Angeles (as Gregory Tippie)
Brian Tipton	....	special effects technician
Brian Tipton	....	special effects: second unit
Tom Tokunaga	....	special effects technician
Paul Vigil	....	special effects technician
Paul Vigil	....	wire effects
Chris L. Ward	....	special effects technician
Mike Wever	....	wire effects technician
Roger Willis	....	wire effects

Visual Effects by
Alia Agha	....	3D camera matchmove artist: ILM
Kipp Aldrich	....	camera and video engineering: ILM
Philip Edward Alexy	....	technical animator: ILM (as Philip Alexy)
Nicholas Anastassiou	....	CG technical support: ILM
Adrienne Anderson	....	visual effects coordinator: ILM
Leah Anton	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Joel Aron	....	CG sequence supervisor: ILM
Okan Ataman	....	sabre artist: ILM
Al Bailey	....	digital paint and roto artist: ILM
Katharine Baird	....	digital paint and roto artist: ILM
Michael Baltazar	....	CG technical support: ILM
Eran Barnea	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Michael Bauer	....	CG supervisor: ILM
Carol Bauman	....	chief model maker: ILM
Randall K. Bean	....	film scanning: ILM
Donna Ashley Beard	....	viewpainter artist: ILM (as Donna Beard)
Jeffrey Benedict	....	digital effects artist: ILM
David Benson	....	software development: ILM
Charles J. Berg	....	digital artist
Ken Beyer	....	production engineering: ILM
Andrea Biklian	....	negative line-up: ILM
Stacy Board	....	digital effects coordinator: Pacific Title/Mirage Digital (as Stacey Board)
Rod G. Bogart	....	software development: ILM
Dan Bogle	....	digital wire removal
Barbara A. Bordo	....	digital paint & roto artist
Brian Brecht	....	CG staff: ILM
Barbara Brennan	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Jeff Brewer	....	model maker: ILM
Jill Brooks	....	visual effects associate producer: ILM
William J. Brooks	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Phil Brotherton	....	model maker
Phillip Brotherton	....	model maker: ILM
Donald S. Butler	....	digital effects artist: ILM
D. Walt Cameron	....	digital artist
Lanny Cermak	....	3D camera matchmove artist: ILM
Amelia Chenoweth	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Terry Chostner	....	3D camera matchmove artist: ILM
Ian Christie	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Brent O. Coert	....	display graphics office coordinator
Brian Conlon	....	Sabre artist: ILM
Caitlin Content	....	Sabre artist: ILM
Marc Cooper	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Catherine Craig	....	viewpainter artist: ILM
Gregory Creaser	....	digital imaging: Pacific Title
C. Marie Davis	....	visual effects executive producer: CIS Hollywood
Fon Davis	....	model maker: ILM
Michael Degtjarewsky	....	digital artist: Pacific Title/Mirage Digital
Mitch Deoudes	....	CG wave development: ILM
Lisa Drostova	....	digital paint and roto artist: ILM
Alex Drought	....	digital non-linear engineer
John Duncan	....	model maker: ILM
Greg Dunn	....	production engineering: ILM
Russell Earl	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Timothy Eaton	....	visual effects editor: ILM (as Tim Eaton)
Selwyn Eddy	....	3D camera matchmove artist: ILM (as Selwyn Eddy III)
Robert M. Edwards	....	model maker: ILM
Kate Elsen	....	digital paint and roto artist: ILM
Chrissie England	....	senior staff: ILM
Raul Essig	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Michael Fallavollita	....	visual effects liaison
Scott Farrar	....	visual effects supervisor
Jon Foreman	....	model maker: ILM
George Gambetta	....	film scanning: ILM
Joe Gareri	....	visual effects executive producer: Pacific Title/Mirage Digital
Larry Gaynor	....	digital artist: CIS Hollywood
Brian Gee	....	digital effects technical assistant
Bill George	....	visual effects co-supervisor
Brian Gernand	....	model project supervisor: ILM
Eileen Godoy	....	production coordinator: CIS Hollywood
Jeremy Goldman	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Gary Goldstein	....	digital artist: CIS Hollywood
Eli Golub	....	technocrane
John Goodson	....	model maker: ILM
Lydia Greenfield	....	digital plate restoration technician: ILM
Timothy Greenwood	....	projectionist: ILM
Bill Grinder	....	camera and video engineering: ILM
Michael J. Halsted	....	lead matchmove artist: ILM (as Michael Halsted)
Jason Hanel	....	digital effects coordinator: Pacific Title/Mirage Digital
Pablo Helman	....	Sabre supervisor: ILM
Shannon Henry	....	CG staff: ILM
Geoff Heron	....	practical effects supervisor: ILM
Jeff Heusser	....	digital compositing supervisor: CIS Hollywood
David Hisanaga	....	digital effects artist: ILM
David Horsley	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Christopher Horvath	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Peg Hunter	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Jason Ivimey	....	technical animator: ILM
Jiri Jacknowitz	....	digital paint and roto artist: ILM
Alex Jaeger	....	visual effects art director: concept design/animatics, ILM
Patrick Jarvis	....	digital paint and roto artist: ILM
Doug Jones	....	negative cutter: ILM
Kenneth Jones	....	visual effects supervisor: CIS Hollywood (as Dr. Ken Jones)
Florian Kainz	....	software development: ILM
Samson Kao	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Sandra Ford Karpman	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Louis Katz	....	conceptual and animatic artist: ILM
Pam Kaye	....	production accountant: ILM
Ira Keeler	....	model maker: ILM
Greg Killmaster	....	CG sequence supervisor: ILM
Jeff King	....	production engineering: ILM
Ed Kramer	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Tom Lamb	....	digital artist: Pacific Title/Mirage Digital
Hayden Landis	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Kimberly Lashbrook	....	CG resource assistant: ILM
Jennifer Law-Stump	....	digital effects artist: Pacific Title Digital
Angela Leaper	....	video editor: ILM
Janet Lewin	....	visual effects coordinator: ILM
Janice Lew	....	digital effects artist: ILM
James Lim	....	negative line-up: ILM
Jonathan Litt	....	technical assistant: ILM
Craig Lyn	....	digital modeler: ILM
Greg Maloney	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Jeff Mann	....	senior staff: ILM
Tom Martinek	....	sequence supervisor: ILM
Stuart T. Maschwitz	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Bill Mather	....	digital matte artist: ILM
Erik Mattson	....	CG sequence supervisor: ILM
Ken McGaugh	....	CG wave development: ILM
Rich McKay	....	visual effects camera assistant: ILM
Scott McNamara	....	model maker: ILM
Gary Meyer	....	camera and video engineering: ILM
Carl Miller	....	visual effects camera assistant: ILM
Richard Miller	....	sculptor
Kristen Millette	....	CG technical support: ILM
William Millsap	....	model maker
Todd Mitchell	....	film scanning: ILM
Suzanne Mitus-Uribe	....	digital compositor: CIS Hollywood
Steven Moder	....	digital non-linear engineer
Terry Molatore	....	lead digital paint & roto artist: ILM
Tim Morgan	....	gaffer: ILM
Jim Morris	....	senior staff: ILM
Katie Morris	....	digital paint and roto artist: ILM
Danny Mudgett	....	digital compositor: CIS Hollywood
Daryl Munton	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Patrick Neary	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Paula Nederman	....	visual effects production assistant: ILM
Ben Nichols	....	model maker
Steve Nichols	....	technical animator: ILM
David Norris	....	Wescam camera operator: ILM
Gregory Oehler	....	digital compositor: CIS Hollywood
Michael Olague	....	gaffer: ILM
Khatsho John Orfali	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Lauren Page	....	model maker: ILM
Peter G. Parise	....	display graphics compositor
Eddie Pasquarello	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Alan Peterson	....	model maker: ILM
Patrick Phillips	....	technical supervisor: Pacific Title/Mirage Digital
Josh Pines	....	film scanning and recording supervisor: ILM
Cliff Plummer	....	CG staff: ILM
Brian Pope	....	pre-visualization artist
Bruce Powell	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Tony Precado	....	model maker: ILM
Henry Preston	....	CG sequence supervisor: ILM
Scott Prior	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Kevin Rafferty	....	CG Pre-Production Supervisor: ILM
Denise Ream	....	visual effects producer
Rick Rische	....	digital matte artist: ILM
Sandy Ritts	....	digital paint and roto artist: ILM
Elsa Rodriguez	....	digital paint and roto artist: ILM
Amanda Ronai-Dahle	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Mark Santora	....	model maker
Olivier Sarda	....	digital artist: Pacific Title/Mirage Digital
Frederic Schmidt	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Marla I. Selhorn	....	3D camera matchmove artist: ILM (as Marla Selhorn)
M. Zachary Sherman	....	digital artist
H.B. Siegel	....	senior staff: ILM
Kenneth Smith	....	digital timing supervisor: ILM
Kim Smith	....	model maker: ILM (as R. Kim Smith)
Jason H. Snell	....	digital plate restoration technician: ILM
Ben Snow	....	CG supervisor: ILM
Tony Sommers	....	viewpainter artist: ILM
David Sosalla	....	digital effects supervisor: Pacific Title/Mirage Digital
Michael Steffe	....	model maker: ILM
Doug Sutton	....	CG wave development: ILM
Pat Sweeney	....	miniatures director of photography: ILM (as Patrick Sweeney)
Catherine Tate	....	Sabre artist: ILM
Paul Theren	....	digital modeler: ILM
Vince Tilker	....	camera and video engineering: ILM
Vincent Toscano	....	software development: ILM
Christopher Townsend	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Hans Uhlig	....	digital effects artist: ILM
John Walker	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Andy Wang	....	digital effects artist: ILM
R.D. Wegener	....	3D camera matchmove artist: ILM
Jeff Wells	....	digital effects artist: Pacific Title Digital
Erin West	....	digital paint and roto artist: ILM
Andy White	....