Armageddon

19981998
PG-13PG-13
2h 31min

Liv Tyler, Bruce Willis, and Ben Affleck in Armageddon (1998)

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Action Adventure Sci-Fi

After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas is going to impact Earth in less than a month, NASA recruits a misfit team of deep-core drillers to save the planet.After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas is going to impact Earth in less than a month, NASA recruits a misfit team of deep-core drillers to save the planet.After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas is going to impact Earth in less than a month, NASA recruits a misfit team of deep-core drillers to save the planet.

Director
- Michael Bay
Writers
- Jonathan Hensleigh(screenplay)
- J.J. Abrams(screenplay)
- Tony Gilroy(adaptation)
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Nominated for 4 Oscars
- 15 wins & 40 nominations total

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Liv Tyler, Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Keith David, and Chris Ellis in Armageddon (1998)

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Ben Affleck in Armageddon (1998)

Bruce Willis in Armageddon (1998)

Liv Tyler and Bruce Willis in Armageddon (1998)

Ben Affleck and William Fichtner in Armageddon (1998)

Bruce Willis in Armageddon (1998)

Greg Collins and Grayson McCouch in Armageddon (1998)

Armageddon (1998)

Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck in Armageddon (1998)

Liv Tyler and Ben Affleck in Armageddon (1998)

Bruce Willis in Armageddon (1998)

Director
- Michael Bay
Writers
- Jonathan Hensleigh(screenplay) (story)
- J.J. Abrams(screenplay)
- Tony Gilroy(adaptation)
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Due to a shuttle's unfortunate demise in outer space, NASA becomes aware of a doomsday asteroid that is on a collision course with Earth. It seems that the only way to knock it off course is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear weapon. But as NASA's under-funded yet resourceful team train the world's best drillers for the job, the social order of the world begins to break down as the information reaches the public and hysteria results. As high-ranking officials play politics with the effort, the drilling team all faces deep personal issues which may jeopardize humanity's last chance... —Paul Cezanne <Cezanne36@hotmail.com>

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Taglines
- It's Closer Than You Think.
Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated PG-13 for sci-fi disaster action, sensuality and brief language
Parents guide

Trivia
NASA shows this film during their management training program. New managers are given the task of trying to spot as many errors as possible. At least 168 have been found.

Goofs
People in numerous locations all over the globe are shown reacting to various events simultaneously, all in daylight.

Quotes
Truman: So what's the verdict?
Harry Stamper: They'll do it. They've made a few requests though.
Truman: Such as?
Harry Stamper: [riffles through sheets of paper] Well, there's uh, few things here, uh... nothin' really big, uh, just- Well, as an example, uh, uh, Oscar here, he's got some outstanding parking tickets. Wants them wiped off his record.
Oscar: [shouting from balcony] Fifty-six tickets in seven states...
Harry Stamper: [to Oscar] I'll-I'll tell 'em Oscar, you got it.
Oscar: Okay.
Harry Stamper: Uh, Noonan's got two women friends that he'd like to see made American citizens no questions asked. Max would like you to... bring back eight-track tapes. Not sure if that's gonna work, but, uh, let's see what else. Um, Chick wants a full week's Emperor's Package at Caesar's Palace. Um - hey, you guys wouldn't be able to tell us who actually killed Kennedy, would ya?
[pause, turns and shakes his head]
Harry Stamper: Um, Bear would like to stay at the...
[tries to read writing]
Harry Stamper: "White horse"?
[looks up at Bear]
Bear: White, *House*. White House.
Harry Stamper: White House. Yeah, he'd like to stay in the Lincoln bedroom of the White House for the summer. Stuff like that.
Truman: Sure, I think we can, uh, take care of... some of that.
Rockhound: [shouting from balcony] Harry!
Harry Stamper: [motions back at Rockhound] Yeah one more thing, um... none of them wanna pay taxes again.
[pauses]
Harry Stamper: Ever.

Crazy credits
Portions of the video of Grace Stamper and A.J. Frost's wedding are shown during the final credits.

Alternate versions
Criterion's two-DVDs version features the longer director's cut with added dialogue and footage, including a scene between Harry Stamper and his father (played by Lawrence Tierney.) A second DVD with supplemental material is included, with additional deleted scenes, outtakes and bloopers.

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: Armageddon/Henry Fool/Gone with the Wind/Buffalo '66/Passion in the Desert/Nights in Cabiria (1998)

Soundtracks
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing
Written by Diane Warren
Performed by Aerosmith
Courtesy of Columbia Records

Top review

Has all the ingredients of a good action movie...

...that's exactly what this is: an ACTION movie. It's not supposed to sweep the Oscars, the acting isn't supposed to be perfect, and it's not supposed to make perfect sense.

The story follows a group of oil drillers sent by NASA to stop an asteroid that will strike the world in eighteen days. The drillers are taught and trained to become astronauts (in a very comedic scene) and then sent to the asteroid to drop the nukes and blow it up. After that, a whole lot goes wrong.

I loved this movie, and I hate how everyone's been calling it 'mindless action'. It's not mindless, it's actually very dramatic. The acting is great from pretty much all accounts, even Ben Affleck does a good job.

Bruce Willis captures the 'reluctant hero' role, and Liv Tyler does well as his daughter. Steve Buscemi delivers a great comedic performance as the genius who goes insane once they land on the asteroid.

Great, funny, intense, dramatic movie. 8/10.

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Release date
- July 1, 1998 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Languages
Also known as
- Ngày Tận Thế
Filming locations
- Houston, Texas, USA
Production companies
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Budget
- $140,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $201,578,182
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $36,089,972
- Jul 5, 1998
Gross worldwide
- $553,709,788

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Runtime
- 2h 31min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1

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