Deep Impact

 

Morgan Freeman, Robert Duvall, Tea Leoni, Elijah Wood, Vanessa Redgrave
Paramount Pictures; Directed by Mimi Leder
Rated PG-13; 123 minutes; 1998

 
Scientists discover that a comet is on a collision course with the Earth, a comet so massive that its impact with Earth will cause an extinction-level event, and end life as we know it. On hand to save the world are the U.S. President (Morgan Freeman), an aging astronaut (Robert Duvall), and a student (Elijah Wood) who captured the comet in pictures while on an astronomy class project.

 

“A thriller with brains.”
- Gene Shalit, TODAY

“Five hundred billions tons of fun!”

- Jami Bernard, DAILY NEWS

“Exhilarating!”
- Jeffrey Lyons, NBC-TV
 



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