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Deep Impact (1998)
Runtime: 2 hrs 1 min
Synopsis: When it is discovered that an enormous comet is on a collision course with Earth, a handful of Americans make different preparations for the end of the world. While Leo Biederman (Elijah Wood), the fourteen-year-old amateur astronomer who discovered the comet, deals with the pangs of first... When it is discovered that an enormous comet is on a collision course with Earth, a handful of Americans make different preparations for the end of the world. While Leo Biederman (Elijah Wood), the fourteen-year-old amateur astronomer who discovered the comet, deals with the pangs of first love, an ambitious newswoman (Tea Leoni) attempts to reconcile with her estranged parents. Simultaneously, a former astronaut (Robert Duvall) finds himself in the stars once again in an attempt to prevent the catastrophe from occurring. Mimi Leder (THE PEACEMAKER) directs from a script by Bruce Joel Rubin (GHOST) and Michael Tolkin (THE PLAYER). [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Elijah Wood, Morgan Freeman, Vanessa Redgrave
Screenwriter: Bruce Joel Rubin, Michael Tolkin
Producer: Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown
Composer: James Horner
DVD Info
Release:
May 10, 2004
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Keep Case
- Single Side - Single Layer
- Widescreen - 16.9
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
- Dolby Surround - English
- 5.1 Surround - French
Additional Release Material:
- Audio Commentary - 1. Mimi Leder - Director, Scott Farrar - Visual Effects Supervisor
- Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Traile
- Featurettes - 1. MAKING AN IMPACT
- 2. CREATING THE PERFECT TRAFFIC JAM
- 3. PARTING THOUGHTS
Interactive Features:
- Scene Access
Reviews
Disaster movies are trim and exciting or they're nothing, and Deep Impact isn't trim or exciting.
The joy of any catastrophe flick is watching the world that annoys you so much get its due.
Malignant and insensate, it's already too far gone for treatment.
Unlike Armageddon, this film possesses a plot. Granted, it is the insipid plot of a made-for-TV miniseries, but at least it is an actual, tangible plot.
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