Deep Impact

On May 10, 1998, teenaged amateur astronomer Leo Biederman discovers an unusual object near the stars Mizar and Alcor at a star party. His teacher has Leo take a picture and then sends it to astronomer Dr. Marcus Wolf. Wolf realizes that the object is a comet on a collision course with Earth. Unfortunately, Wolf dies in a car accident on his way to try to alert the authorities.

MPAA Rating:PG-13
Genre:Action, Drama, Thriller, Sci Fi, Romance
Country:United States
Produced By:Joan Bradshaw, Richard D. Zanuck, Walter F. Parkes, David Brown, D. Scott Easton, Steven Spielberg
Directed By:Mimi Leder
Written By:Bruce Joel Rubin, Michael Tolkin
Cast:Jason Dohring, O'Neal Compton, Kimberly Huie, Concetta Tomei, Denise Crosby, Aleksandr Baluev, Téa Leoni, Charles Martin Smith, Una Damon, Merrin Dungey, Mary McCormack, Frank Whiteman, Mark Moses, W. Earl Brown, Mike O'Malley, Derek De Lint, Jody Millard, Len Berdick, Leo Rogstad, Richard Schiff, Michael Winters, Shannon Frank, Charles Dumas, Michael Eskridge, Morgan Freeman, Charlie Hartsock, Katie Hagan, Cynthia Ettinger, Caitlin Fein, Alimi Ballard, Rya Kihlstedt, Kevin LaRosa, Dougray Scott, Hannah Leder, George F. Miller, Suzy Nakamura, Cullen G. Chambers, Jason Lamey, James Cromwell, Ron Eldard, Renee Pezzotta, Sommer Garcia, Nick Stellate, Jon Favreau, Ellen Bry, Vanessa Redgrave, Mic Rodgers, Ethan Aronoff, Maximilian Schell, Christopher Darga, Arden James, Leslie Dilley, Renee McClellan, Thomas Rosales Jr., Kurtwood Smith, Jason Frasca, Laura Innes, Philip M. Gardiner, Elijah Wood, Leelee Sobieski, Joe Urla, Francis X. McCarthy, Stephanie Patton, Don Handfield, Jennifer Jostyn, Betsy Brantley, John Ducey, Tai, Charles Rahi Chun, Amanda Fein, Philip Ng, William Fair, Gary Werntz, Gerry Griffin, Lisa Ann Grant, Phil Hawn, Blair Underwood, Robert Duvall, Tucker Smallwood, Bob Glouberman, Bruce Weitz, Rahi Azizi
In Theaters:May 08, 1998
Runtime:2 hours
Production:Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks, Zanuck/Brown Productions, Manhattan Project
Budget:$75,000,000
Box Office:$140,464,664
Available On:Amazon, Itunes, Netflix, Vudu
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