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Release Date
• USA: May 8, 1998
DVD Release Date
• R1: Dec 15, 1998
• R2: 27 Nov 2000
Budget $75,000,000
MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for intense disaster related elements and brief language.
Running Time
2 hours, 0 minutes
Country USA
Studio DreamWorks, Paramount, Zanuck Company
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Other Titles
• Deep Impact (1998)
• Impact (1997)
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Disaster, Space, Epic, Military, Suspense
Tagline: Heaven and Earth are about to collide.
Plot: 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).
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Mimi Leder
Pay It Forward, The Peacemaker, John Doe |
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Robert Duvall
The Godfather, The Godfather: Part II, Apocalypse Now |
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Jurassic Park III, Bad Boys, The Family Man |
 | Elijah Wood
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
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