Deep Impact

1998
12
2h

IMDb RATING

6.3/10

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Disaster Space Sci-Fi Action Drama Sci-Fi Thriller

A comet is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. As doomsday nears, the human race prepares for the worst.A comet is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. As doomsday nears, the human race prepares for the worst.A comet is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. As doomsday nears, the human race prepares for the worst.

Director
- Mimi Leder
Writers
- Bruce Joel Rubin
- Michael Tolkin
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

196K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

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Director
- Mimi Leder
Writers
- Bruce Joel Rubin
- Michael Tolkin
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 5 wins & 14 nominations total

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Trivia
A line was edited in the President's press conference scene. President Beck stated "Life will go on, we will prevail." Originally, President Beck said "Life will go on, we will prevail. This is not Armageddon." The producers later realized that the movie was going to be in box-office competition with the movie Armageddon (1998).

Goofs
The comet is depicted as nearly white when in reality comets are among the darkest objects in the Solar System, normally reflecting about 3% of the light that hits them (in comparison, Earth reflects about 39%). The movie producers were aware of this fact, but special effects technology of the time made it extremely difficult to depict a black object against black space.

Quotes
Alan Rittenhouse: I know you're just a reporter, but you used to be a person, right?

Crazy credits
The opening DreamWorks logo ends with the clouds in the logo fading away to show the stars in space in the background, and the title words DEEP IMPACT are filled with a view of the Earth.

Connections
Edited into Meine Schwester Maria (2002)

Soundtracks
La Bohème
Written by Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Giacosa, and Luigi Illica (as Luigi Illicia)
Performed by Mario Serini and Nicolai Gedda

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Featured review

7/10

Very moving.

I found Deep Impact to be a very good "study" on how we has humans, may react to an E.L.E. (see this movie for details on that.) The special effects were good, but the best thing about this movie was the focus on the characters. This wasn't loud and stupid as "that other asteroid movie." This film will entertain you and mostly, touch your heart. You actually feel the doom that is about to reach these people, and to me, that is good film making.

About the only thing I could pick on would be the performance of Téa Leoni. To me, she was never convincing. She seemed down and depressed all of the time, even when she was doing the news. Very odd performance.

I give this film a B+