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Meteor
Release Date: October 19, 1979
Year | : | 1979 |
Slogan | : | «There's No Place On Earth To Hide!» |
Genres | : | Action, Thriller, Adventure, Science Fiction |
Production Companies | : | Palladium, American International Pictures, Meteor Joint Venture |
Director | : | Ronald Neame |
Producers | : | Gabriel Katzka, Run Run Shaw, Samuel Z. Arkoff, Theodore R. Parvin, Bill Ewing, Sandy Howard, Arnold H. Orgolini |
Writers | : | Edmund H. North, Edmund H. North, Stanley Mann |
RunTime | : | 107 mins. |
Budget | : | 16000000 |
Revenue | : | 12600000 |
After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it will hit it will cause a incredible catastrophe which will probably extinguish mankind. To stop the meteor NASA wants to use the illegal nuclear weapon satellite "Hercules" but discovers soon that it doesn't have enough fire power. Their only chance to save the world is to join forces with the USSR who have also launched such an illegal satellite. But will both governments agree?
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