After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas will impact Earth in less than a month, NASA recruits a misfit team of deep-core drillers to save the planet.After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas will impact Earth in less than a month, NASA recruits a misfit team of deep-core drillers to save the planet.After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas will impact Earth in less than a month, NASA recruits a misfit team of deep-core drillers to save the planet.
- Nominated for 4 Oscars
- 15 wins & 40 nominations total
Ken Hudson Campbell
- Max
- (as Ken Campbell)
Clark Heathcliff Brolly
- Noonan
- (as Clark Brolly)
Marshall R. Teague
- Colonel Davis
- (as Marshall Teague)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaNASA shows this film during their management training program. New managers are given the task of trying to spot as many errors as possible. At least 168 have been found.
- GoofsThe surviving space shuttle takes off from the asteroid horizontally, like an airliner taking off from a runway. This is absurd. There is no air to provide lift for the wings, so the shuttle, with its engines providing thrust straight back, would simply trundle along the ground like a car. It doesn't use its maneuvering jets at any time, and they are far too feeble to lift the weight of the shuttle anyway. Nor do they gimbal the main engine, which would lift the shuttle vertically on an axis through the center of the engine; they swoop gracefully into the air after a long take off. Second, they'd have to count on finding a clear length of ground on a debris strewn asteroid.
- Crazy creditsPortions of the video of Grace Stamper and A.J. Frost's wedding are shown during the final credits.
- Alternate versionsCriterion's two-DVDs version features the longer director's cut with added dialogue and footage, including a scene between Harry Stamper and his father (played by Lawrence Tierney.) A second DVD with supplemental material is included, with additional deleted scenes, outtakes and bloopers.
- SoundtracksI Don't Want to Miss a Thing
Written by Diane Warren
Performed by Aerosmith
Courtesy of Columbia Records
Featured review
One of Those Guilty Pleasures
After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas is going to impact Earth in less than a month, NASA recruits a misfit team of deep core drillers to save the planet.
The real mystery surrounding this film is how it got released by the Criterion Collection. Both this film and Michael Bay's "The Rock" received the Criterion treatment at one time. And while both are very enjoyable films, do they really belong with Criterion? I feel that by merely being released by them, there is an added importance stamped on the film.
But as far as guilty pleasures go, this is a fun and entertaining film. I could do without the romance angle, but the idea of blowing up an asteroid before it hits earth (which assumes a lot of questionable science) is just classic science fiction, here given more legitimacy and budget than ever before.
The real mystery surrounding this film is how it got released by the Criterion Collection. Both this film and Michael Bay's "The Rock" received the Criterion treatment at one time. And while both are very enjoyable films, do they really belong with Criterion? I feel that by merely being released by them, there is an added importance stamped on the film.
But as far as guilty pleasures go, this is a fun and entertaining film. I could do without the romance angle, but the idea of blowing up an asteroid before it hits earth (which assumes a lot of questionable science) is just classic science fiction, here given more legitimacy and budget than ever before.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Ngày Tận Thế
- Filming locations
- Houston, Texas, USA(Johnson Space Center, Neutral Buoyancy Lab, Historical Apollo era Flight Control Room)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $140,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $201,578,182
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $36,089,972
- Jul 5, 1998
- Gross worldwide
- $553,712,773
- Runtime2 hours 31 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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