Deep Impact (movie)

Deep Impact
Deep Impact
Directed by	Mimi Leder
Written by	Bruce Joel Rubin; Michael Tolkin
Produced by	David Brown; Richard D. Zanuck
Starring	Robert Duvall; Téa Leoni; Elijah Wood; Vanessa Redgrave; Maximilian Schell; Morgan Freeman;
Cinematography	Dietrich Lohmann
Edited by	Paul Cichocki; David Rosenbloom
Music by	James Horner
Production; companies	Paramount Pictures; DreamWorks Pictures; Amblin Entertainment; The Manhattan Project; The Zanuck Company/Brown Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures; (North America); DreamWorks Pictures; (International, through United International Pictures)
Release date	May 8, 1998;
Running time	121 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$80 million
Box office	$349.5 million

Deep Impact is a 1998 American science fiction disaster movie^[3] directed by Mimi Leder, written by Bruce Joel Rubin and Michael Tolkin, and starring Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Elijah Wood, Vanessa Redgrave, Maximilian Schell, and Morgan Freeman. Steven Spielberg was an executive producer of this movie. It was released by Paramount Pictures in North America and by DreamWorks Pictures internationally on May 8, 1998.

The movie shows the attempts to prepare for and destroy a 7-mile (11 km) wide comet set to collide with Earth and cause a mass extinction.

Deep Impact was released in the same summer as the similarly themed Armageddon, which earned more at the box office, while astronomers described Deep Impact as being more accurate.^[4]^[5]

Both movies got similar mixed reviews by movie critics, with Armageddon scoring 43% and Deep Impact scoring 45% on Rotten Tomatoes. Deep Impact did very well at the box office, earning over $349.5 million worldwide on an $80 million movie budget, becoming the sixth highest-earning movie of 1998.

References

↑ "Deep Impact". The Numbers. Nash Information Services. Archived from the original on February 14, 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
↑ "Deep Impact". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on January 1, 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
↑ Stweart, Bhob. "Deep Impact". Allmovie. RhythmOne. Archived from the original on December 19, 2013. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
↑ "Disaster Movies". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on June 12, 2004. Retrieved March 23, 2008.
↑ Plait, Phil (February 17, 2000). "Hollywood Does the Universe Wrong". Space.com. TechMedia Network. Archived from the original on October 12, 2010.

Other websites

Deep Impact on IMDb
Deep Impact at the TCM Movie Database
Deep Impact at Box Office Mojo
Deep Impact at AllMovie
Deep Impact at the American Film Institute Catalog
Deep Impact at Rotten Tomatoes

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[1] "Deep Impact". The Numbers. Nash Information Services. Archived from the original on February 14, 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2013.

[BoxOfficeMojo-2] "Deep Impact". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on January 1, 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2013.

[3] Stweart, Bhob. "Deep Impact". Allmovie. RhythmOne. Archived from the original on December 19, 2013. Retrieved August 12, 2012.

[4] "Disaster Movies". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on June 12, 2004. Retrieved March 23, 2008.

[5] Plait, Phil (February 17, 2000). "Hollywood Does the Universe Wrong". Space.com. TechMedia Network. Archived from the original on October 12, 2010.

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