A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian crew into space to destroy the comet before impact. Meanwhile, an enterprising reporter uses her smarts to uncover the scoop of the century.
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Release date1998-05-08
Runtime121 min
GenresAction, Drama, Science Fiction
DirectorMimi Leder
CastRobert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Elijah Wood, Vanessa Redgrave, Morgan Freeman, Maximilian Schell, James Cromwell, Ron Eldard
ProductionParamount Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, The Zanuck/Brown Company