The film was directed by mimi leder, and stars elijah wood, tea leoni, morgan freeman and robert duvall. Like the other end of the world movie that came out in 1998, deep impact has one hell of a plan to wipe out the sevenmile comet before its too late blow it up with nuclear bombs. A tidal wave of melodrama sinks deep impacts chance at being the. For the nasa mission to several comets, see deep impact spacecraft. Two students at this club are leo beiderman elijah wood and his girlfriend, sarah hotchner leelee sobieski. Deep impact was released in the same summer as a similarly themed film, armageddon, which fared better at the box office, while astronomers described deep impact as being more scientifically accurate. Deep impact is a 1998 scifidrama film disaster disaster film released by paramount pictures and dreamworks skg in the united states. Mimi leder the peacemaker directed this science fiction. This is the final film of cinematographer dietrich lohmann. A sevenmilewide space rock is hurtling toward earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. The camera slowly pans down where stargazers and amateur astronomers are gathered with telescopes. Deep impact script transcript from the screenplay andor. A recognizable cast covers up some issues in the production, and the film offers a satisfying experience. Mimi leder the peacemaker directed this sciencefiction disaster drama about the possible extinction of human life after a comet is discovered headed toward earth with the.
Mimi leder, who directed the peacemaker and gives greater gloss and personality to this film, directs with a distinct womanly touch. In the movie trailer they show the comet hitting the ocean at an almost rightangle. This movie shows deep impacts approach to comet tempel 1. It outgrossed deep impact although it fell shy of its multiple and was the highestgrossing film worldwide and domestically for 1998. The budget balloon is explained by the presence of both bay.
Previous space missions to comets, such as giotto, deep space 1, and stardust, were flyby missions. Deep impact is the name given to the space project seven years ago, and coincidentally it has the same name as a movie put out also at that time. Whats the cast from the other 1998 comet disaster movie up to these days. Deep impact will measure its composition and record what the billowing plume does to the comets atmosphere. Which in a film pro porting to be an intimate study of relationships and how mankind copes with impending doom, is nearly unforgivable. Deep impact is a 1998 scifidrama disaster movie released by paramount pictures and dreamworks skg in the united states. Notably, deep impact was released in the same summer as a similarly themed rival, armageddon, which fared better at the box office, while astronomers described deep impact as being more scientifically accurate. Deep impact, a nasa discovery mission, is the first space mission to probe beneath the surface of a comet and reveal the secrets of its interior. But the comet is not the only smallish thing about this film. This apparition proved that the single image taken by roemer in 1967 was indeed comet 9ptempel 1. Now, its up to the president of the united states to save the world. It was released by paramount pictures in north america and by dreamworks pictures. Deep impact is a 1998 american sciencefiction disaster film directed by mimi leder, written by bruce joel rubin and michael tolkin, and starring robert duva. Deep impact was in some ways similar to the classic novel lucifers hammer, written by larry niven and jerry pournelle.
The solution to the problem was more real in deep impact and the time frame was much more believable. James horner deep impact music from the motion picture. Deep impact the seasons first comet targetsearth special effects extravaganza is spectacular enough in its cataclysmic scenes of the planet being devastated by an unstoppable fireball, but. Deep impact film wikimili, the best wikipedia reader.
A comet is discovered to be on a collision course with earth. Though it received mixed critical and audience reaction when it was released during the summer of 1998, the science fictiondisaster movie deep impact, about a large comet on a collision course with earth, was a fairly sizeable box office smash. A team of editors takes feedback from our visitors to keep trivia as up to date and as accurate as possible. It was designed to study the interior composition of the comet tempel 1 9ptempel, by releasing an impactor into the comet. Where deep impact is a story of an ensemble of typical people, armageddon is about heroes.
As america and the rest of the world prepares to meet their doom from a comet racing toward earth, the movie focuses on the reactions of several american families, including the families of the astronauts intending to blow up the comet. Deep impact is headed for comet tempel 1 and a new interactive flash feature details the historic event. However, the mission fails, splitting off a chunk of the comet, now due to land in the atlantic with the. The comet became widely observed and reached a maximum brightness of magnitude 11 during may of that year. Apr 09, 2020 whats the cast from the other 1998 comet disaster movie up to these days.
Unless a comet can be destroyed before colliding with earth, only those allowed into shelters will survive. The film was directed by mimi leder, written by bruce joel rubin and michael tolkin, and stared robert duvall, tea leoni, elijah wood, vanessa redgrave, maximilian schell, and morgan freeman. The small portion of the comet biederman crashes on the sea, as expected. I like how the film focused more on what was happening on earth rather than in the spaceship. The other movie i saw on the same day, the horse whisperer, also opened with a runaway semi, and indeed i cannot recall a single movie in which a. Finally, the deep impact script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the morgan freeman end of the world movie.
Great memorable quotes and script exchanges from the deep impact movie on. The deep impact mission was the first to eject material from a comet s surface. Deep impact the seasons first comettargetsearth special effects extravaganza is spectacular enough in its cataclysmic scenes of the planet being devastated by an unstoppable fireball, but. Deep impact all the tropes wiki fandom powered by wikia. The film depicts the attempts to prepare for and destroy a 7mile 11 km wide comet set to collide with earth and cause a mass extinction. Deep impact is an exciting disaster movie and a dramatic celebration of the traditional ties that bind families together. For a suspense drama, impact is a slack, oddly enervated and mawkish soup of largely lethargic.
In the actual movie the comet enters the atmosphere at an angle, thus letting the people watch the comet travel to across the sky into the ocean. In all, deep impact should be able to peer into the new crater for almost 15 minutes before the craft speeds away, continuing, like its cometary quarry, to orbit forever around the sun. The young astronomer leo beiderman discovers a comet. Good for younger students or comet quick fact reference deep impact interesting mission facts some fun facts about the deep impact mission. Frances fisher at an event for deep impact 1998 morgan freeman at an event for. Deep impact was released during the same summer as a similarly themed rival, armageddon, which fared better at the box office, while astronomers described deep impact as being more scientifically accurate. I know, i know, i still need to get the cast names in there and ill be eternally tweaking it, so if you have any corrections, feel free to drop me a line. Directed by mimi leder the peacemaker, the film is about a. A journalist discovers the government has secretly been preparing for over a year to send a team of astronauts to place a nuclear bomb on a comet that will wipe out all life on the. This article on the film deep impact provides a sample of the content being developed by cisci, including explanations for pupils and background information for teachers.
It was released by paramount pictures and dreamworks pictures in the united states on may. Twenty years after mimi leders film fought and lost to michael bays. Deep impact pg 2h action, drama, romance 8 may 1998 usa a comet is discovered to be on a collision course with earth. The impact excavated debris from the interior of the nucleus, forming an. Deep impact 810 movie clip the comet hits earth 1998 hd. Its odd that in the same year as bruce willis and michael bay firmly went for the popcorn crowd with armageddon, that deep impact was offered up as the thinking mans opposite side of the coin. Impact nimicitor deep impact 1998 online subtitrat. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of deep impact.
So the costly comet thriller deep impact, which is to summer movies what the first crocus is to springtime, explores the salutary effects of imminent doom. The descriptions of the comet impact are wonderful if terrifying and. Deep impact will doubtless seem the more sensitive of the two, since it emphasizes feelings over firepower whenever possible. This article is about the 1998 film involving a killer comet. Early in deep impact we learn that a comet the size of mt. Top 10 film appearances of the statue of liberty 2010 see more. Deep impact 1998 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers. Its up to a team of astronauts to stop the comet before it destroys all of humanity. The part with the wave is good, but that is about it. The emotions are as simplistically overwhelming as the asteroid the size of texas that threatens the earths future the comet in deep impact is only the size of new york city.
Deep impact is a 1998 disaster movie in which a comet is on a collision course with the earth. Dont know how this movie got pg, when they say fk twice, and in the sexual way. These missions were able to photograph and examine only the surfaces of cometary nuclei, and even then from considerable distances. Elijah wood and leelee sobieski try to get out of town in deep impact.
Deep impact begins with the obligatory opening precatastrophe, in this case a runaway semi that mows down a jeep and kills the astronomer who is bringing news of the approaching comet. Twenty years after mimi leders film fought and lost to michael bays blockbuster, its time to revisit the more cerebreal of the two 1998 asteroid disaster movies. May 08, 2018 deep impact and armageddon, 20 years later which film best stands the test of time. What the deep impact cast is doing now cinemablend. He appoints a toughasnails veteran astronaut to lead a joint americanrussian crew into space to destroy the comet before impact. Its also very clear that bay, deeply insecure about his own film, did some unscrupulous things to make sure that his film came out on top. Deep impact opens to a starry night sky in richmond, virginia. Deep impact was a nasa space probe launched from cape canaveral air force station on january 12, 2005. Among these are students and faculty of the lee high school astronomy club. Nasa on july 4, 2005, the deep impact spacecraft arrives at comet tempel 1 to impact it with a 370kg 820lbs mass. The beiderman comet fragment breaks earths atmosphere and rushes for impact. Deep impact widescreen, subtitled, dubbed, dolby on. Why deep impact couldnt top armageddon hollywood reporter. It is loosely based on a book by larry niven and jerry pournelle called lucifers hammer.
The descriptions of the comet impact are wonderful if terrifying and the aftermath is in my opinion pretty accurate. On may 8, 1998, paramount unveiled disaster film deep impact. Steven spielberg served as an executive producer of this film. Since that time the comet has been seen at every apparition. Movies dg this category is for questions and answers related to deep impact. Night of the comet deep impact is headed for comet tempel 1 and a new interactive flash feature details the historic event. Sometimes known as the other comet film, deep impact tried to ride on the hype of armageddon but didnt have either the energy or the talent to deliver the epic adventure that it promised. Deep impact is a 1998 american sciencefiction disaster film directed by mimi leder, written by. Deep impact is a tale of comets, politics, total destruction, and the increasingly poor decisions of hormonal teenage astronomer leo biederman played by a young, prehobbit elijah wood. A titanic mushroom cloud roars upward and outward from the point of impact. But while reallife science in armageddon fails miserably, you can find much more accurate science in the similarly plotted film deep impact, also released in 1998, plait said. Infobox film deep impact is a 1998 disastersciencefictiondrama film released by paramount pictures and dreamworks in the united states on may 8, 1998.
It creates a gargantuan tidal wave that is seen sweeping half. Deep impact is an american science fiction disaster film created in 1998. Back on earth, amateur astronomers will be watching. Deep impact began principal photography on june 16th, 1997. Mimi leder the peacemaker directed this sciencefiction. If you happen to have the dvd version of the film, have a look at one of the trailers. The plot describes the attempts to prepare for and destroy a comet, which is expected to collide with the. The end was interesting because the disaster wasnt totally averted so there was no cheerful hugging in the end with lame aerosmith playing over it.
It was about an attempt to stop a comet from striking the earth. An endoftheworld story that exchanges spectacle for scripted authenticity, the film is engrossing and occasionally moving. The comet on a collision course with earth in a scene from deep impact, a film directed by mimi leder. Mimi leders deep impact is a dour and measured science fiction drama. I do not recommend deep impact to anybody wanting a good disaster film. Deep impact 310 movie clip detonating the first nuke. The other movie i saw on the same day, the horse whisperer, also opened with a runaway semi, and indeed i cannot recall a single movie in which a semi on a twolane road did not careen out of control. The film was directed by mimi leder, and stars elijah wood, tea leoni, morgan freeman, and robert duvall. May 08, 1998 so the costly comet thriller deep impact, which is to summer movies what the first crocus is to springtime, explores the salutary effects of imminent doom. This book sparks a bit of controversy among fans about its quality, but i liked it quite a bit. Related sites epoxi mission the deep impact spacecraft flies by comet hartley 2. Everyone for miles can see it race out past the coastline before it plunges deep into the atlantic ocean. What would you do if you knew that in a handful of days an enormous comet would collide with earth and all humanity could be annihilated.