Deep Impact
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Deep Impact

Oceans rise. Cities fall. Hope survives.

6.2 / 10 1998 2h 1mPG-13 English
ActionDramaScience Fiction

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Robert Duvall

Robert Duvall

Capt. Spurgeon 'Fish' Tanner

Lead
Téa Leoni

Téa Leoni

Jenny Lerner

Elijah Wood

Elijah Wood

Leo Biederman

Vanessa Redgrave

Vanessa Redgrave

Robin Lerner

Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman

President Tom Beck

Maximilian Schell

Maximilian Schell

Jason Lerner

James Cromwell

James Cromwell

Alan Rittenhouse

Ron Eldard

Ron Eldard

Oren Monash

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Mimi Leder's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Deep Impact is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker