Deep Impact

Deep Impact

(1998)

Tagline

Heaven and Earth are about to collide.

Starring

Robert Duvall Téa Leoni Elijah Wood Vanessa Redgrave Morgan Freeman

Director

Mimi Leder

Genre

Drama Action Thriller Science Fiction Romance Disaster

Running Time

120 minutes

Deep Impact

Overview

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.

Released

15 May 1998

Budget

£75,000,000

Revenue

£0

Language

English Russian

Studio

Paramount Pictures DreamWorks Zanuck/Brown Productions Manhattan Project

Country of Origin

United States of America

Cast

Robert Duvall...Capt. Spurgeon 'Fish' Tanner
Téa Leoni...Jenny Lerner
Elijah Wood...Leo Biederman
Vanessa Redgrave...Robin Lerner
Morgan Freeman...President Tom Beck
Maximilian Schell...Jason Lerner
Leelee Sobieski...Sarah Hotchner
James Cromwell...Alan Rittenhouse
Jon Favreau...Gus Partenza
Laura Innes...Beth Stanley
Mary McCormack...Andrea Baker
Richard Schiff...Don Biederman
Blair Underwood...Mark Simon
Charles Martin Smith...Dr. Marcus Wolf (uncredited)
Una Damon...Marianne Duclos
Dougray Scott...Eric Vennekor

Crew

Mimi Leder...Director
Bruce Joel Rubin...Screenplay
Michael Tolkin...Screenplay
Joan Bradshaw...Executive Producer
David Brown...Producer
Walter F. Parkes...Executive Producer
Steven Spielberg...Executive Producer
Richard D. Zanuck...Producer
James Horner...Original Music Composer
Dietrich Lohmann...Director of Photography
Paul Cichocki...Editor
David Rosenbloom...Editor