Deep Impact

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Elijah Wood and Leelee Sobieski in Deep Impact (1998)

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Disaster Space Sci-Fi Action Drama Sci-Fi Thriller

A comet is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. As doomsday nears, the human race prepares for the worst.A comet is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. As doomsday nears, the human race prepares for the worst.A comet is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. As doomsday nears, the human race prepares for the worst.

Director
- Mimi Leder
Writers
- Bruce Joel Rubin
- Michael Tolkin
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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

195K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

1,001

Director
- Mimi Leder
Writers
- Bruce Joel Rubin
- Michael Tolkin
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 5 wins & 14 nominations total

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Trivia
A line was edited in the President's press conference scene. President Beck stated "Life will go on, we will prevail." Originally, President Beck said "Life will go on, we will prevail. This is not Armageddon." The producers later realized that the movie was going to be in box-office competition with the movie Armageddon (1998).

Goofs
The comet is depicted as nearly white when in reality comets are among the darkest objects in the Solar System, normally reflecting about 3% of the light that hits them (in comparison, Earth reflects about 39%). The movie producers were aware of this fact, but special effects technology of the time made it extremely difficult to depict a black object against black space.

Quotes
Alan Rittenhouse: I know you're just a reporter, but you used to be a person, right?

Crazy credits
The opening DreamWorks logo ends with the clouds in the logo fading away to show the stars in space in the background, and the title words DEEP IMPACT are filled with a view of the Earth.

Connections
Edited into Meine Schwester Maria (2002)

Soundtracks
La Bohème
Written by Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Giacosa, and Luigi Illica (as Luigi Illicia)
Performed by Mario Serini and Nicolai Gedda

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Featured review

7/10

It Got a Bad Rap

I think a lot of viewers wanted to compare this movie to Armageddon, especially since they were released so closely together. However, while the main storyline is similar, that's were the similarities end. Just because Deep Impact didn't have everything going "BOOM" like Armageddon did, doesn't make it a boring movie. I was caught up in the narrative, the characters and the "heart" in this movie. There was substance in the storytelling. Duvall excels in leading a group of young, hotshot astronauts into space.