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Deep Impact
Release Date	May 8, 1998
Genre	Disaster film
Director	Mimi Leder
Screenwriter	Bruce Joel Rubin Michael Tolkin
Stars	Robert Duvall Téa Leoni Elijah Wood Vanessa Redgrave Vanessa Redgrave Maximilian Schell Leelee Sobieski James Cromwell
Studio	Paramount Pictures DreamWorks SKG

Deep Impact is a 1998 Disaster film directed by Mimi Leder and written by Bruce Joel Rubin and Michael Tolkin.

Premise

A young amateur astronomer (Elijah Wood) identifies an object in the sky that is later recognized as a comet headed for Earth. As in the popular movie Armageddon released the same year, an attempt is made to destroy the object before it collides with the planet. Unlike Armageddon, the attempt is ultimately unsuccessful and people on Earth must prepare for their fate. Special caves are built in the United States and a lottery is drawn to randomly select 800,000 American citizens, as well as 200,000 scientists, soldiers and officials to be saved.

Cast

• Robert Duvall as Capt. Spurgeon 'Fish' Tanner
• Téa Leoni as Jenny Lerner
• Elijah Wood as Leo Beiderman
• Vanessa Redgrave as Robin Lerner
• Morgan Freeman as President Tom Beck
• Maximilian Schell as Jason Lerner
• James Cromwell as Alan Rittenhouse
• Ron Eldard as Dr. Oren Monash
• Jon Favreau as Dr. Gus Partenza
• Laura Innes as Beth Stanley
• Mary McCormack as Andrea 'Andy' Baker
• Richard Schiff as Don Beiderman
• Leelee Sobieski as Sarah Hotchner
• Blair Underwood as Mark Simon
• Dougray Scott as Eric Vennekor

External Links

Deep Impact at IMDB