Meteor

"It's five miles wide... it's coming at 30,000 m.p.h... there's no place on Earth to hide!"

Oct 19 1979 PG 1h 48m
Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it hits it will cause an incredible catastrophe which will probably extinguish mankind. To stop the meteor NASA wants to use the illegal nuclear weapon satellite "Hercules" but discovers soon that it doesn't have enough firepower. Their only chance to save the world is to join forces with the USSR who have also launched such an illegal satellite. But will both governments agree?

Plot

After a collision with a comet, a nearly five mile (eight kilometer) wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading toward Earth. If it hits, it will cause an incredible catastrophe which will probably extinguish mankind. To stop the meteor, N.A.S.A. wants to use the illegal nuclear weapon satellite "Hercules", but soon discovers that it doesn't have enough firepower. Their only chance to save the world is to join forces with the U.S.S.R., which has also launched such an illegal satellite. But will both governments agree?

Written by

Stanley Mann, Edmund H. North

Directed by

Ronald Neame

Cast

Sean Connery, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Palladium, Meteor Joint Venture, American International Pictures

Languages

English, Français

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total

Trailers
METEOR (Sir Run Run Shaw; 1979)
Meteor (1979) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]
METEOR Original Trailer [1979] 4K
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