Deep Impact

Genre: Sci-Fi

Worldwide gross$349M

Journalist Jenny Lerner is assigned to look into the background of Secretary Alan Rittenhouse who abruptly resigned from government citing his wife's ill health. She learns from his secretary that Rittenhouse was having an affair with someone named Ellie but when she confronts him, his strange reaction leads her to reconsider her story. In fact, a comet, discovered the previous year by high school student Leo Biederman and astronomer Dr. Marcus Wolf, is on a collision course with the Earth, an Extinction Level Event. A joint US-Russian team is sent to destroy the comet but should it fail, special measures are to be put in place to secure the future of mankind. As the space mission progresses, many individuals deal with their fears and ponder their future.

🏆 5 wins & 14 nominations total

Genres

Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Director

Mimi Leder

Cast

Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Elijah Wood

Released

8 May 1998

Runtime

2h

Certificate

PG-13

IMDb rating

6.3 / 10

Votes

199,379

Metascore

40

Rotten Tomatoes

45%

Box office

$140,464,664

Budget

$75,000,000

Edition

Base