Meteor (1979)
- Directed by
- Ronald Neame
- Genre
- drama film, action film, adventure film, science fiction film, disaster film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 5.2 of 10 from 173 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Scientists discover a large asteroid is going to hit Earth. They struggle to get Cold War rivals to work together to stop it.
tensedateddramaticlogistics-heavyseriousdireunderstatedcold-war era
What happens
Meteor is a 1979 American science fiction disaster film directed by Ronald Neame and starring Sean Connery and Natalie Wood. The film's premise, which follows a group of scientists struggling with Cold War politics after an asteroid is detected to be on a collision course with Earth, was inspired by a 1967 MIT report, Project Icarus. The screenplay was written by Oscar winner Edmund H. North and Stanley Mann. The international cast also includes Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Martin Landau, Trevor Howard, Joseph Campanella, Richard Dysart and Henry Fonda. The film was a box-office bomb and was panned by critics, but was nonetheless nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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