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Deep Impact

1998 Film Synopsis & Plot Summary

6.2/10

Rating

121 min

Runtime

1998

Release Year

Mimi Leder

Director

Cast

Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Elijah Wood, Vanessa Redgrave, Morgan Freeman

Quick Synopsis

A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian crew into space to destroy the comet before impact. Meanwhile, an enterprising reporter uses her smarts to uncover the scoop of the century.

Full Plot Summary of Deep Impact

A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian crew into space to destroy the comet before impact. Meanwhile, an enterprising reporter uses her smarts to uncover the scoop of the century.

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