Deep Impact (1998)
Drama, Sci-fi..
Mimi Leder directed this science-fiction disaster drama about the possible extinction of human life after a comet is discovered headed toward Earth with the collision only one year away. Ambitious MSNBC reporter Jenny Lerner (Tea Leoni) stumbles onto the story, prompting a White House press conference. United States President Beck (Morgan Freeman) announces the government’s solution: a team of astronauts will travel to the comet and destroy it. The team leader aboard the spaceship Messiah is Spurgeon Tanner (Robert Duvall), who was once the last man to walk on the moon. However, the mission fails, splitting off a chunk of the comet, now due to land in the Atlantic with the impact sending a 350-foot tidal wave flooding 650 miles inland, destroying New York and other cities.
The larger part of the comet, hitting in Canada, will trigger an Extinction Level Event, not unlike a “nuclear winter” as dust clouds block out the sun and bring life to an end. President Beck reveals Plan B: a cavernous underground retreat constructed to hold one million Americans, with most to be selected through a national lottery. Since teenage amateur astronomer Leo Biederman (Elijah Wood) discovered the comet, his family gets a pass to enter the cave, but his girlfriend Sarah (Leelee Sobieski) and her parents will be left behind. Meanwhile, still in space, Spurgeon Tanner devises a plan for a kamikaze-styled operation that could possibly save the Earth.
Director: Mimi Leder
Writers: Bruce Joel Rubin, Michael Tolkin
Stars: Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Elijah Wood, Vanessa Redgrave, Morgan Freeman, Maximilian Schell, James Cromwell
►Cast:
| Robert Duvall | ► | Spurgeon Tanner |
| Téa Leoni | ► | Jenny Lerner |
| Elijah Wood | ► | Leo Biederman |
| Vanessa Redgrave | ► | Robin Lerner |
| Morgan Freeman | ► | President Beck |
| Maximilian Schell | ► | Jason Lerner |
| James Cromwell | ► | Alan Rittenhouse |
| Ron Eldard | ► | Oren Monash |
| Jon Favreau | ► | Gus Partenza |
| Laura Innes | ► | Beth Stanley |
| Mary McCormack | ► | Andrea Baker |
| Richard Schiff | ► | Don Biederman |
| Leelee Sobieski | ► | Sarah Hotchner |
| Blair Underwood | ► | Mark Simon |
| Dougray Scott | ► | Eric Vennekor |
| Gary Werntz | ► | Chuck Hotchner |
| Bruce Weitz | ► | Stuart Caley |
| Betsy Brantley | ► | Ellen Biederman |
| O’Neal Compton | ► | Morten Entrekin |
| Rya Kihlstedt | ► | Chloe |
| Aleksandr Baluev | ► | Mikhail Tulchinsky |
| Caitlin Fein | ► | Caitlin Stanley |
| Amanda Fein | ► | Caitlin Stanley |
| Joe Urla | ► | Ira Moskatel |
| Una Damon | ► | Marianne Duclos |
| Mark Moses | ► | Tim Urbanski |
| Derek de Lint | ► | Theo Van Sertema |
| Charles Dumas | ► | Jeff Worth |
| Suzy Nakamura | ► | Jenny’s Assistant |
| Alimi Ballard | ► | Bobby Rhue |
| W. Earl Brown | ► | McCloud |
| Katie Hagan | ► | Jane Biederman |
| Denise Crosby | ► | Vicky Hotchner |
| Frank Whiteman | ► | Priest |
| Jason Dohring | ► | Jason |
| Jasmine Harrison | ► | Kid |
| Rahi Azizi | ► | Student |
| Hannah Leder | ► | Holly Rittenhouse |
| Tucker Smallwood | ► | Ivan Brodsky |
| Merrin Dungey | ► | Sheila Bradley |
| Kimberly Huie | ► | Wendy Mogel |
| William Fair | ► | Grey Man |
| Francis X. McCarthy | ► | General Scott |
| Ellen Bry | ► | Stofsky |
| Lisa Ann Grant | ► | Reporter |
| Leslie Dilley | ► | Waiter |
| Concetta Tomei | ► | Patricia Ruiz |
| Mike O’Malley | ► | Mike Perry |
| Kurtwood Smith | ► | Otis Hefter |
| Gerry Griffin | ► | NASA Official |
| Charlie Hartsock | ► | David Baker |
| Jennifer Jostyn | ► | Mariette Monash |
| Don Handfield | ► | Dwight Tanner |
| Jason Frasca | ► | Steve Tanner |
| Cynthia Ettinger | ► | Pretty Woman |
| Benjamin Stralka | ► | Little Boy |
| Stephanie Patton | ► | Brittany Baker |
| Michael Winters | ► | NASA Guy |
| John Ducey | ► | Young Lieutenant |
| Christopher Darga | ► | Section Leader |
| Joshua Colwell | ► | CAPCOM |
| Cornelius Lewis | ► | Bus Sergeant |
| Kevin LaRosa | ► | Pilot |
| Janette Andrade | ► | Injured Student |
| Ethan Aronoff | ► | NY Tourist |
| James E. Ash | ► | Police Officer |
| Matt Bennett | ► | Backpacker |
| Len Berdick | ► | Fleeing Pedestrian |
| Cullen G. Chambers | ► | Father |
| Charles Rahi Chun | ► | MSNBC Anchor |
| Chris Clover | ► | Guy in Car |
| Billy Driver | ► | Student |
| Michael Eskridge | ► | Ark Dweller |
| Pamela Fischer | ► | Pedestrian |
| Shannon Frank | ► | Refugee |
| Sommer Garcia | ► | Student |
| Philip M. Gardiner | ► | Flood Victim |
| Bob Glouberman | ► | Prompter Techie |
| Phil Hawn | ► | Refugee Climbing Fence |
| Arden James | ► | Refugee |
| Jason Lamey | ► | Extra |
| Jeff Lawrence | ► | Man at Press Conference |
| Renee McClellan | ► | Military Soldier |
| Paul McMichael | ► | Student |
| Robin J. Meyer | ► | Times Square Attendee |
| Jody Millard | ► | Soldier |
| George F. Miller | ► | Fleeing Pedestrian Landing Next to Guy on Bench |
| Joseph Ashton Montgomery | ► | Astronomy Club Member |
| Philip Ng | ► | Times Square Attendee |
| Renee Pezzotta | ► | Bike Messenger |
| Rachel Reedy | ► | Pedestrian |
| Mic Rodgers | ► | Secret Service Agent #1 |
| Leo Rogstad | ► | Backpacker |
| Thomas Rosales Jr. | ► | Refugee |
| Charles Martin Smith | ► | Dr. Marcus Wolf |
| Nick Stellate | ► | Cyclist |
| Tai | ► | Elephant |
| Eric Alan Wendell | ► | Fleeing Pedestrian |