Armageddon (1998)
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi.
Michael Bay directed this science fiction action thriller in the When Worlds Collide tradition. After astronomy students discover a comet-asteroid collision, an asteroid fragment “the size of the Super Dome” threatens. It’s destroyed by a secret USA defense in space, but a large chunk veers off toward Singapore. With another asteroid “the size of Texas” en route, a plan is devised to send oil drillers to land on the asteroid and drop a nuclear device down a 1000-foot shaft, a scheme calculated to crack the asteroid into two halves, saving Earth.
NASA begins a crash program to train beer-besotted oil roughnecks for the mission. During a stopover to refuel at the Mir Station, the space station is accidentally destroyed, so a Russian cosmonaut also joins the team. Produced by Bay, Jerry Bruckheimer, and Gale Anne Hurd.
Director: Michael Bay
Writers: Jonathan Hensleigh, J.J. Abrams, Tony Gilroy, Shane Salerno, Robert Roy Pool
Stars: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Will Patton, Peter Stormare, Steve Buscemi
►Cast:
| Bruce Willis | ► | Harry S. Stamper |
| Billy Bob Thornton | ► | Dan Truman |
| Ben Affleck | ► | A.J. Frost |
| Liv Tyler | ► | Grace Stamper |
| Will Patton | ► | Chick |
| Steve Buscemi | ► | Rockhound |
| William Fichtner | ► | Colonel Willie Sharp |
| Owen Wilson | ► | Oscar |
| Michael Clarke Duncan | ► | Bear |
| Peter Stormare | ► | Lev Andropov |
| Ken Hudson Campbell | ► | Max |
| Jessica Steen | ► | Co-Pilot Jennifer Watts |
| Keith David | ► | General Kimsey |
| Chris Ellis | ► | Flight Director Clark |
| Jason Isaacs | ► | Ronald Quincy |
| Grayson McCouch | ► | Gruber |
| Clark Heathcliff Brolly | ► | Noonan |
| Marshall R. Teague | ► | Colonel Davis |
| Anthony Guidera | ► | Co-Pilot Tucker |
| Greg Collins | ► | Halsey |
| J. Patrick McCormack | ► | General Boffer |
| Ian Quinn | ► | Astronaut Pete Shelby |
| Christopher J. Worret | ► | Operator #1 |
| Adam Smith | ► | Operator #2 |
| John Mahon | ► | Karl |
| Grace Zabriskie | ► | Dottie |
| K.C. Leomiti | ► | Samoan |
| Eddie Griffin | ► | Bike Messenger |
| Deborah Nishimura | ► | Client #1 |
| Albert Wong | ► | Client #2 |
| Jim Ishida | ► | Client #3 |
| Stanley Anderson | ► | President |
| James Harper | ► | Admiral Kelso |
| Ellen Cleghorne | ► | Helga the Nurse |
| Udo Kier | ► | Psychologist |
| John Aylward | ► | Dr. Banks |
| Mark Curry | ► | Stu the Cabbie |
| Seiko Matsuda | ► | Asian Tourist – Female |
| Harry Humphries | ► | Chuck Jr. |
| Dyllan Christopher | ► | Tommy |
| Judith Hoag | ► | Denise |
| Sage Allen | ► | Max’s Mom |
| Steven Ford | ► | Nuke Tech |
| Christian Clemenson | ► | Droning Guy |
| Andy Ryan | ► | Greenpeace Guy |
| Duke Valenti | ► | Roughneck #1 |
| Michael Taliferro | ► | Roughneck #2 |
| Billy Devlin | ► | Roughneck #3 |
| Kathleen Matthews | ► | Newscaster #2 |
| J.C. Hayward | ► | Newscaster #3 |
| Andrew Glassman | ► | Newscaster #4 |
| Shawnee Smith | ► | Redhead |
| Dwight Hicks | ► | FBI Agent #1 |
| Odile Corso | ► | Geo Tech #1 |
| Vic Manni | ► | Loanshark |
| Jim Maniaci | ► | Biker Customer |
| Layla Roberts | ► | Molly Mounds |
| Jack guitarist Allen | ► | Kennedy Launch |
| Bodhi Elfman | ► | Math Guy |
| Alexander Johnson | ► | Newscaster |
| Kathy Neff | ► | Reporter #1 |
| Victor Vinson | ► | Sector Director |
| Joseph Patrick Kelly | ► | Marine #1 |
| Peter White | ► | Secretary of Defense |
| Rudy Mettia | ► | G-Man |
| Frank van Keeken | ► | NASA Planner #1 |
| Frederick Weller | ► | NASA Tech |
| Jeff Austin | ► | NASA Tech |
| Googy Gress | ► | NASA Tech |
| Matt Malloy | ► | NASA Tech |
| H. Richard Greene | ► | NASA Tech |
| Brian Brophy | ► | NASA Tech |
| Peter Murnik | ► | NASA Tech |
| Brian Hayes Currie | ► | NASA Tech |
| Andrew Heckler | ► | NASA Tech |
| Andy Milder | ► | NASA Tech |
| Michael Kaplan | ► | NASA Tech |
| Patrick Richwood | ► | Dr. Nerd |
| Brian Mulligan | ► | Dr. Nerd |
| John H. Johnson | ► | Pad Director |
| Charles Stewart | ► | Vacuum Chamber Tech |
| Scarlet Forge | ► | Young Grace |
| Michael Tuck | ► | American Newscaster |
| Patrick Lander | ► | British Newscaster |
| Anne Varèze | ► | French Newscaster |
| Fritz Mashimo | ► | Japanese Newscaser |
| Dina Morrone | ► | Italian Newscaster |
| Ruben Olague | ► | Spanish Newscaster |
| Wolfgang Muser | ► | German Newscaster |
| Jim Fitzpatrick | ► | NORAD Technician |
| Franky | ► | Dog / Little Richard |
| Charlton Heston | ► | Narration by |
| Grant Baciocco | ► | Wedding Guest |
| Michael Bay | ► | NASA Scientist |
| Judi Beecher | ► | Presidential Cabinet Member |
| Aj Billions | ► | NASA Tech |
| Mark Boone Junior | ► | New Yorker |
| Le Ann Cheri’ | ► | Angry Crowd Member |
| David Crago | ► | Swat Team |
| Joe Cucinotti | ► | Soldier #1 |