Meteor (1979)
It's five miles wide... it's coming at 30,000 m.p.h... there's no place on Earth to hide!
After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it will hit it will cause a incredible catastrophe which will probably extinguish mankind. To stop the meteor NASA wants to use the illegal nuclear weapon satellite "Hercules" but discovers soon that it doesn't have enough fire power. Their only chance to save the world is to join forces with the USSR who have also launched such an illegal satellite. But will both governments agree?
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- $16M
- Box office
- $12.6M
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Sean ConneryPaul Bradley
Natalie WoodTatiana Donskaya
Karl MaldenHarry Sherwood
Henry FondaThe President
Brian KeithDr. Dubov
Martin LandauGeneral Adlon
Trevor HowardSir Michael Hughes
Richard DysartSecretary of Defense
Joseph CampanellaGeneral Easton
Bo BrundinRolf ManheimKatherine De HetreJan Watkins
James G. RichardsonAlan MarshallKeywords
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What is Meteor about?
After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it will hit it will cause a incredible catastrophe which will probably extinguish mankind. To stop the meteor NASA wants to use the illegal nuclear weapon satellite "Hercules" but discovers soon that it doesn't have enough fire power. Their only chance to save the world is to join forces with the USSR who have also launched such an illegal satellite. But will both governments agree?
How long is Meteor?
Meteor has a runtime of 107 minutes.