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.
Meteor (1979)
Directed by Ronald Neame
Genres - Action-Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller |
Sub-Genres - Disaster Film |
Release Date - Oct 19, 1979 |
Run Time - 108 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
MPAA Rating - PG
Description by Wikipedia
Movie Info
Budget
$16,000,000
Box Office
$8,400,000
Themes
Tags
Avalanche, Cold War, Collision, Course, Dark, Disaster, Edmund, Hong Kong, Icarus, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Nasa, New York City, North, Russian, Space/Aliens, Technicolor, Tidal Wave, United Nations
Attributes
Narrative Location: New York City
Subject: Cold War
Subject: Cold War
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Meteor
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