Deep Impact (movie)

Deep Impact is a 1998 motion picture directed by Mimi Leder starring Téa Leoni, Morgan Freeman, Elijah Wood, Leelee Sobieski, Laura Innes, Ron Eldard, Jon Favreau, Mary McCormack, Blair Underwood, Kurtwood Smith, James Cromwell, Vanessa Redgrave, Maximilian Schell and Robert Duvall.

Plot Summary

The inter-related stories of the film describe the events which take place surrounding the discovery of a comet named "Wolf-Biederman" due to impact Earth and its subsequent approach to our planet.

A competing "space impact" film, Armageddon, was released at approximately the same time as Deep Impact; this was also during a time when two movies featuring volcanos exploding (Dante's Peak and Volcano) were released side by side. Deep Impact is generally considered to be more realistic than Armageddon, and had a stronger emphasis on the effect on society.

See also

• Impact event
• Deep Impact (space mission)

External links

• Deep Impact at the Internet Movie Database