Summary
Michael Bay (The Rock) 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 (Con Air), and Gale Anne Hurd (The Relic, The Abyss). ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
Additional Information
| Subjects |
Asteroids
-- Collisions with Earth
-- Drama.
Petroleum workers -- Drama. Oil well drilling -- Drama. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Publisher | Burbank, Calif. :Touchstone Home Video :1999 Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, |
| Edition | Widescreen format. |
| Contributors |
Willis, Bruce,
1955- Thornton, Billy Bob. Tyler, Liv. Affleck, Ben, 1972- Patton, Will. Stormare, Peter. David, Keith. Wilson, Owen, 1968- Fichtner, William. Buscemi, Steve, 1957- Bay, Michael, 1964- Bruckheimer, Jerry. Hurd, Gale Anne. Gilroy, Tony. Salerno, Shane. Pool, Robert Roy. Hensleigh, Jonathan. Abrams, J. J. (Jeffrey Jacob), 1966- Touchstone Home Video (Firm) Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm) Touchstone Pictures. Valhalla Motion Pictures. |
| Participants/Performers |
Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck, Will Patton, Peter Stormare, Keith David, Owen Wilson, William Fichtner, Steve Buscemi. |
| Other Contributors |
Music by Trevor Rabin ; edited by Mark Goldblatt, Chris Lebenzon, and Glen Scantlebury ; director of photography, John Schwartzman. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13. |
| Language |
English French Soundtrack in English or French; subtitles in English. Closed-captioned. |
| Notes |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1998. Special features: Teaser; Theatrical trailer; Aerosmith music video; Sony music spot; Additional titles. |
| System Details |
DVD; stereo., 5.1 surround; region 1. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 151 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert. |
| ISBN | 1558909001 |
| Other | Classic View |