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 |
Oil industry workers
-- United States
-- Drama.
Near-Earth objects -- Drama. Nuclear explosions -- Drama. Space flight -- Drama. Astronauts -- United States -- Drama. Action and adventure films. Science fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Feature films. |
| Publisher | Burbank, CA :Touchstone Home Entertainment :2010 Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, |
| Edition | Blu-ray ed. |
| Contributors |
Bruckheimer, Jerry.
Hurd, Gale Anne. Bay, Michael, 1964- Pool, Robert Roy. Hensleigh, Jonathan. Gilroy, Tony. Salerno, Shane. Abrams, J. J. (Jeffrey Jacob), 1966- Willis, Bruce, 1955- Thornton, Billy Bob. Tyler, Liv. Affleck, Ben, 1972- Patton, Will. Stormare, Peter. David, Keith. Buscemi, Steve, 1957- Rabin, Trevor. Touchstone Pictures. Valhalla Motion Pictures. Touchstone Home Entertainment (Firm) Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm) |
| Participants/Performers |
Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck, Will Patton, Peter Stormare, Keith David, Steve Buscemi. |
| Other Contributors |
Director of photography, John Schwartzman ; editors, Mark Goldblatt, Chris Lebenzon, Glen Scantlebury ; music, Trevor Rabin. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13; for sci-fi disaster action, sensuality and brief language ; CHV rating: PG; not recommended for young children, frightening scenes. |
| Language |
English French Spanish English (DTS-HD 5.1, Dolby 2.0), dubbed French (Dolby 5.1) or dubbed Spanish (Dolby 5.1) dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Notes |
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1998. Special features: Aerosmith's MTV Award-winning "I don't want to miss a thing" music video; theatrical trailer; teaser trailer. |
| System Details |
Blu-ray disc, regions A, B and C, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby DTS-HD Master 5.1 surround (48 kHz/24-bit), Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, 1080p High Definition; (Special features: Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo., 480i standard defintion); requires Blu-ray player. |
| Description |
1 Blu-ray Disc (approximately 151 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN | 0788874934 9780788874932 |
| Other | Classic View |