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Meteor

1979 · 107 min

A slow-building, talky disaster film that mixes Cold War tension with earnest scientific problem-solving and occasional bursts of destruction.

Directed by
Ronald Neame
Genres
Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Tagline
It's five miles wide... it's coming at 30,000 m.p.h... there's no place on Earth to hide!
Overview
After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it hits, it will cause an incredible catastrophe that 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 firepower. Their only chance to save the world is to join forces with the USSR, which has also launched such an illegal satellite. But will both governments agree?

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Directed by
Ronald Neame
Genres
Science fiction, Thriller, Action
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • politics
  • war
  • colonialism
  • technology
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • space
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror2
Humour2
Realism6
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
science fiction, thriller, action
Directed by
Ronald Neame
Written by
Edmund H. North, Stanley Mann
Starring
Sean Connery, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Martin Landau, Trevor Howard, Richard Dysart, Henry Fonda
Music
Laurence Rosenthal
Cinematography
Paul Lohmann
Runtime
107 min
Country
United States of America, Hong Kong
Languages
English, French, Russian

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