Movie
Asteroid
Overview
With the discovery of an incoming asteroid, the government of America formulate a plan to destroy it. When the plan fails, all the world can do is wait. The main impact zone is revealed to be Dallas, Texas. Generally, the plot follows the lives and reactions of several characters: an astronomer, her father, her son, two firefighters from Kansas, two young doctors in Dallas and the heads of the government agency in charge of the situation.
Details
- Release date
- 1997-02-16
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Genres
- Action, Science Fiction, Thriller, TV Movie
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Davis Entertainment, NBC
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Michael Biehn as FEMA Director Jack Wallach
- Annabella Sciorra as Dr. Lily McKee
- Zachary Charles as Elliot McKee
- Don Franklin as Ben Dodd
- Carlos Gómez as Adam Marquez
- Michael Weatherly as Dr. Matthew Rogers
- Jensen Daggett as Dr. Valerie Brennan
- Anne-Marie Johnson as Karen Dodd
- Frank McRae as Lloyd Morgan
- Denis Arndt as President
- Anthony Zerbe as Dr. Charles Napier
- Christopher Murphy as A.J.
Crew
- Bradford May - Director
- Robbyn Burger - Writer
- Scott Sturgeon - Writer
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