Deep Impact (1998)

Regisseur:

Mimi Leder

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Bruce Joel Rubin (written by) and
Michael Tolkin (written by)

Premierendatum:

8. Mai 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Thriller

Werbezeile:

Heaven and Earth are about to collide.

Plot:

Unless a comet can be destroyed before colliding with Earth, only those allowed into shelters will survive. Which people will survive?

Plot Keywords:

Black President | Female Director | Black U.S. President | Disaster Film | End Of The World

Filmpreise:

5 wins & 7 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Very moving.

Besetzung

Robert Duvall	...	Capt. Spurgeon 'Fish' Tanner
Téa Leoni	...	Jenny Lerner
Elijah Wood	...	Leo Beiderman
Vanessa Redgrave	...	Robin Lerner
Morgan Freeman	...	President Tom Beck
Maximilian Schell	...	Jason Lerner
James Cromwell	...	Alan Rittenhouse
Ron Eldard	...	Dr. Oren Monash
Jon Favreau	...	Dr. Gus Partenza
Laura Innes	...	Beth Stanley
Mary McCormack	...	Andrea 'Andy' Baker
Richard Schiff	...	Don Beiderman
Leelee Sobieski	...	Sarah Hotchner
Blair Underwood	...	Mark Simon
Dougray Scott	...	Eric Vennekor

Alternativ:

Impact (USA) (original script title)
Deep Impact (Österreich) (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for intense disaster related elements and brief language.

Länge:

120 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #35964) | New Zealand:M | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Belgium:KT | Chile:TE | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Germany:12 (w) | Hong Kong:IIA | Mexico:A | Netherlands:12 | Norway:11 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12

Drehorte:

Ambassador Hotel - 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA

Firma:

Paramount Pictures

Dies und das:

The first cut of DEEP IMPACT had more scenes with Elijah Wood and Leelee Sobieski's characters. However, a poor sneak preview led to the time for these scenes being drastically reduced.

Pannen:

Faktische Fehler: The comet is depicted as nearly white when in reality comets are among the darkest objects in the Solar System, normally reflecting about 3% of the light that hits them (in comparison, Earth reflects about 39%). The movie producers were aware of this fact, but special effects technology of the time made it extremely difficult to depict a black object against black space.

Dialogzitate:

President Beck: Cities fall but they are rebuilt. Heroes die but they are remembered.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in "HBO First Look: The Making of 'The Day After Tomorrow' (#11.10)" (2004)

Soundtrack:

La Bohème

Very moving.

I found Deep Impact to be a very good "study" on how we has humans, may react to an E.L.E. (see this movie for details on that.) The special effects were good, but the best thing about this movie was the focus on the characters. This wasn't loud and stupid as "that other asteroid movie." This film will entertain you and mostly, touch your heart. You actually feel the doom that is about to reach these people, and to me, that is good film making.

About the only thing I could pick on would be the performance of Téa Leoni. To me, she was never convincing. She seemed down and depressed all of the time, even when she was doing the news. Very odd performance.

I give this film a B+