🎬 Science Fiction, Thriller, Action

Meteor

"It's five miles wide... it's coming at 30,000 m.p.h... there's no place on Earth to hide!"

⭐ 5.2/10 1979 1h 47m Dir. Ronald Neame

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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 which 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 who have also launched such an illegal satellite. But will both governments agree?

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5.2/10 170 votes

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Year
1979
Runtime
1h 47m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 5.2/10
Votes
170
Genre
Science Fiction, Thriller, Action
Director
Language
EN
Budget
$16.0M

Cast

🎭 Science Fiction 🎭 Thriller 🎭 Action 🎬 Ronald Neame 👤 Sean Connery 👤 Natalie Wood 👤 Karl Malden
new york city france nasa meteor disaster hong kong destruction united nations world trade center avalanche flood tidal wave

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Questions about Meteor

Meteor has a runtime of 1h 47m (1 hour and 47 minutes).
Meteor was directed by Ronald Neame and released in 1979.
Meteor is a Science Fiction, Thriller, Action film (1979).
The cast of Meteor includes Sean Connery, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Martin Landau.
Meteor has a TMDB rating of 5.2/10 based on 170 votes.

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