The read
Audiences rate it 24 points higher than critics do. Most of the 169 1970s science fiction movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
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?
Ratings
IMDb5.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes5%
Metacritic27/100
Audiences rate it 24 points higher than critics do.
181 audience votes
Key crew
- Ronald NeameDirector
- Stanley MannScreenplay
- Edmund H. NorthScreenplay
- Laurence RosenthalOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Sean ConneryPaul Bradley
- Natalie WoodTatiana Donskaya
- Karl MaldenHarry Sherwood
- Brian KeithDr. Dubov
- Martin LandauGeneral Adlon
- Trevor HowardMichael Hughes
- Richard DysartSecretary of Defense
- Henry FondaThe President
- Joseph CampanellaGeneral Easton
- Bo BrundinRolf Manheim
- Katherine De HetreJan Watkins
- James G. RichardsonAlan Marshall
Stills
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Themes
new york citynasameteordisasterdestructionunited nationsworld trade centeravalanchetranslatorfloodtidal wavedisaster movie