Meteor

Meteor

5.2 1979 | 107 min

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

Budget

$16,000,000

Revenue

$12,600,000

Released

October 19, 1979

Popularity

2.1

PRODUCTION COMPANIES
American International Pictures
American International Pictures
Meteor Joint Venture
Meteor Joint Venture
Palladium Productions
Palladium Productions
COUNTRY & LANGUAGE

Production Countries:

United States of America

Spoken Languages:

French English Russian
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