Meteor
(1979)
Regisseur:
Ronald NeameSchauspieler:
Sean Connery, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Martin Landau, Trevor Howard, Richard Dysart, Henry Fonda, Joseph Campanella, Bo Brundin, Katherine De Hetre, James G. Richardson, Roger Robinson, Michael Zaslow, John Findlater, Paul TulleyAls die NASA feststellen muss, dass der Untergang der Menschheit in Form eines gewaltigen, auf die Erde zurasenden Meteors bevorsteht, wendet man sich an den Wissenschaftler Bradley. Dessen zur Meteoritenabwehr gedachter Killersatellit, zwischenzeitlich zur Bedrohung Russlands mit Atomraketen zweckentfremdet, soll nun wieder seiner eigentlichen Bestimmung dienen. Da die Feuerkraft des Satelliten jedoch nicht ausreichend ist, sehen sich die Amerikaner gezwungen, sich mit den Russen zu verbünden und gemeinsam mit deren Killersatellit die Bedrohung unter Beschuss zu nehmen.
Knapp zwanzig Jahre vor "Armageddon" und "Deep Impact" entstandener Katastrophenfilm über einen die Erde bedrohenden Meteoriten vom Genrespezialisten Ronald Neame ("Poseidon Inferno").
After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it will hit it will cause a 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 fire power. 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?
After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it will hit it will cause a 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 fire power. 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?