Michael Bay directed this $150
million science fiction action thriller about an asteroid on a collision
course with Earth, sending fireballs down on Manhattan, prompting a plan to
split the asteroid into two sections before it arrives and causes human
extinction. NASA executive director Dan Truman (Billy Bob Thornton) brings
in the world's number-one oil driller, Harry S. Stamper (Bruce Willis), who
assembles his team that is trained for the task. The group includes top crew
hand A.J. Frost (Ben Affleck), who is involved in a relationship with
Stamper's daughter Grace (Liv Tyler). With only days remaining, two shuttles
head into space to drill 800 feet into the asteroid and nuke the rock. Back
on Earth, as mini-asteroids pelt Paris and Shanghai, humanity hopes and
prays for a successful mission.| Bruce Willis | Harry S. Stamper |
| Billy Bob Thornton | Dan Truman |
| Liv Tyler | Grace Stamper |
| Ben Affleck | A.J. Frost |
| Will Patton | Charles (Chick) Chapple |
| Peter Stormare | Lev Andropov |
| Keith David | Gen. Kimsey |
| Steve Buscemi | Rockhound |
| Owen Wilson | Oscar Choi |
| William Fichtner | Col. William Sharp |
| Jessica Steen | Co-Pilot Jennifer Watts |
| Jason Isaacs | Ronald Quincy |
| Ken Campbell | Max Lennert |
| Grayson McCouch | Gruber |
| Clark Heathcliffe Brolly | Freddy Noonan |
| Marshall Teague | Colonel Davis |
| Chris Ellis | Walter Clark |
| Eddie Griffin | Little Guy |
| Michael Clarke Duncan | Jayotis (Bear) Kurleenbear |
| John Mahon | Karl |
| Grace Zabriskie | Dottie |
| Udo Kier | Psychologist |
| Seiko Matsuda | Asian Tourist (Female) |
| Lawrence Tierney | Hollis Vernon (Grap) Stamper |
| Charlton Heston | Narrator [Voice] |
| Anthony Guidera | Tucker, Shuttle Independence Co-Pilot |
| Ellen Cleghorne | Helga (the Nurse) |
Genre/Type - Action, Sci-Fi Action, Sci-Fi Disaster Film
Produced by - Touchstone Pictures / Valhalla Motion Pictures
Release - Jul 1, 1998 (USA)
Released by - Buena Vista
Running time - 150 min.
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