Deep Impact

May. 08,1998      PG-13
Rating:
6.2
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian crew into space to destroy the comet before impact. Meanwhile, an enterprising reporter uses her smarts to uncover the scoop of the century.

Robert Duvall as  Capt. Spurgeon 'Fish' Tanner
Téa Leoni as  Jenny Lerner
Elijah Wood as  Leo Biederman
Vanessa Redgrave as  Robin Lerner
Morgan Freeman as  President Tom Beck
Maximilian Schell as  Jason Lerner
Leelee Sobieski as  Sarah Hotchner
James Cromwell as  Alan Rittenhouse
Jon Favreau as  Gus Partenza
Laura Innes as  Beth Stanley

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