Meteor 1979

Name: Meteor
Released: 1979-10-19
Cast: Sean Connery, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Martin Landau

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 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?

Directed by:	Ronald Neame
Written by:	Edmund H. North & Stanley Mann
Release date:	1979-10-19
Runtime:	107 minutes
Critics score:	5 / 100
Tagline:	It's five miles wide... it's coming at 30,000 m.p.h... there's no place on Earth to hide!