Meteor (movie)
- User score: 5.1
- Production country: United States of America
- Producer: Ronald Neame
- Production companies: American International Pictures, Meteor Joint Venture, Palladium Productions
- Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller, Action
- Budget: $16,000,000
- Revenue: $12,600,000
- Release date: 10/19/1979
- Run time: 107 min.
Movie description
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?
