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Meteor (1979) [PG]

Release Date:
October 19, 1979

Original Title:
Meteor

Alternate Titles:
미티어
유성

Genres:
Action | Science Fiction | Thriller

Production Companies:
American International Pictures
Meteor Joint Venture
Palladium Productions

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12  GB: PG  US: PG 

Runtime: 107

It's five miles wide... it's coming at 30,000 m.p.h... there's no place on Earth to hide!

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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?

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Art Direction:
David A. Constable

Assistant Camera:
Ron Frantzvog

Casting Coordinator:
Bill Ewing

Costume Design:
Albert Wolsky

Director:
Ronald Neame

Director of Photography:
Paul Lohmann

Editor:
Carl Kress

Executive Producer:
Gabriel Katzka
Sandy Howard
Samuel Z. Arkoff

First Assistant Director:
Daniel McCauley

Hairstylist:
Sugar Blymyer
Lynn Del Kail

Makeup Artist:
Hallie Smith-Simmons
Edwin Butterworth
Del Armstrong

Original Music Composer:
Laurence Rosenthal

Producer:
Theodore R. Parvin
Arnold H. Orgolini
Run Run Shaw

Production Design:
Edward C. Carfagno

Screenplay:
Stanley Mann
Edmund H. North

Second Assistant Director:
D. Scott Easton
Albert M. Shapiro

Set Decoration:
Barbara Krieger

Special Effects:
Glen Robinson

Story:
Edmund H. North

Stunt Coordinator:
Roger Creed

Stunts:
Kenny Endoso
Bruce Paul Barbour
Sonny Shields
Nick Palmisano
Barbara Eaton
Marilyn Jones
Bob Bralver
Larry Duran
Martha Garza
George Robotham
Leslie Hoffman
Ted Duncan
Al Wyatt Sr.
Jack Lilley
Jesse Wayne
Len Glascow
Leah Creed

Visual Effects:
William Cruse

Visual Effects Supervisor:
Margo Anderson

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