Meteor | Hitchens Virtual Theatre

Outer space can hardly contain all the stars who round out the extraordinary cast in this spellbinding thriller about a five-mile-wide meteor on a catastrophic collision course with earth. Natalie Wood and Oscar? winners Sean Connery, Karl Malden, Martin Landau and Henry Fonda shine in this "thoroughly engrossing" ('The Hollywood Reporter'), sci-fi special effects spectacular that rockets across the screen like a speeding comet.

A brilliant scientist, Dr. Paul Bradley (Connery) is summoned to Washington by NASA chief Harold Sherwood (Malden), who informs him that a huge meteor will smash into earth in six days. The only chance to destroy the meteor is to work with the Soviets, revealing to them top secrets. But as the clock is ticking, fragments of the meteor split off and come crasing to earth, causing enormous damage. And as avalanches and tidal waves take a devastating toll, Bradley works aginst all odds to eliminate the greatest threat the world has ever known.

Production Year:

1979

Released:

Tue, 02/29/2000

Run Time Minutes:

107

Rating:

Genres:

Science-Fiction

Genres:

Drama

Genres:

Suspense/Thriller

Trailer:

Format Aspect Ratio:

2.35-Super Wide Screen

Resolution:

480x720 LowRez

More Information:

HD-2

Audio Language:

English

Audio Format:

Dolby Digital

Audio Channels:

Mono

Actors:

Sean Connery - Paul Bradley

Actors:

Natalie Wood - Tatiana Donskaya

Actors:

Karl Malden - Harry Sherwood

Actors:

Brian Keith - Dr. Dubov

Actors:

Martin Landau - General Adlon

Actors:

Trevor Howard - Sir Michael Hughes

Actors:

Richard Dysart - Secretary of Defense

Actors:

Henry Fonda - The President

Actors:

Joseph Campanella - General Easton

Actors:

Bo Brundin - Rolf Manheim

Actors:

Katherine De Hetre - Jan Watkins

Actors:

James G. Richardson - Alan Marshall

Actors:

Roger Robinson - Bill Hunter

Actors:

Michael Zaslow - Sam Mason

Actors:

John McKinney - Peter Watson

Actors:

John Findlater - Astronaut Tom Easton

Actors:

Paul Tulley - Astronaut Bill Frager

Actors:

Allen Williams - Astronaut Michael McKendrick

Actors:

Bibi Besch - Helen Bradley

Actors:

Gregory Gaye - Russian Premier

Actors:

Clyde Kusatsu - Yamashiro

Actors:

Burke Byrnes - Coast Guard Officer

Actors:

Joe Medalis - Bartender

Actors:

Charles Bartlett - Guard

Actors:

Raymond O'Keefe - Guard

Actors:

Henry Olek - Army Translator

Actors:

Peter Bourne - U.N. President

Actors:

Stanley Mann - Canadian Representative

Actors:

Ronald Neame - British Representative

Actors:

Philip Sterling - Russian Representative

Actors:

Arthur Adams - Ghana Representative

Actors:

Fred Carney - United States Representative

Actors:

Sybil Danning - Girl Skier

Actors:

Meschino Paterlini - Boy Skier

Actors:

Jon Yune - Siberian Man

Actors:

Eileen Saki - Siberian Woman

Actors:

Chris Baur - Communications Center Technician

Actors:

Paul Camen - Communications Center Technician

Actors:

Dorothy Catching - Communications Center Technician

Actors:

Bill Couch - Communications Center Technician

Actors:

William Darr - Communications Center Technician

Actors:

Joan Foley - Communications Center Technician

Actors:

Paul Laurence - Communications Center Technician

Actors:

Johnny Moio - Communications Center Technician

Actors:

Reed Morgan - Communications Center Technician

Actors:

Conrad Palmisano - Communications Center Technician

Actors:

Tony Rocco - Communications Center Technician

Actors:

Jesse Wayne - Communications Center Technician

Actors:

Carole Hemingway - Sherwood's Secretary

Actors:

Clete Roberts - Network Newscaster

Actors:

Stu Nahan - Football Announcer

Actors:

Osman Ragheb - Swiss TV Newscaster

Actors:

Yu Wing - Chinese Fisherman

Actors:

Yau Tsui Ling - Chinese Fisherman's Wife

Actors:

Rick Slaven - Canteen Worker

Actors:

James Bacon - News Reporter

Actors:

Yani Begakis - News Reporter

Actors:

Selma Archerd - Woman in Subway

Actors:

Domingo Ambriz - Boy with Radio

Actors:

Peter Donat - Opening Sequence Narrator