Together, they've figured out how to have their cake and eat it, too. But “Deep Impact” seems to back itself into a corner, and maybe that's why the producers hired not one but two of the brightest writers in Hollywood to work on the project: Bruce Joel Rubin (“Ghost”) and Michael Tolkin (“The Player”). A volcano, a twister or a tidal wave can supply lots of terrifying special effects and still leave a lot of people standing. Most doomsday movies avoid this choice by prudently choosing less than apocalyptic events. In the first scenario you don't get the obligatory happy ending, and in the second everyone leaves feeling cheated. There would seem to be two possible outcomes: (1) The comet hits Earth, destroying it, or (2) the comet does not hit Earth, in which case humanity is spared but the audience is denied the sight of lots of special effects.
Everest” is on a collision course for Earth. Written By: Bruce Joel Rubin, Michael TolkinĮarly in “Deep Impact” we learn that a comet “the size of Mt. Genre: Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy Rating: PG-13 (For intense disaster related elements and brief language) With the film's dynamic fusion of large-scale excitement and touching, human-scale storylines, Deep Impact makes its impact felt in a big and unforgettable way. Mimi Leder (The Peacemaker) directs, guiding an all-star cast featuring Robert Duvall, Tea Leoni, Elijah Wood, Vanessa Redgrave, Maximilian Schell and Morgan Freeman. What would you do if you knew that in a handful of days an enormous comet would collide with Earth and all humanity could be annihilated? The countdown to doomsday is underway in this "gut-wrenching, eye-opening blast of a movie experience" (Jeff Craig, Sixty Second Preview). The film is written by Bruce Joel Rubin and Michael Tolkin. The executive producers are Oscar ® winner Steven Spielberg, Joan Bradshaw and Walter Parkes. Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures present "Deep Impact," a Zanuck/Brown production, directed by Mimi Leder, starring Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Elijah Wood, Vanessa Redgrave, Maximilian Schell, Leelee Sobieski and Morgan Freeman. Content is from the site's archived pages as well as from other sources.
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