A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian crew into space to destroy the comet before impact. Meanwhile, an enterprising reporter uses her smarts to uncover the scoop of the century.
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Robert Duvall | Capt. Spurgeon 'Fish' Tanner |
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Téa Leoni | Jenny Lerner |
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Elijah Wood | Leo Biederman |
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Vanessa Redgrave | Robin Lerner |
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Morgan Freeman | President Tom Beck |
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Maximilian Schell | Jason Lerner |
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Leelee Sobieski | Sarah Hotchner |
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James Cromwell | Alan Rittenhouse |
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Jon Favreau | Gus Partenza |
| Laura Innes | Beth Stanley | |
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Mary McCormack | Andrea Baker |
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Richard Schiff | Don Biederman |
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Blair Underwood | Mark Simon |
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Charles Martin Smith | Dr. Marcus Wolf (uncredited) |
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Una Damon | Marianne Duclos |
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Dougray Scott | Eric Vennekor |
Camera |
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| Dietrich Lohmann | Director of Photography |
Directing |
| Mimi Leder | Director |
Editing |
| Paul Cichocki | Editor |
| David Rosenbloom | Editor |
Production |
| Joan Bradshaw | Executive Producer |
| David Brown | Producer |
| Walter F. Parkes | Executive Producer |
| Steven Spielberg | Executive Producer |
| Richard D. Zanuck | Producer |
Sound |
| James Horner | Original Music Composer |
Writing |
| Bruce Joel Rubin | Screenplay |
| Michael Tolkin | Screenplay |