Du feu dans le ciel

Original title: A Fire in the Sky

TV Movie
1978
3h

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Astronomers discover a comet that they believe will crash into Phoenix, Arizona. They attempt to warn officials, but no one believes them.Astronomers discover a comet that they believe will crash into Phoenix, Arizona. They attempt to warn officials, but no one believes them.Astronomers discover a comet that they believe will crash into Phoenix, Arizona. They attempt to warn officials, but no one believes them.

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5.9/10

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Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
- 2 nominations total

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Featured review

Classic trash

Spawned from the disaster move craze of the 70's, with all the production and artistic values one would expect from a network dramatic production. So horrible I can never take my eyes off the screen.

Having grown up in Phoenix, the destruction scenes -- including a hilarious shot of the Hyatt rotating restaurant spinning off like a Frisbee -- are my particular favorite.

antc
Jan 17, 2001
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Trivia
The TV station in the movie, KTAR-TV, is the real life NBC affiliate for Phoenix, now known as KPNX.

Goofs
In the scenes from the control room for the rocket that will carry the nuclear warheads to the comet, a computer screen is shown with a graphic of what is presumably the rocket. Actually, the graphic on the screen is a distillation column connected to two kettle reboilers, commonly seen in control rooms for chemical processing plants.

Quotes
Ann Webster: My husband, my son and four other boys are out in the desert camping somewhere. They have no idea what's going on here. Look at me! Please. I've been to every other agency in the city for help. All I've gotten is the runaround. Now I want to know EXACTLY what you're going to do to find them!
Wayne Lustus: Nothing.
Ann Webster: What do you mean?
Wayne Lustus: What I mean is I only have so much time and so much manpower, and I cannot afford the luxury of chasing around for...
Ann Webster: THEY"RE CHILDREN!
Wayne Lustus: Five children. Only five. I've got a whole city to worry about.

Alternate versions
In the movie's premiere telecast, the sequence showing the impact and results lasted 4 minutes. In subsequent airings, the sequence was shortened to 2 minutes.