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Du feu dans le ciel

Original title: A Fire in the Sky
  • TV Movie
  • 1978
  • 3h
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
721
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Du feu dans le ciel (1978)
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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.

  • Director
    • Jerry Jameson
  • Writers
    • Dennis Nemec
    • Michael Blankfort
    • Paul Gallico
  • Stars
    • Richard Crenna
    • Elizabeth Ashley
    • David Dukes
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.9/10
    721
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jerry Jameson
    • Writers
      • Dennis Nemec
      • Michael Blankfort
      • Paul Gallico
    • Stars
      • Richard Crenna
      • Elizabeth Ashley
      • David Dukes
    • 18User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 2 nominations total

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    Richard Crenna
    Richard Crenna
    • Jason Voight
    Elizabeth Ashley
    Elizabeth Ashley
    • Sharon Allan
    David Dukes
    David Dukes
    • David Allan
    Joanna Miles
    Joanna Miles
    • Jennifer Dreiser
    Lloyd Bochner
    Lloyd Bochner
    • Paul Gilliam
    William Bogert
    William Bogert
    • Wayne Lustus
    Nicolas Coster
    Nicolas Coster
    • Governor
    Diana Douglas
    Diana Douglas
    • Mrs. Reardon
    Andrew Duggan
    Andrew Duggan
    • President
    Marj Dusay
    Marj Dusay
    • Ellen Gilliam
    Cindy Eilbacher
    Cindy Eilbacher
    • Paula Gilliam
    • (as Cynthia Eilbacher)
    John Larch
    John Larch
    • Johnson
    Kip Niven
    Kip Niven
    • Mac
    Jenny O'Hara
    Jenny O'Hara
    • Ann Webster
    Merlin Olsen
    Merlin Olsen
    • Stan Webster
    Maggie Wellman
    Maggie Wellman
    • Carol
    Michael Biehn
    Michael Biehn
    • Tom Reardon
    Bill Williams
    Bill Williams
    • Dale Turner
    • Director
      • Jerry Jameson
    • Writers
      • Dennis Nemec
      • Michael Blankfort
      • Paul Gallico
    • All cast & crew
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    User reviews18

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    7shuz

    Meteor takes out Phoenix!

    Classic schlock TV movie about a meteor heading for Phoenix. If you enjoy campy '70's disaster movies you will like this one. When it hits, the city is pretty much destroyed. There are some great scenes of people running and screaming as buildings fall on them, just what you'd want from a disaster film. Watch for a very young Michael Biehn.
    10cowbells

    One of the best, first in it's subject matter.

    Considering that this movie was aired in 1978, I feel it far exceeds any expectations of a movie today for its genre. Richard Crenna (always an actor highly underrated) gave a superb performance. Story line was based upon facts we had never considered in that time period. Crenna's character was not only significant as a scientist for this movie, but also put that special "personal touch" feel as he sacrificed his own life in the end for a small group of Indians in the desert. I think this movie should be on DVD and available to all of us who remember it fondly and also for those who have never had the opportunity to see it before. It far surpassed any expectations in 1978 for a made for TV movie. I have been searching for this movie for years and highly recommend it........P.S.--Just found my copy this month (July 2005) on EBAY. Woo-hoo!!!
    rcw-5

    Guilty pleasures

    As a kid, I saw two movies in the late 70's about celestial bodies heading towards earth, A Fire In the Sky and Meteor. This movie was quite different from Meteor in premise alone. This was not about a collective effort to avert a disaster; it was about how to collectively get the hell out of town. Richard Crenna played Jason Voight, an astronomer who somehow knew that this desert metropolis was doomed the split second after the words were uttered from the Presidents mouth, as he explained to a group of scientist that the comet was probably heading for earth. Although this movie to me was extremely cheesy, over acted and sometime under acted, and you got to see down town Phoenix high-rises crumble one by one, I liked it. I would have to say that it is one of my GUILTY PLEASURES
    8tgs333

    Still Appealing 33 years later.

    What are the odds of a comet traveling millions of miles through space making a direct hit on Phoenix Arizona? Merlin Olson saves the day by hiding out in a sleeping bag!

    I first watched this movie when I was about 8 or 9 years old. I learned to never leave home without a sleeping bag.

    Campy and a bit sleepy. Classic 70's doomsday appeal.

    Overall good acting and a healthy number of Hollywood stars.

    Special effects were decent for a made for TV movie and to some extent holds up today.

    I highly recommend this movie, good 70's film.
    10Vendor84

    A Fire In The Sky

    Most people probably won't believe this, but I was actually in this movie. I was an extra, from the 997th Aviation Company, AZ National Guard. I was the driver of a jeep for Col. Standers. I almost didn't get in the movie. I blew two takes, before the director accepted it..... :) I'm looking for a copy of the movie to share with family and friends that have never seen it. Columbia Pictures sent me a check for $25 and change after taxes. They called me for a speaking part that paid $600, but I wasn't able to make the commitment; a couple guys I knew did... and one was shot by a looter in the movie. There was another movie titled Fire In The Sky, about alien abduction in Arizona that my friends think of when I tell them about my part in the other one. I would like to do another flick someday with a small speaking part, but that probably won't happen............ :(

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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.
    • Connections
      Featured in Nostradamus 1999 (1981)

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 26, 1978 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • A Fire in the Sky
    • Filming locations
      • Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA
    • Production companies
      • National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
      • Columbia Pictures Television
      • Bill Driskill Productions
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    • Runtime
      3 hours
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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