Météore

Original title: Meteor

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5.1/10

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Natalie Wood and Sean Connery in Météore (1979)

The U.S. must join forces with the U.S.S.R. in order to destroy a gigantic asteroid heading straight for Earth.

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Disaster Space Sci-Fi Action Drama Sci-Fi Thriller

The U.S. must join forces with the U.S.S.R. in order to destroy a gigantic asteroid heading straight for Earth.The U.S. must join forces with the U.S.S.R. in order to destroy a gigantic asteroid heading straight for Earth.The U.S. must join forces with the U.S.S.R. in order to destroy a gigantic asteroid heading straight for Earth.

Director
- Ronald Neame
Writers
- Stanley Mann
- Edmund H. North
Stars

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IMDb RATING

5.1/10

8.8K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Ronald Neame
Writers
- Stanley Mann
- Edmund H. North
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total

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Trivia
Principal photography was shut down for two days when Sir Sean Connery contracted a respiratory condition during the filming of the mud sequence. The mud also knocked Connery off his feet, buried Karl Malden twice, while Natalie Wood was almost sucked into one of the pumps. During the mud filming, the actors and actresses would stuff their ears with cotton-wool, and had to have their eyes washed out, at the completion of each take.

Goofs
Comet tails do not automatically trail behind them; they are always pointed away from the Sun.

Quotes
Dr. Paul Bradley: Why don't you stick a broom up my ass? I can sweep the carpet on the way out.

Crazy credits
Info panel and Voice Over about a real defence project Icarus, similar to the one in the film.

Alternate versions
In early television broadcasts, the "Fuck the Dodgers!" line was overdubbed by coughing or the entire toast was simply cut.

Connections
Edited from Avalanche (1978)

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Featured review

5/10

one of the last disaster flicks with a top cast

This one was long forgotten because it was made at the end of an era. The disaster movies. It's one of the last.

They always came with a top cast typical for disaster flicks but here we do have some big names at the end of their career like Henry Fonda. Sad to see. Still it wasn't received that well, a bit too long and the shots of the rockets takes ages.

The effects are also outdated for a time when effects were getting better and better. Still, it came back in picture in 2001.

9/11 happened and let this flick have a scene were the twin towers are destroyed by the meteor. Since 9/11 it was cleared that that scene had to be cut out for screening in the USA.

So be lucky if you still have the uncut one.

A bit of cold war of course and naturally Sean Connery has to be the playboy against Natalie Woods.

If you do like a top cast in a disaster movie, there are better ones who did stand the time (Towering Inferno is the best) but for the geeks, pick it up

Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 2/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 0/5