USA,
1998, 151 min
(Director's cut: 153 min)
Directed by:
Michael BayCinematography:
John SchwartzmanComposer:
Trevor RabinCast:
Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Will Patton, Steve Buscemi, William Fichtner, Owen Wilson, Michael Clarke Duncan, Peter Stormare (more)Plots(1)
When NASA's executive director, Dan Truman (Thornton), realizes the Earth has 18 days before it's obliterated by a meteor the size of Texas, he has only one option -- land a ragtag team of roughneck oil drillers on the asteroid and drop a nuclear warhead into its core. (official distributor synopsis)
Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 1999 - Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
- 1999 - Best Achievement in Visual Effects
- 1999 - Best Sound Mixing
- 1999 - Best Sound Editing
The Saturn Awards
- 1999 - Best Science Fiction Film
- 1999 - Michael Bay (Best Director)
- 1999 - Bruce Willis (Best Actor)
- 1999 - Ben Affleck (Best Supporting Actor)
- 1999 - Trevor Rabin (Best Music)
- 1999 - Magali Guidasci, Michael Kaplan (Best Costumes)
- 1999 - John Frazier, Pat McClung, Richard R. Hoover (Best Special / Visual Effects)
Golden Raspberry Awards (Razzies)
- 1998 - Bruce Willis (Worst Actor)
- 1998 - Worst Picture
- 1998 - Michael Bay (Worst Director)
- 1998 - Liv Tyler (Worst Supporting Actress)
- 1998 - Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler (Worst Screen Combo)
- 1998 - J.J. Abrams, Jonathan Hensleigh (Worst Screenplay)
- 1998 - Worst Original Song