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Asteroid

Asteroid

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 16, 1997

Runtime

2h 0m

Genres

Action, Science Fiction, Thriller, TV Movie

User Score

58%

Original Title

Asteroid

Production Companies

Davis Entertainment, NBC

Director

Bradford May

Budget

$20,000,000

Description

With the discovery of an incoming asteroid, the government of America formulate a plan to destroy it. When the plan fails, all the world can do is wait. The main impact zone is revealed to be Dallas, Texas. Generally, the plot follows the lives and reactions of several characters: an astronomer, her father, her son, two firefighters from Kansas, two young doctors in Dallas and the heads of the government agency in charge of the situation.