Fire from space

Movie
German title	Fire from space
Original title	A fire in the sky
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1978
length	110 minutes
Rod
Director	Jerry Jameson
script	Dennis Nemec , ; Don Balluck , ; Michael Blankfort
production	Bill Driskill
music	Paul Chihara
camera	Matthew F. Leonetti
cut	J. Terry Williams
occupation
	Joanna Miles : Jennifer Dreiser; Richard Crenna : Jason Voight; Andrew Duggan : President; Nicolas Coster : Governor; Elizabeth Ashley : Sharon Voight; David Dukes : David Allan; Lloyd Bochner : Paul Gilliam; Kip Niven : Elliot Kirkwood; Cindy Eilbacher : Paula Gilliam;

Fire from space (Original title: A Fire in the Sky ) is an American disaster film from 1978 . It was directed by Jerry Jameson and is based on a story by Paul Gallico .

action

The young astronomer Jennifer Dreiser accidentally discovers a new comet that is hurtling towards earth. Your colleague, the astronomer Dr. Jason Voight, has calculated that the comet will hit near the city of Phoenix in eight days and immediately informs the Governor of Arizona. Voight succeeds in convincing the governor of the impending danger, but he only plans to destroy the comet far out in space with a nuclear missile, and he refuses to evacuate Phoenix. Only when the comet failed to detonate did he decide to evacuate the city's residents. With the help of the US military, it is actually possible to completely evacuate the city at the last moment. Shortly afterwards the comet strikes and the metropolis of Phoenix is completely destroyed.

Reviews

The Lexicon of International Films wrote: “ Science fiction entertainment spun according to usual patterns. "

The cinema magazine Cinema judged: “ Disastrous script, acceptable trick technology. "

Awards

Fire from Outer Space was nominated for two Emmys in 1979 .

synchronization

The German version was dubbed , among others, by the speakers Randolf Kronberg , Klaus Kindler , Erik Schumann and Viktoria Brams .

Web links

supporting documents

↑ Fire from space. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous file , accessed on July 22, 2015 .

[1] Fire from space. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous file , accessed on July 22, 2015 .