Meteor (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | meteor |
| Original title | meteor |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English , Russian |
| Publishing year | 1979 |
| length | 107 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ronald Neame |
| script |
Stanley Mann Edmund H. North |
| production |
Arnold H. Orgolini Theodore R. Parvin Run Run Shaw |
| music | Laurence Rosenthal |
| camera | Paul Lohmann |
| cut | Carl Kress |
| occupation | |
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Meteor is a 1979 science fiction film directed by Ronald Neame . It stars Sean Connery , Natalie Wood , Karl Malden and Brian Keith .
action
A newly discovered comet is in the asteroid belt with the asteroid Orpheus collided. The collision ends fatally for the astronauts on the space shuttle Challenger II, as the space shuttle is hit by one of the fragments. NASA boss Harry Sherwood feels responsible for her death because Challenger II was actually on the way to Mars and was sent by him to the asteroid belt to observe the new comet. A far bigger problem, however, is that remnants of Orpheus are heading for Earth, including a meteor eight kilometers wide, which is expected to hit in six days. Failure to find a solution by then would result in a global catastrophe and a new ice age .
Sherwood therefore gets the scientist Dr. Paul Bradley, who worked for NASA up to five years ago and developed the Hercules satellite armed with nuclear missiles to defend against such dangers . But since we are in the Cold War , the missiles do not point into space, but at targets in China and the Soviet Union . At a crisis meeting, Bradley explains what would happen if the meteor hit. Now a dispute breaks out over whether Hercules should be used. Major General Adlon, who heads the Hercules project, points out that the satellite does not officially exist and that its armament contravenes international agreements signed by the United States. Sherwood, on the other hand, sees the use of Hercules as the only way to save the earth from a catastrophe. Bradley follows the arguments until his collar bursts. He tells you where to find him when an agreement has been reached and leaves the room.
Finally, the US president decides to use Hercules. He also transfers Dr. Bradley heads the project, which stirs up even more anger at Adlon, until the first small remnants of Orpheus wreak havoc and Adlon realizes his mistake. Since the destructive power of the rockets alone is not enough, one has to cooperate with the Russians, who also have such a satellite called Peter the Great . The flown in Russian scientist Dr. Alexei Dubov gives theoretical information about the armament of the satellite, whose missiles are aimed at the USA, but initially does not admit its existence. It was only Adlon's hysterical behavior that prompted him to contact the Soviet embassy to persuade his government to admit the existence of the Russian satellite.
Now that nothing stands in the way of cooperation, the rockets of both satellites will be redirected. Since the satellites have not yet been used, it is also not known whether problems will arise. Shortly after the launch of the rockets, another meteorite struck New York, burying the underground command center, from which Hercules is controlled and monitored, under rubble. The survivors break free through a subway tunnel and learn over the radio that the great meteor has been destroyed.
synchronization
The German version of the film has the following voice actors :
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The film was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Sound in 1980 .
The production cost of the film were approximately 16 million US dollars estimated. The box office gross of US theaters was $ 8.4 million.
In the 1979 film, the space shuttle is shown on both the 747 and the later rocket with which it was launched. However, the first flight of a space shuttle mission STS1 was not until 1981.
Premieres
- USA 19th October 1979
- Germany February 21, 1980
Reviews
Janet Maslin wrote in the New York Times on October 19, 1979 that the international collaboration featured in the film was "heartwarming." The possible affair between Bradley and Donskaya could have given the film "momentum", but it was allowed to pass. Only the scene of the destruction of Manhattan is interesting. The portrayals of Sean Connery and Natalie Wood are "pleasant" but not remarkable. Maslin criticized the "absolutely disturbed" performance by Martin Landau and praised that of Brian Keith as "brilliant" and the routine with which Henry Fonda played the US President.
The lexicon of international films said: "Relatively superficial, too action-oriented design of a scientifically interesting material that essentially gambled away the politically serious topic of necessary international cooperation."
Web links
- Meteor in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Meteor in the online film database
- Meteor at rotten tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Meteor in the German synchronkartei.de, accessed on November 7, 2019.
- ↑ Film review by Janet Maslin ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Meteor in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed April 19, 2012.
