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Asteroid

Year:
Duration:
Canada:122 min
Genres:
Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller
IMDB rate:
4.7
Director:
Bradford May
Awards:
Won Primetime Emmy. Another 4 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1997-02-16
Filming Locations: Denver, Colorado, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
Michael Biehn
FEMA Director Jack Wallach
Annabella Sciorra
Dr. Lily McKee
Zachary Charles
Elliot McKee (as Zachary B. Charles)
Don Franklin
Ben Dodd
Carlos Gómez
Adam Marquez (as Carlos Gomez)
Michael Weatherly
Dr. Matthew Rogers
Jensen Daggett
Dr. Valerie Brennan
Anne-Marie Johnson
Karen Dodd
Frank McRae
Lloyd Morgan (as Frank Mcrae)
Denis Arndt
President
Gerry Becker
John Lindsey
Anthony Zerbe
Dr. Charles Napier
Brian Hill
Max (as Brian Alan Hill)
Christopher Murphy
A.J.
Stephanie Marie
Zoe Dodd
Gregory Wheeler
Paul Dodd
Jon Cedar
General Smith
Michael Flynn
Kansas City Fire Chief
Eileen Witt
Bloody Man's Wife
Sarah Levy Arbess
Erin
John Scott Clough
Military Pilot #2
Sheila Ivy Traister
Red Cross Check-In Woman
Victoria Hoffman
Alicia
Rachel Bard
Fallen Woman
Rich Beall
Blane
Paul Borrillo
Tabloid Reporter
Heather Camille
Red Cross Little Girl (as Heather Camille Smerling)
Kathryn Christopher
Dallas Reporter Samantha Reece
Laurence Curry
Tony
Jim Dirker
FEMA Chopper Pilot
Wendelin Harston
Red Cross Nurse
Michael Rahhal
National Guardsman #2
Norm Silver
Bloody Man
Tracy Smith
Humvee Driver-Dallas
Robert L. Somers
Oil Field Commander
Peter V. Ware
FEMA Worker (as Peter Ware)
Leslie Wing
Pregnant Woman
Dane Witherspoon
Distraught Man
John Ashton
Hospital Patient (uncredited)
Brett Aune
National Guardsman #1 (uncredited)
J.C. Austin
Kansas City Scruffy Man / National Guardsman (uncredited)
Donnie L. Betts
Observatory Reporter #2 (uncredited)
Shelley Gilbert
Nursing Home Aide (uncredited)
Steve Grad
Secretary of Defense Irwin (uncredited)
Lois Hicks
Montana Woman (uncredited)
Harri James
Kansas City Reporter (uncredited)
Breck Larson
Man in crowd (uncredited)
Kevin Lucero Less
Injured Man (uncredited)
Hugh McAfee
Montana Man (uncredited)
Ed O'Brien
Joint Chiefs Admiral Jones (uncredited)
Louis Schaefer
I-70 Man (uncredited)
Dan Shadwell
Louden (uncredited)
Archie Smith
Nursing Home Man (uncredited)
Craig Stout
General Symons (uncredited)
David Underwood
(uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Michael Biehn accepted the role of the title character on the grounds that the character be more fleshed out. He assisted in creating his character as a consultant.
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Final appearance of Dane Witherspoon.
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Parts of the show were filmed in Denver, Colorado and at the time the University Hills Mall was slated for demolition. For the mass destruction aftermath scenes, they used areas of the mall which had been demolished already and actually blew a few more things up themselves. Concerned citizens nearby thought the black smoke they were seeing was indicative of a real emergency and promoted over 100 calls/minute to 911.
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Goofs
When Lily's father Charles is found injured, he's said to have both legs and right wrist broken. At the end of the film, he's waiting for the doctor, and his left wrist is bandaged while with his right hand he caresses his grandson's head.
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In one scene, supposedly in Kansas City, Missouri, an asteroid strikes and badly damages a dam, resulting in a flood. There are no dams in Kansas City.
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While airborne lasers can shoot down ballistic missiles, they're not powerful enough to destroy an asteroid, much less at the distance they do it on the movie, and because of their design, it's highly unlikely they could lock onto an asteroid in the first place.
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