Meteor (film)
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Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Ronald Neame |
| Screenplay by | Stanley Mann Edmund H. North |
| Story by | Edmund H. North |
| Produced by | Arnold Orgolini Theodore R. Parvin Run Run Shaw |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Paul Lohmann |
| Edited by | Carl Kress |
| Music by | Laurence Rosenthal |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | American International Pictures (North America) Warner Bros (International) |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
| Countries | United States Hong Kong |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $16 million or $15.4-17 million |
| Box office | $8.4 million (domestic) or $4.2 million (US rentals) |
Meteor is a 1979 American science fiction disaster film directed by Ronald Neame and starring Sean Connery and Natalie Wood. The film's premise, which follows a group of scientists struggling with Cold War politics after an asteroid is detected to be on a collision course with Earth, was inspired by a 1967 MIT report, Project Icarus. The screenplay was written by Oscar winner Edmund H. North and Stanley Mann.
The international cast also includes Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Martin Landau, Trevor Howard, Joseph Campanella, Richard Dysart and Henry Fonda. The film was a box-office flop and received negative reviews, but it was nonetheless nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound.