When it is discovered that an enormous comet is on a collision course with Earth, a handful of Americans make different preparations for the end of the world. While Leo Biederman (Elijah Wood), the fourteen-year-old amateur astronomer who discovered the comet, deals with the pangs of first love, an ambitious newswoman (Tea Leoni) attempts to reconcile with her estranged parents. Simultaneously, a former astronaut (Robert Duvall) finds himself in the stars once again in an attempt to prevent the catastrophe from occurring. Mimi Leder (THE PEACEMAKER) directs from a script by Bruce Joel Rubin (GHOST) and Michael Tolkin (THE PLAYER).
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Single Side - Single Layer
Widescreen - 16.9
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
Dolby Surround - English
5.1 Surround - French
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - 1. Mimi Leder - Director, Scott Farrar - Visual Effects Supervisor
Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Traile
Featurettes - 1. MAKING AN IMPACT
2. CREATING THE PERFECT TRAFFIC JAM
3. PARTING THOUGHTS
Interactive Features:
Scene Access
Director of Photography
Dietrich Lohmann: Director of Photography
Production Designer
Leslie Dilley: Production Designer, MEN OF HONOR (2000)
Costume Designer
Ruth Myers: Costume designer
Review 1:
"...It is hard to imagine a better space-trip, all skills at full blast..."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.39-40 07/1998
Review 2:
"...Oscar-winning special effects..."
Source: USA Today
p.4E 05/22/1998
Review 3:
"Mimi Leder's cautionary comet tale was most unexpected -- the disaster movie as chick flick."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.35 06/04/2004