Overview
A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian crew into space to destroy the comet before impact. Meanwhile, an enterprising reporter uses her smarts to uncover the scoop of the century.
Cast
- Robert Duvall as Capt. Spurgeon 'Fish' Tanner
- Téa Leoni as Jenny Lerner
- Elijah Wood as Leo Biederman
- Vanessa Redgrave as Robin Lerner
- Morgan Freeman as President Tom Beck
- Maximilian Schell as Jason Lerner
- James Cromwell as Alan Rittenhouse
- Ron Eldard as Oren Monash
- Jon Favreau as Gus Partenza
- Laura Innes as Beth Stanley