- HD 1080
- Runtime: 107m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Ronald Neame
- Stars: Sean Connery, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Martin Landau
- keywords: new york city, france, nasa, meteor, disaster, hong kong, destruction, united nations, world trade center, avalanche, flood, tidal wave, disaster movie, russian
- Production_studio: American International Pictures, Meteor Joint Venture, Palladium Productions
- Slogan: It's five miles wide... it's coming at 30,000 m.p.h... there's no place on Earth to hide!
- providers: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- The Meteor is featured in the top rankings of 1979
- #72 in Top Action Movies of 1979
- #41 in Top Thriller Movies of 1979
After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it hits it will cause an incredible catastrophe which will probably extinguish mankind. To stop the meteor NASA wants to use the illegal nuclear weapon satellite "Hercules" but discovers soon that it doesn't have enough firepower. Their only chance to save the world is to join forces with the USSR who have also launched such an illegal satellite. But will both governments agree?
