Movie Type:  Feature film         MPAA Rating:  PG-13
Director(s):   Mimi Leder
Writer(s):   Bruce Joel Rubin Michael Tolkin
Studio:  Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks, Zanuck/Brown Productions
Year Released:  1998        Running Time:  120 min
Genre:  Action, Drama, Romance, and Sci-Fi
Category of Disaster:  Asteroid/meteor and Planetary
Ratings:
    Metascore:  40/100     Rotten Tomatoes:  48%
Plot Snapshot:  Journalist uncovers government plot to keep a Big Secret: a comet is heading on a collision course toward Earth, and they won't be able to save everybody
TDA Checklist Items:  Estranged family members, Iconic landmark destroyed, Side character who sacrifices him/herself, and Spectacle (e.g., stuff blows up reeeel good)
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