METEOR (1979) ¢ ¢
D: Ronald Neame
Sean Connery, Karl Malden, Natalie Wood,
Brian Keith, Martin Landau, Joseph Campanella,
Henry Fonda, Trevor Howard, Richard Dysart
A space rock five miles wide is hurtling toward Earth at 30,000 miles an hour, and could cause a new ice age if it hits us. The Yanks and the Russkies have the weapons out there to save the planet, but only if they combine forces and sync their systems to blow the thing out of the sky. A '70s disaster thriller from American International, with the mandatory all-star cast and some cheesy-looking special effects. Favorite bad-movie bit: Toward the end, the main players and a couple dozen other rocket scientists are making their way through an old subway tunnel under the Hudson River when the walls give way the the river floods in. They emerge completely covered in mud, except for two hookers who look like they're just getting ready to go to work. Henry Fonda, who's not down there in the subway tunnel, plays "The President."
