Deep Impact [Region 2] | ![Deep Impact [Region 2]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514CB74RBNL._SL500_.jpg)
| Director: Mimi Leder
Actors: Robert Duvall, Tea Leoni, Elijah Wood, Morgan Freeman, Vanessa Redgrave
Category: DVD
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Rating:  378 reviews
Format: Pal
Languages: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), French (Unknown), English (Unknown), Spanish (Unknown), Italian (Unknown), French (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Running Time: 120 Minutes
UPC: 678149096927
EAN: 0678149096927
ASIN: B000056PL0
Theatrical Release Date: May 8, 1998
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A great big rock hits the earth, and lots of people die. That's pretty much all there is to it, and most of that was in the trailer. Can a major Hollywood movie really squeak by with such a slender excuse for a premise? The old disaster-movie king, cheese-meister Irwin Allen (The Poseidon Adventure, Earthquake), would have made a kitsch classic out of this, with Charlton Heston, rather than a resigned and mumbly Robert Duvall, as the veteran astronaut who risks several lives trying to blow up the comet that's headed right this way! As stiffly directed by Mimi Leder, this thick slice of ham errs on the side of solemnity. It may the be most earnest end-of-the-world picture since Stanley Kramer's atomic-doom drama On the Beach. There are a couple of classic melodramatic flourishes: an estranged father and daughter who share a tearful reconciliation as a Godzilla-sized tidal wave looms on the horizon; and an astronaut, communicating on video with his loved ones back on Earth, who follows whispered instructions from a buddy lurking just off camera--so that his little boy won't realize that he's been struck blind. With Morgan Freeman as the president of the United States. --David Chute
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 deep impact July 1, 2009
Lu Dyson (ict, ks)
I was very pleased with how quickly my item was mailed and the quality of the dvd
Celebration of the Best in Humanity April 11, 2009
David Govett (Davis, CA, USA)
Deeply affecting, life-affirming movie embellished by James Horner's quiet and evocative, lush and legato score. What movies used to promise, rather than the hateful, manipulative projects now so common.
 The Best Of Its Kind April 4, 2009
PDC (USA)
I can only say that I strongly second the opinions of all customers who gave this film high marks, who felt it was far superior to 'Armageddon', and who vehemently disagree with David Chute's review which is, unfortunately, the first opinion people see when they come to the Amazon page(s) on this movie.
I've seen this film several times now and I never cease to be stirred, excited, and moved by it. The writing and characterizations have unusual depth for a big studio, big budget disaster movie, and the acting is uniformly excellent, with several performances -- Morgan Freeman, Robert Duvaal, Vanessa Redgrave, Tea Leoni, and Maximilian Schell -- being especially memorable.
Yes, it has some of the elements of soap opera and melodrama and yet manages, somewhat miraculously, to transcend them in its overall effect.
This is, truly, a refreshingly real-feeling disaster epic with a surprisingly "deep impact".
4.5 stars December 22, 2008
Phil S. (USA)
I feel as if I may have watched a different movie, or at least a different cut, from what some other Amazon Reviewers watched. With the exception of Robert Duvall driving his ship into the tail of the comet where there's enough space debris to scare off E.T. (or Bo and Luke Duke) - why not pull up alongside let 'em rip? - and some unnecessary orchestration to support some mawkish personal stories, this film holds up very well as Science Fiction, with a great story, great characters, and action very tastefully programmed - there is absolutely no violence in any scene: through carefully constructed plotting and expert editing, we watch the tidal wave from a distance.
Morgan Freeman as The President is superb; so is Robert Duvall, as the "Old-Timer" who has a bit of a struggle unifying his team of astronauts, who want their *own* glory. Tea Leoni is perfect as the aggressive Cable News Anchor. Her reaction is memorable when her Boss admonishes her not to withhold a story from him - little did he know.
 Special Effects Good December 21, 2008
Greg (Pittsburgh)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This movie had a few good actors in it but it wasn't enough to make up for the bad. Tea Leoni is terrible as the news caster and her father in the movie was down right bad. Only watch it for the special effects only because other wise, it is just plain bad. The only reason I give it 2 stars is because I got a good laugh out of it
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