Armageddon is a 1998 American science fiction disaster film produced and directed by Michael Bay, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and released by Touchstone Pictures. The film follows a group of blue-collar deep-core drillers sent by NASA to stop a gigantic asteroid on a collision course with Earth. It stars Bruce Willis and an ensemble cast comprising Ben Affleck, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Owen Wilson, Will Patton, Peter Stormare, William Fichtner, Michael Clarke Duncan, Keith David, and Steve Buscemi.
- Starring : Bruce Willis / Billy Bob Thornton
- Genre : Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
- Country : United States
- Language : English / Russian / Indonesian
- Director : Michael Bay
- Production : Touchstone Pictures / Jerry Bruckheimer Films / Valhalla Motion Pictures / Digital Image Associates
- Distributor : Buena Vista International Finland / Buena Vista International / Buena Vista Pictures / Columbia Pictures / Columbia Tristar Films of India / Falcon / Filmes Lusomundo / Gaumont Buena Vista International (GBVI) / Roadshow Films / American Broadcasting Company (ABC) / Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Buena Vista Home Video / Divisa Home Video / Gativideo / Imperial / Cinepix / Mainostelevisio (MTV3) / Nelonen / Pioneer / Rai 4 / Sandrew Metronome Distribution / SubTV / The Criterion Collection / Touchstone Home Entertainment / Touchstone Home Video / Walt Disney Home Video / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment / Warner Home Video
Armageddon movie
Armageddon release date
- June 30, 1998 : USA (Westwood, California) (premiere)
- July 1, 1998 : Canada
- July 1, 1998 : USA
- July 9, 1998 : Sweden
- July 10, 1998 : Israel
- July 15, 1998 : Switzerland (French speaking region)
- July 16, 1998 : Germany
- July 17, 1998 : Switzerland (German speaking region)
- July 17, 1998 : Spain
- July 22, 1998 : Singapore (premiere)
- August 5, 1998 : France
- August 6, 1998 : Singapore
- August 7, 1998 : UK
- August 7, 1998 : Ireland
- August 20, 1998 : Australia
- August 26, 1998 : Philippines (Manila)
- October 1, 1998 : Philippines (Davao)
- October 31, 1998 : Japan (Tokyo International Film Festival)
- December 12, 1998 : Japan
Armageddon cast
- Bruce Willis as Harry S. Stamper
- Billy Bob Thornton as Dan Truman
- Ben Affleck as A.J. Frost
- Liv Tyler as Grace Stamper
- Will Patton as Chick
- Steve Buscemi as Rockhound
- William Fichtner as Colonel Willie Sharp
- Owen Wilson as Oscar
- Michael Clarke Duncan as Bear
- Peter Stormare as Lev Andropov
- Ken Hudson Campbell as Max (as Ken Campbell)
- Jessica Steen as Co-Pilot Jennifer Watts
- Keith David as General Kimsey
- Chris Ellis as Flight Director Clark
- Jason Isaacs as Ronald Quincy
A massive meteor shower destroys the orbiting Space Shuttle Atlantis, before entering the atmosphere and bombarding New York City. NASA discovers that the meteors were pushed out of the asteroid belt by a rogue comet that jarred loose a Texas-sized asteroid that will impact Earth in 18 days, causing an extinction level event that will wipe out all life on the planet. NASA scientists plan to drill a deep shaft into the asteroid and plant a nuclear weapon into it that, when detonated, will split the asteroid into two halves that will fly safely past Earth. NASA contacts Harry Stamper, considered the best deep sea oil driller in the world, for assistance. Harry departs for Houston with his daughter Grace, where they are told about the asteroid and Harry agrees to participate in the mission, but explains that he will need his team as well, including Chick, Rockhound, Max, Oscar, Bear, Noonan and Grace’s lover A.J. They also agree to help, but only after their unusual list of demands are met.
As NASA puts Harry and his crew through 12 days of rigorous astronaut training at the Johnson Space Center, Harry and his team re-outfit the mobile drillers, named “Armadillos”, they will use on the asteroid. When a piece of the asteroid wipes out part of Shanghai, NASA is forced to reveal their plans to the world. Two advanced Space Shuttles, called Freedom and Independence, are launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Once in orbit, the shuttles dock with the Russian space station Mir manned by Lev Andropov to refuel. A fire breaks out during the fuel transfer and the station is evacuated before it explodes, with Lev and A.J. making a narrow escape. 60 hours later the shuttles slingshot around the far side of the Moon to land on the rear of the asteroid. As they travel through the asteroid’s debris field, Independence’s hull is punctured and crashes, with most of its crew killed. Grace, watching from Mission Control, is distraught by A.J.’s apparent death.
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