Director: Michael Bay

Writers: J. J. Abrams; Tony Gilroy; Jonathan Hensleigh; Robert Roy Pool; Shane Salerno

Producers: Michael Bay; Jerry Bruckheimer; Gale Anne Hurd

Keywords: Action/Adventure, Disaster, Meteor, Explosions

NASA hires a team of oil drillers as quick study astronauts to destroy an asteroid that will impact Earth in eighteen days. Precursor meteors that strike earth highlight the stakes. Formulaic, lightweight blockbuster. Received Oscar nominations for Best Sound, Best Sound Effects Editing, Best Visual Effects and Best Original Song.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ben Affleck	Actor	15-Aug-1972		Good Will Hunting
Steve Buscemi	Actor	13-Dec-1957		Reservoir Dogs
Ellen Cleghorne	Comic	29-Nov-1965		Saturday Night Live
Christian Clemenson	Actor	17-Mar-1958		Dr. Tom Loman on CSI: Miami
Mark Curry	Comic	1-Jun-1964		Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
Keith David	Actor	4-Jun-1956		DCI in Agent Cody Banks
Michael Clarke Duncan	Actor	10-Dec-1957	3-Sep-2012	The Green Mile
Bodhi Elfman	Actor	19-Jul-1969		Son of an Elfman
Chris Ellis	Actor	14-Apr-1956		Character actor
William Fichtner	Actor	27-Nov-1956		Agent Mahone on Prison Break
Steven Ford	Relative	19-May-1956		Son of Gerald Ford
Eddie Griffin	Comic	15-Jul-1968		Undercover Brother
Charlton Heston	Actor	4-Oct-1923	5-Apr-2008	The Ten Commandments
Jason Isaacs	Actor	6-Jun-1963		Black Hawk Down
Udo Kier	Actor	14-Oct-1944		Hans in My Own Private Idaho
Will Patton	Actor	14-Jun-1954		Remember the Titans
Shawnee Smith	Actor	3-Jul-1970		Saw and Saw II
Jessica Steen	Actor	19-Dec-1965		Linda Metcalf on Homefront
Peter Stormare	Actor	27-Aug-1953		Ran the woodchipper in Fargo
Billy Bob Thornton	Actor	4-Aug-1955		Sling Blade
Liv Tyler	Actor	1-Jul-1977		Daughter of Aerosmith frontman
Frederick Weller	Actor	1966		Marshall Mann on In Plain Sight
Bruce Willis	Actor	19-Mar-1955		Die Hard
Owen Wilson	Actor	18-Nov-1968		Zoolander
Grace Zabriskie	Actor	17-May-1941		Sarah Palmer in Twin Peaks

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