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When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb. This leads him to renowned driller Harry Stamper, who agrees to helm the dangerous space mission provided he can bring along his own hotshot crew. Among them is the cocksure A.J. who Harry thinks isn't good enough for his daughter, until the mission proves otherwise.
Theatrical
Jul 1, 1998
Box Office
$553.8M
Budget
$140.0M
Return
4.0x
DVD / Blu-ray
Apr 27, 2010
Director
Michael Bay
Writers
Jonathan Hensleigh, J.J. Abrams, Robert Roy Pool
Producers
Michael Bay, Jerry Bruckheimer, Gale Anne Hurd
Music
Trevor Rabin
Studio
Touchstone Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Valhalla Motion Pictures
Themes
saving the world
paris, france
moon
washington dc, usa
loss of loved one
cataclysm
asteroid
self sacrifice
nasa
space marine
u.s. air force
race against time
natural disaster
daughter
space
end of the world
disaster
wedding
astronaut
duringcreditsstinger
disaster movie
heroic mission
aggressive
daring rescue
space centre
somber
cliché
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A Promise Broken Between Father and Daughter
Grace Stamper
Daddy?
[talking to Harry on the monitor; chuckles happily]
Harry Stamper
Hi, Gracie. Hi, honey. Grace, I know I promised you I was comin home.
Grace
I don't under... understand.
[confused]
Harry
Looks like I'm gonna have to break that promise.
[sighs]
Grace
I, um, I lied to you too, when I told you that I didn't wanna be like you... because I am like you. Everything good that I have inside of me, I have from you. I love you so much, Daddy. I'm so proud of you. I'm so scared. I'm so scared.
[emotionally; smiles]
Harry
I know, baby. But there won't be anything to be scared of soon. Gracie, I want you to know that AJ saved us. He did. I want you to tell Chick, that I couldn't have done it without him. None of it. I want you to take care of AJ. I wanna see your granddad come so far from up here, Grace. He told me that God gives us children so we could have roses in December. He gave me a gardenful, a whole gardenful, Gracie. He really did. I wish I could be there to walk you down the aisle. But I'll... I'll look in on you from time to time, okay, honey? I love you, Grace.
[Grace gets teary-eyed; a tear streams down his face as he looks at Grace one last time]
Grace
I love you too.
[cries]
Harry
Gotta go now, honey.
A Father's Final Wishes for His Daughter
AJ
Do me a favor, will ya? Just tell Grace that, uh... that I'll always be with her, okay? Can you do that?
Harry
Yeah. Okay, kid. Give this to Truman! Make sure Truman gets that! Get in there. It's my turn now.
[pulls AJ's air hose out, rips off his own mission badge and hands it to AJ; pushes AJ back into the hatch and closes the door]
AJ
Harry, Harry! You can't do this to me! It's my job!
Harry
You go take care of my little girl now. That's your job. I always thought of you as a son. Always. But I'll be damn proud to have you marry Grace.
[AJ stares at Harry with tears rushing down his face]
AJ
Harry...
[pleadingly]
Harry
Take care of yourself. I love you, pal.
[pushes a button sending the hatch up]
AJ
No, wait! Harry, I love you! Harry, don't do this! I love you! No, wait a minute!
Harry
My son.
Cast
Full credits →B
Bruce Willis
Harry S. Stamper
B
Billy Bob Thornton
Dan Truman
Ben Affleck
A.J. Frost
L
Liv Tyler
Grace Stamper
W
Will Patton
Chick
S
Steve Buscemi
Rockhound
W
William Fichtner
Colonel Willie Sharp
O
Owen Wilson
Oscar
M
Michael Clarke Duncan
Bear
P
Peter Stormare
Lev Andropov
K
Ken Hudson Campbell
Max
J
Jessica Steen
Co-Pilot Jennifer Watts
Keith David
General Kimsey
C
Chris Ellis
Flight Director Clark
J
Jason Isaacs
Ronald Quincy
G
Grayson McCouch
Gruber
C
Clark Heathcliffe Brolly
Noonan
M
Marshall R. Teague
Colonel Davis
A
Anthony Guidera
Co-Pilot Tucker
G
Greg Collins
Halsey
