Doomsday Rock
Doomsday Rock | |
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Genre | Action Sci-Fi Thriller |
Written by | David Bourla Michael Norell |
Directed by | Brian Trenchard-Smith |
Starring | Connie Sellecca Ed Marinaro Jessica Walter William Devane |
Theme music composer | Sam Winans |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | Stephen P. Jarchow James Shavick |
Producers | Paul Colichman Mark R. Harris Rosanne Milliken Jeffrey Schenck (co-producer) Thomas Carl McGuinness (associate producer) |
Production location | Vancouver |
Cinematography | Rod Parkhurst |
Editors | Eric Hill Stephen R. Myers |
Running time | 96 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | The Family Channel |
Release | August 24, 1997 (1997-08-24) |
Doomsday Rock is a 1997 made-for-TV science fiction film about an asteroid on a collision course with Earth.[1] The film premiered on The Family Channel on August 24, 1997.
Plot
Dr. Karl Sorenson, a noted astronomer, believes that an asteroid is on a collision course with Earth based on his study of an ancient civilization's prophetic timeline, but few other scientists believe him. Desperate, he leads a group of militant followers to take over a nuclear missile silo in order to use its missiles to destroy the asteroid.[2]
Cast
- William Devane as Dr. Karl Sorenson
- Connie Sellecca as Katherine
- Ed Marinaro as Paul, FBI Agent
- Jessica Walter as Secretary
- Roger Cross as Gibson
- Gary Jones as Gil Naspeth
- Rick Ravanello as Parks
- Jason Gray-Stanford as Sgt. Thompson
- Manoj Sood as Missile Commander
References
External links
- Doomsday Rock at IMDb
- Doomsday Rock at Rotten Tomatoes
- Review at Badastronomy.com
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