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| ARMAGEDDON (1998) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| From the blockbuster-making team who produced and directed The Rock comes the biggest movie of the year-- Armageddon. When NASA's executive director, Dan Truman, realizes the Earth has eighteen days before it's obliterated by a metoer the size of Texas, he has only one option-- land a ragtag team of roughneck oil drillers on the asteroid and drop a nuclear warheard into its core. Spectacular special effects, laugh-out-loud humor; great characters, riveting storytelling and heartfelt emotion make Armageddon an exhilarating thrill ride you'll want to experience like there's no tomorrow. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bruce Willis (Harry S. Stamper), Billy Bob Thornton (Dan Truman), Ben Affleck (A.J. Frost), Liv Tyler (Grace Stamper), Will Patton (Charles "Chick" Chapple), Steve Buscemi (Rock- hound), William Fichtner (Colonel William Sharp), Owen Wilson (Oscar Choi), Michael Clarke Duncan (Jayotis "Bear" Kurleenbear), Peter Stormare (Lev Andropov), Ken Hudson Campbell (Max Lennert), Jessica Steen (Co-Pilot Jennifer Watts), Keith David (General Kimsey), Chris Ellis (Walter Clark), Jason Issacs (Ronald Quincy), Grayson McCouch (Gruber), Clark Heathcliffe Brolly (Freddy Noonan), Marshall R. Teague (Colonel Davis), Anthony Guidera (Co-Pilot Tucker), Greg Collins (Lt. Halsey), J. Patrick McCormack (General Boffer), Ian Quinn (Astornaut Pete Shelby), John Mahon (Karl), Grace Zabriskie (Dottie), Eddie Griffin (Little Guy), Stanley Anderson (President), Udo Kier (Psychologist), John Aylward (Dr. Banks), Judith Hoag (Denise), Shawnee Smith (Redhead), Bodhi Elfman (Math Guy), Charlton Heston (Narrator, voice), Michael Bay (NASA Scientist, uncredited). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| DIRECTOR: Michael Bay (Pearl Harbor). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WRITERS: Jonathan Hensleigh, Robert Roy Pool, Tony Gilroy, Shane Salerno, Jeffrey Abrams, Paul Attanasio (uncredited), Ann Biderman (uncredited), Scott Rosenberg (uncredited) and Robert Towne (uncredited). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| PRODUCERS: Jerry Bruckheimer, Don Simpson and Gale Ann Hurd. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Kenny Bates, Pat Sandston and Barry H. Waldman. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Jonathan Hensleigh, Chad Oman and Jim Van Wyck. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ORIGINAL MUSIC: Trevor Rabin and Harry Gregson-Williams. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DISTRIBUTOR: Touchstone Pictures. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Charles "Chick" Chapple: I've never told anyone this before, but I'm afraid of flying. So it would be very embarrasing to die now. Rockhound: You think that's bad? I owe 100 grand to a fat-ass loan shark which I spent on a stripper named Molly Mounds. Charles "Chick" Chapple: Boy, that's bad. |
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| RELEASE DATE: July 1st, 1998 (USA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BOX OFFICE OPENING: $36.0 million (USA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BOX OFFICE RESULT: $201.5 million (USA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE: $452.7 million (USA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BUDGET: $140 million (USA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rockhound: Why do I go this? Three reasons: the pay is good, the scenery changes, and they let me use explosives. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PRODUCTION DATES: August 1997--May 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - NASA allowed filming of an actual space shuttle launch for a fictional story for the first time. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - Director Michael Bay had the actors write their list of demands on the papers that Bruce Willis read from. | Col. Willie Sharp: Do you swear on your daughter's life, on my family's life, that you can hit that mark? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grace: I understand that you are handicapped by a natural immaturity, and I forgive you. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - Nominated for four Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects, Best Music, Song ("I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"), Best Sound and Best Sound Effects Editing. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harry Stamper: I'm not gonna kill him, I'm just gonna shoot him in the leg. He can still work with one leg! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harry: How long have you worked for me, A.J.? A.J.: Five wonderful years. Harry: And in those five years you have never apologized to me this quickly, now what's going on here? |
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| - The film won a 1999 Razzie Award for Worst Actor. It was also nominated for six more Razzie's for Worst Director, Worst Original Song, Worst Picture, Worst Screen Couple, Worst Screenplay and Worst Supporting Actress. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General Kimsey: The fate of the planet is in the hands of a bunch of retards I wouldn't trust with a patato gun. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Harry: The United States Government just asked us to save the world. Anyone wanna say no? Charles Chapple: 20 years, I've never let you down before. I'm there. |
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| "Opens with a bang...after a while it becomes routine, so predictable, and so redundant that all the fun is drained away." -- Leonard Maltin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rockhound: Look, we've got front row tickets to the end of the earth! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "This is the kind of project actors take on to make those nagging Malibu mortgage payments." -- Mike Clark, USA Today | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A.J.: Oh man. Well, we all gotta die, right? I'm the guy who gets to do it saving the world. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charles Chaple: Harry, the clock on that nine-foot nuclear weapon is ticking. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "No matter what they're charging to get it, it's worth more to get out." -- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oscar Choi: This is deep blue hero stuff. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Armageddon is a testosterone and adrenaline cocktail, with almost no intelligence added for flavoring." -- James Berardinelli | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lev Andropov: I'm the only astronaut on this mission and I'm going to save your American asses. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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