Meteor (1979)
| Release Date | 19 October 1979 |
| Budget | $16,000,000 |
| Tagline | There's No Place On Earth To Hide! |
| Genre | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English, Russian |
| Sound Mix | 4-Track Stereo |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Sci-Fi Disaster Film, Sci-Fi Action |
| Themes | Race Against Time, End of the World |
| Tones | Tense, Sweeping, Forceful, Visceral |
| Tags | Asteroid, Collision, Destruction, Disaster, Meteor, Missile, Natural Disaster, Russia, Science Runs Amok, Scientist, Space, Tidal Wave |
Meteor is a 1979 disaster film in which scientists detect an asteroid on a collision course with Earth and struggle with international, cold war politics in their efforts to prevent disaster. The movie starred Sean Connery and Natalie Wood.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Bo Brundin
Rolf Manheim
Katherine De Hetre
Jan Watson
James G. Richardson
Alan Marshall
Roger Robinson
Bill Hunter
John McKinney
Peter Watson
Paul Tulley
Astronaut Bill Frager
Allen Williams
Astronaut Michael McKendrick
Burke Byrnes
Coast Guard Officer
Joseph G. Medalis
Bartender
Charles Bartlett
Guard
Raymond O'Keefe
Guard
Henry Olek
Army Captain
Peter Bourne
UN President
Stanley Mann
Canadian U.N. Representative
Arthur Adams
Ghana U.N. Representative
Fred Carney
United States U.N. Representative
Meschino Paterlini
Swiss Boy Skier
Johnny Yune
Siberian Man
Eileen Saki
Siberian Woman
Christine Anne Baur
Communications Center Technician
Paul Camen
Communications Center Technician
Dorothy Catching
Communications Center Technician
Bill Couch
Communications Center Technician
William Darr
Communications Center Technician
Joan Foley
Communications Center Technician
Paul Laurence
Communications Center Technician
John Moio
Communications Center Technician
Read Morgan
Communications Center Technician
Conrad E. Palmisano
Communications Center Technician
Tony Rocco
Communications Center Technician
Jesse Wayne
Communications Center Technician
Carole Hemingway
Gladys, Sherwood's Secretary
Clete Roberts
Network Newscaster
Osman Ragheb
Osman Ragheb
Yu Wing
Chinese Fisherman
Yau Tsui Ling
Chinese Fisherman's Wife
Ricker Slaven
Canteen Worker
James Bacon
News Reporter
Yani Begakis
News Reporter
Domingo Ambriz
Boy with Radio
Simon Cadell
BBC News Reporter
George Golden
Newspaperman
Arthur Tovey
Newspaperman
Director
Producer
Stanley Mann
screenplay
Edmund H. North
story, screenplay
Sandy Howard
executive producer
Gabriel Katzka
executive producer
Arnold H. Orgolini
producer
Theodore R. Parvin
producer
Run Run Shaw
producer
Original Music
Laurence Rosenthal
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Cinematographer
Paul Lohmann
Editor
Carl Kress
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Casting Director
Lynn Stalmaster
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Production Designer
Edward C. Carfagno
Art Director
David A. Constable
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Set Decorator
Barbara Krieger
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Costume Designer
Makeup Department
Del Armstrong
makeup artist
Sugar Blymyer
hair stylist
Edwin Butterworth
makeup artist
Lynn Del Kail
hair stylist
Hallie Smith-Simmons
makeup artist
Production Manager
Frank Baur
production supervisor
Lam Chua
production manager: Hong Kong
Jere Henshaw
executive in charge of production
Chris Holenia
production manager: Europe
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
D. Scott Easton
second assistant director
Daniel McCauley
first assistant director
Albert M. Shapiro
second assistant director
Art Department
David Evans
assistant property master
Jack M. Marino
property master
Gary Martin
construction coordinator
Tom Southwell
assistant property master
Kevin Shanks
drapery man/floor covering
Sound Department
Joe Kenworthy
boom operator
Michael J. Kohut
sound re-recording mixer
Tom McCarthy Jr.
sound editor
William L. McCaughey
sound re-recording mixer
Charles E. Moran
sound editor
Aaron Rochin
sound re-recording mixer
Jack Solomon
sound mixer
Mark Winitsky
sound editor
Special Effects
Glen Robinson
special effects supervisor
Robert Staples
special effects supervisor
Wayne Rose
special effects crew
Visual Effects
Margo Anderson
visual effects supervisor
Byron Bauer
visual effects unit
Allen Blaisdell
visual effects operator
Dave Cornell
visual effects unit
William Cruse
visual effects
Alessandra De Clario
visual effects unit
Sam DiMaggio
visual unit camera operator
Jim Doyle
visual effects unit
Marcia Dripchak
visual effects unit
Mimi Gramatky
visual effects unit
John Greenleigh
visual effects unit
Ron Kolman
visual effects unit
Dennis Michelson
visual effects unit
Charles Naddour
visual effects unit
Martin Jay Sadoff
visual effects editor
Catherine Schlesinger
visual effects unit
Clyde Tichenor
physicist: visual unit
Paul Kassler
model maker, sculptor
Stunts
Robbie Banks
stunts
Leah Creed
stunts
Roger Creed
stunt coordinator
Ted Duncan
stunts
Larry Duran
stunts
Barbara Eaton
stunts
Kenny Endoso
stunts
Martha Garza
stunts
Len Glascow
stunts
Leslie Hoffman
stunts
Marilyn Jones
stunts
Valerie Kelly
stunts
Jack Lilley
stunts
Nick Palmisano
stunts
George Robotham
stunts
Sonny Shields
stunts
Jesse Wayne
stunts
Al Wyatt Sr.
stunts
Camera and Electrical Department
Mike Ferra
assistant camera
Ron Frantzvog
assistant camera
James Globus
still photographer
Gerald A. King
key grip
Edmond L. Koons
camera operator
J. Michael Marlett
gaffer
Guy Polzel
key grip
Thomas Thatcher
best boy
Doug Byers
electrician
Bruce Chimerofsky
rigging grip
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Darryl M. Athons
costumer
Barry Kellogg
costumer
Bucky Rous
costumer
Peggy Thorin
costumer
Editorial Department
Dee D'Orazio
additional film editor
Dody Dorn
assistant film editor
Carrie Ellison
assistant film editor
Janice Hampton
associate film editor
Marsha Hoke
assistant film editor
Jibralta Merrill
assistant film editor
Dale Mishkin
assistant film editor
Toni Morgan
assistant film editor
Maureen O'Connell
assistant film editor
Music Department
Derek Brechin
music editor
Allison Caine
vocal effects advisor
Arthur Morton
orchestrator
William Saracino
music editor
Herbert W. Spencer
orchestrator
Transportation Department
Michael McDuffee
transportation coordinator
Tim Roslan
transportation coordinator
Other Crew
Frank Bonner
cast coordinator
Renee F. Brown
production accountant
Melinda Clark-Bell
assistant to accountant
Carolyn Effler
research assistant
Bill Ewing
cast coordinator
Dona Friedberg
production liaison
Penny Gillman
assistant to accountant
Connie Greenwood
post-production accountant
Ken Hardie
craft service
Craig Hundley
electronic effects
John James
location manager
Ginger Mason
assistant to director
Ray Quiroz
script supervisor
George Rubinstein
advisor: Russian language
John Small
technical advisor
Doug Ward
technical advisor
Robert Werden
unit publicist
Anna Zappia
production coordinator
David Hakim
publicity writer
Production Company
American International Pictures (AIP)
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Meteor Joint Venture
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Palladium Productions
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Distributor
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
American International Pictures (AIP)
Ambassador Film Distributors
GoodTimes Home Video
MGM/UA Home Entertainment
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Warner Home Video
Warner Home Vídeo
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