Consequently, the new hampshire state film office received several phone calls asking where in the state the movie was filmed. Armageddonstyle asteroid will now not destroy human race. Even bruce willis couldnt save earth from armageddon asteroid. Director michael bay did consult with nasa on this actionpacked endoftheworld movie starring bruce willis. It was a close call, reminiscent of the 1998 blockbuster movie armageddon, in which a ragtag group of oil drillers, led by bruce willis, blows up an asteroid headed for earth. It turns out the 1998 asteroid disaster movie armageddon was a tad unrealistic. With bruce willis, billy bob thornton, ben affleck, liv tyler.
All bruce willis movies ranked bruce willis movies ranked. Great action, edge of the seat excitement, great effects. After discovering that an asteroid the size of texas is going to impact earth. Bruce willis couldnt save us from asteroid doom date. How to avoid an asteroid impact without calling in bruce. When we first see harry stamper bruce willis, hes on his oil rig in the. Jul 03, 2009 ive already seen too many asteroid based movies. Unfortunately, bruce willis and a team of oil drillers arent always the best teachers. So does the movie by stephen hunter washington post. Bruce willis celebrates his 65th birthday on march 19, 2020. Armageddon, an american disaster film starring bruce willis and ben affleck armaguedon, a 1977 film directed by alain jessua deathline or armageddon, a 1997. Mar 03, 2020 the latest bruce willis for 2018 is a remake of the charles bronson 1970s movie death wish.
Born walter willis an army brat to parents stationed in idaroberstein, west germany on march 19, 1955, bruce willis grew up in new jersey from the age of two. Bruce willis, ben affleck, liv tyler, billy bob thornton, will patton. In tweak of the movie, these asteroids missed the boston. For example, harry stamper bruce willis is cantankerous, quick to anger, and overprotective of his daughter, but underneath, hes a genuinely good man who sacrifices everything to save the. Nasa discovers that the meteors were pushed out of the asteroid belt by a rogue comet that jarred loose a. Sorry, bruce willis, asteroid wins in real armageddon. Nasas preparing to attack earthkilling asteroids without. This movie is the source for most meteorimpact jokes you hear today, particularly any references about calling in bruce willis to save the earth. How to avoid an asteroid impact without calling in bruce willis.
Armageddon 1998 stars bruce willis, billy bob thornton, ben. Bruce willis, billy bob thornton, ben affleck, liv tyler, will patton, steve buscemi, william fichtner, owen wilson, michael clarke duncan, peter stormare, ken hudson campbell, jessica steen, keith david, chris ellis, jason issacs, michael bay, story by robert roy pool and jonathan hensleigh, adaptation by tony gilroy and shane salerno, screenplay by jonathan. How armageddon became the ultimate disaster movie in more. Willis has always been a box office success during his. Walter bruce willis was born on march 19, 1955, in the town of idaroberstein, west germany.
Walter bruce willis was born on march 19, 1955, in. Potentially deadly asteroid is hurtling towards earth. It features an ensemble cast including bruce willis, ben affleck, billy bob. Nuking asteroids bruce willis style guardian liberty voice. Sep 19, 2012 from asteroids to cloning, author and scientist david kirby weighs in. Bruce willis kicks asteroid george magazine july 1998 cmon, come to papayou little bucktoothed bastards. Jun 27, 2012 how to avoid an asteroid impact without calling in bruce willis. In the 1998 film, bruce willis plays an oildrilling platform engineer who lands on the surface of an earthbound asteroid, drills to the center and detonates a nuclear weapon, splitting the asteroid in half. Coming from a police family, tom hardy ends up fighting his uncle after the murder of his father. The first, and closest to earth is the home of asteroids and it lies in the vast track of space between mars and jupiter that marks the boundary between the inner and outer solar system. Its the first test in a project to, if needed yes, really, save the earth from huge deadly space rocks. As a youngster, he developed a stutter that posed the threat of social alienation. What movie is about an asteroid hitting the earth answers. The characters are fantastic, very funny in parts, very exciting in others and with an ending that rips the heart out of you.
And finally to mix it up, the one where a comet has to be stopped before it hits the earth. Bruce willis leads a desperate mission to save earth from a direct hit by a monstrous asteroid in this disaster epic. Armageddon is a 1998 american science fiction disaster film produced and directed by michael. Comets, asteroids, meteoroids, and a bruce willis movie. Bruce willis is an american actor, film producer, singer, songwriter, and screenwriter. Could bruce willis save the world from an asteroid. Survive the night official trailer 2020 bruce willis, chad michael murray action movie hd 2020 lionsgate comedy, kids, family and animated film, blockb. Bruce willis full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Armageddon bruce willis trys to save earth from armageddon. Armageddon 1998 stars bruce willis, billy bob thornton. Bruce willis plan from armageddon would not save earth. Four students at the university of leicester spent years researching the plausibility of willis movie armageddon and concluded that bruce willis is not harry stamper, the best miner in the world who is willing to sacrifice his own life for love and the safety of the planet. After discovering that an asteroid the size of texas is going to impact earth in less than a month, nasa recruits a misfit team of deepcore drillers to save the planet. In the film, a team led by bruce willis plants a nuclear bomb deep inside a 600milewide.
Aug 07, 2012 it will take more than bruce willis to save the earth from a giant doomsday asteroid, according to scientists. The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. Steve buscemi, will patton, bruce willis, michael duncan. Armageddon is a 1998 american science fiction disaster drama film, directed by michael bay, produced by jerry bruckheimer and released by disneys touchstone pictures. The crews leader, played by bruce willis, chases his daughters lover with a gun and shoots him in the leg. There are three places from which falling death can originate. Comets originate from either the kuiper belt or oort. Heres the right way to nuke an asteroid sorry, bruce willis. With the asteroid getting all of this attention, we may see armageddon and deep impact start to climb the itunes movie charts over the weekend. Asteroids are a popular goto in the disaster and scifi movie genre. Tom believes the killer is another cop and goes on the record with his allegations. The film follows a group of bluecollar deepcore drillers sent by nasa to stop and deflect a gigantic asteroid on a collision course with earth.
The other actors and actresses are very realistic and emotional, and the movie flows smoothly with their presence. In the 1998 movie armageddon, willis plays an oildrilling engineer who heads a. Armageddon 1998 this movie is the source for most meteorimpact jokes you hear today, particularly any references about calling in bruce willis to save the earth. Bruce willis action movies 2016 new drama movies english.
After astronomy students discover a cometasteroid collision. Ppt comets, asteroids, meteoroids, and a bruce willis movie. Bruce willis was born on march 19th, 1995 in west germany, but grew up in new jersey. Twelve monkeys 1995 the latest bruce willis for 2018 is a remake of the charles bronson 1970s movie death wish. It will take more than bruce willis to save the earth from a giant doomsday asteroid, according to scientists. Sep 16, 2014 in the 1998 movie armageddon, an asteroid the size of texas threatens to collide with earth in 18 days. The economic hurdles of asteroid defense some scientists say we should be doing more to protect the earth from asteroids. The woodlands, texas if you want to use a nuclear weapon to save the world from an asteroid, dont try to do it the way bruce willis did in. Armageddon is a meteor storm of actionadventure moviemaking that. Bruce willis in armageddon the attempt to blow up the asteroid is impossible the way they deal with the rock, by sending bruce willis in to nuke it, is also rather farfetched. Willis s career began in television in 1984, most notably as david addison in moonlighting 19851989, and has continued both in television and film since, including comedic, dramatic, and action roles. Heck even star trek got into the asteroid stopping. The film follows a group of bluecollar deepcore drillers sent by nasa to stop a gigantic asteroid on a collision course with earth. The carnage was captured on dashboard cams across the area.
Despite its entertainment value, the film is fantastically inaccurate, astronomer phil. Sciencefiction movies may show bruce willis blowing up asteroids before they can hit earth, but scientists have been working on a more practical option should the planet be threatened by an. In the 1998 movie armageddon, an asteroid the size of texas threatens to collide with earth in 18 days. Asteroid incoming, bruce willis little help cosmos. The rest of the movie focused on bruce willis, ben affleck and a couple space shuttles full of roughnecks, who blast off to kick some asteroid ass with an allamerican hbomb. Willis is the oldest of four children with a sister named florence and two brothers, robert deceased and david. According to the internet hysteria surrounding the ancient mayan calendar, an. Aug 08, 2012 in the 1998 film, bruce willis plays an oildrilling platform engineer who lands on the surface of an earthbound asteroid, drills to the center and detonates a nuclear weapon, splitting the asteroid in half. Armageddon 1998 stars bruce willis, billy bob thornton, ben affleck. It stars bruce willis and an ensemble cast comprising ben affleck, billy bob thornton, liv tyler, owen wilson, will. Elijah wood shows his skill years before lord of the rings hit theaters. Bruce willis action movies 2016 new drama movies english lasted movies 2016. Oct 17, 2011 the term asteroid was used for the tv movie appropriately called asteroid 1997. Willis has always been a box office success during his career and had occasional positive response from critics as well.
The interaction between these two characters is what drives the sixth sense, which may surprise people who expect other things in a bruce willis movie terrorists with uzis, gangsters with machine guns, and maybe a passing asteroid or two. Survive the night official trailer 2020 bruce willis. Comets, asteroids, meteoroids, and a bruce willis movie 1 comets, asteroids, meteoroids, and a bruce willis movie 2 what are comets and where do they come from. Bruce willis and morgan freeman have two things in common. Top 5 science done wrong moments in movies smithsonian. Aug 20, 2012 in order to have a chance, nasa would need much more than just the 18 days depicted in the movie to deflect the asteroid. Willis has always been a box office success during his career and had occasional positive response. An asteroid the size of texas is heading toward earth in armageddon. Actor and musician bruce willis is well known for playing wisecracking or hardedged characters, often in spectacular action films. Jul 05, 2018 armageddon 1998 distributed by buena vista pictures movie info imdb movie info wiki. Armageddon is a 1998 american science fiction disaster film produced and directed by michael bay, produced by jerry bruckheimer, and released by touchstone pictures. Armageddon, an american disaster film starring bruce willis and ben affleck armaguedon, a 1977 film directed by alain jessua deathline or armageddon, a 1997 science fiction action film starring rutger hauer.
He began stage acting in his youth in order to get rid of a stutter. There was the one with bruce willis blowing up an asteroid. Headed by bruce willis as the top oil driller in his field, this ragtag group are positioned as the proper kind of good guys in the face of snooty government policy, elitist astronauts who pack heat, and vaguely sinister scientists. The movie likes to play with the idea of the scruffy, outcasts becoming the movie s heroes, so its arguable whether any of them make good role models. May 30, 20 nuking asteroids bruce willis style might be the way to go when it comes to dealing with the pesky menace of these potential extinctioncausing space rocks. Both the bruce willis movie armageddon 1998 and the earlier, criticallypanned meteor 1970 used the term. Demi moore, glenne headly, bruce willis the whole nine yards 2000 comedy crime a struggling dentists life is turned upside down when a famous gangster moves in next door, and his wife convinces him to inform a notorious mob boss about the gangsters whereabouts. In the film armageddon, bruce willis, ben affleck, owen wilson and some other folk saved the world from an incoming asteroid. Even bruce willis couldnt save earth from armageddon. Before he was famous, willis was briefly employed as a security guard and a private investigator after graduating high school. Bruce willis, billy bob thornton, ben affleck, liv tyler, will patton, steve buscemi, william fichtner, owen wilson, michael clarke duncan, peter stormare, ken hudson campbell, jessica steen, keith david, chris ellis, jason issacs, michael bay, story by robert roy pool and jonathan hensleigh, adaptation by tony gilroy and shane salerno, screenplay by jonathan hensleigh. Comets are composed of only a small tiny solid part, called a nucleus which has an average radius of only a few kilometers.
Bruce willis playing in armageddon morgan freeman playing in deep impact both in 1998 rated pg bruce willis also played in 12 monkeys morgan freeman played an epidemic with the monkey monkeys and total both rated r and released in 1995. See who they starred with and what they are working on now. Oct, 2016 armageddon 1998 stars bruce willis, billy bob thornton, ben affleck. Bruce willis cant save us from asteroids, so well have to save ourselves some ideas for defending against the next asteroid impact. May, 2019 twentyone years after bruce willis saved the earth from a fictional asteroid in armageddon, nasa is planning a reallife asteroid collision. With bruce willis, sarah jessica parker, dennis farina, tom sizemore. Bruce willis, academy awardrwinners ben affleck and billy bob thornton. Jul 02, 2018 not just any old heroes, of course, but good oldfashioned, saltoftheearth bluecollar american heroes. Bruce willis cant save us from asteroids, so well have to.
The logicdefying apocalypse movie made at a time before we were. Asteroids, comets, meteors and the movies washington post. The solution to the problem was more real in deep impact and the time frame was much more believable. Nuking asteroids bruce willis style might be the way to go when it comes to dealing with the pesky menace of these potential extinctioncausing space rocks. The two pieces of the asteroid then pass either side of the earth, saving the planets population from annihilation. The latest bruce willis for 2018 is a remake of the charles bronson 1970s movie death wish.
Excitement, fear, humour and emotion all in one great package. Armageddon was released in 1998 and stars bruce willis and ben. The group also includes a compulsive gambler who has longsince sacrificed his family to games of chance, and a cocky young roughneck teen idol ben affleck who is sexually involved with his girlfriend. Pandemics and asteroids, playing in different movies in the same year. And a way to throw it all away with misfires like bonfire of the vanities and hudson hawk.
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