Meteor: Path to Destruction
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| Genre | Science Fiction, Disaster |
| Written by | Alex Greenfield |
| Directed by | Ernie Barbarash |
| Starring |
Billy Campbell, Marla Sokoloff, Christopher Lloyd, Ernie Hudson, Kenneth Mitchell, Mimi Michaels, Tiffany Hines, Michael Rooker, Jason Alexander |
| Theme music composer | Jonathan Snipes |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
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| Producer(s) | Juan Mas Tony Roman |
| Editor(s) | Tricia Gorman Mike Witting |
| Running time | 188 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Alpine Medien Productions Larry Levinson Productions Grand Army Entertainment |
| Distributor | RHI Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC Tokyo MX (Japan (US Audio only)) |
| Original release | July 12 – July 19, 2009 |
Meteor is a 2009 American disaster television miniseries directed by Ernie Barbarash, written by Alex Greenfield and distributed by RHI Entertainment, in association with Alpine Medien Productions, Larry Levinson Productions and Grand Army Entertainment. Shot in the United States, The Movie Stars Marla Sokoloff, Michael Rooker, Billy Campbell, Stacy Keach, Christopher Lloyd, Kenneth Mitchell, Ernie Hudson, Mimi Michaels and Jason Alexander. The story is about the asteroid 114 Kassandra, which is on a collision course with the Earth. Its surrounding meteorites crash into various locations worldwide, including the small town of Taft, California, while the military is having little success eliminating it.
The first part of the film was broadcast on the NBC network July 12, 2009 and the second part aired a week later on July 19, 2009.
Astronomer Dr. Lehman (Christopher Lloyd), and his assistant, Imogene O'Neill (Marla Sokoloff), race against time to provide vital information to JPL rocket scientist Dr. Chetwyn (Jason Alexander). Dr. Lehman worked for Chetwyn until Chetwyn fired him, and Lehman is the only one authorized to prevent the impending destruction. Lehman gets hit by a car and Imogene strives alone, encountering various murderers and automotive failures. Amidst the chaos, Detective Jack Crowe (Billy Campbell) desperately searches for his psychotic ex-partner Stark (Michael Rooker) before the madman seeks revenge against Jack by killing Jack's father and daughter. Meanwhile, Jack's father, the police sheriff (Stacy Keach) of the town of Taft, deals with subsiding the panic in his town as the meteor shower continues. Another subplot involves a family struggling for survival in a meteor-struck hospital.
After the United States launches numerous nuclear weapons at the approaching asteroid, Imogene discovers a flaw in Dr. Lehman's algorithm and finds that 114 Kassandra had been split in two by the comet that knocked it out of orbit. The second half of Kassandra is larger than the first, and the military's nuclear arsenal is already depleted from destroying the first half, which was believed to be the whole meteor.
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