In memory of Karl Malden, who passed away last week at the age of 97, Hero Complex digs up this trailer for 1979’s “Meteor“, one of “the last and least regarded films from the 1970’s disaster genre.”
So, without further ado, here is what it would have looked like if a large object hit the Earth, during the 70’s, and many, many movie stars from that era (including Malden, Sean Connery, Natalie Wood, Brian Keith from Family Affair and a presidential Henry Fonda) had to run around reacting to it.
July 8th, 2009 at 11:14 am
Whose voice is that as the announcer for the trailer? It sounds familiar but I can’t place it.
July 8th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
I love the Tempest-style credits.
Are top-tier actors so hard up for cash that they stoop to doing this kind of dreck? Or what’s the deal?
@NewEnglandBob: IMDb is your friend: Peter Donat
July 8th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
The only thing that I remember from this movie is that I had a book of mazes and other puzzles that I got as part of some kind of promotion for the film. The cover was the movie poster and all the mazes were shaped like lumps of rock. At least they were better than those crappy mazes that are nothing but right angles.
July 8th, 2009 at 10:40 pm
I saw this a couple of times. Quite enjoyable.
July 10th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
I saw this movie many years ago as a youth. Much later there was that cluster of similar disaster movies: Deep Impact and Armageddon.
I remember thinking: This has been done before. You know, that movie about the meteor. What was it called again?