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A Fire in the Sky is a american film of genre Drama directed by Jerry Jameson released in USA on 26 november 1978 with Richard Crenna
A Fire in the Sky (1978)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 26 november 1978
Length 2h30
Directed by Jerry Jameson
OriginUSA
Themes Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Impact events in fiction, Disaster films
Rating59%
A Fire in the Sky is a made-for-television disaster movie that debuted on NBC on November 26, 1978. The movie is based on a story by Paul Gallico and is a Bill Driskill Production in association with Columbia Pictures Television.
^ The New York Times review of A Fire In The Sky
^ A Fire In The Sky. Dir. Jerry Jameson. With Richard Crenna and Elizabeth Ashley. Columbia Pictures Television, 1978.
Synopsis
While reviewing pictures of the planet Jupiter, astronomer Jennifer Dreiser (Joanna Miles) discovers a new comet streaking through space. The joy of finding the comet is short-lived, however, when it is determined that it may hit the Earth in just eight days. Dreiser is summoned to see the President (Andrew Duggan) at his vacation home, along with a number of other experts, to discuss the situation. Astronomer Jason Voight (Richard Crenna), a specialist in near-Earth objects, shocks the group by telling them that the comet will hit within 50 miles of Phoenix. Voight urges the President to order an evacuation of Phoenix and the surrounding area, but the President ultimately leaves that decision in the hands of Arizona's governor, Michael Ritchie (Nicolas Coster). The President does order the MIRV nosecone of a Minuteman ICBM be launched into space aboard a Titan-Centaur rocket, so that an attempt can be made at destroying the comet.Actors
Richard Crenna
(Jason Voight)
Elizabeth Ashley
(Sharon Allan)
David Dukes
(David Allan)
Joanna Miles
(Jennifer Dreiser)
Lloyd Bochner
(Paul Gilliam)
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