Monday, May 21, 2012

Armageddon Review








Armageddon


Release Date: 20th August 1998 - Australia


Production Companies
Touchstone Pictures (presents)
Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Valhalla Motion Pictures (in association
with)

Distribution
Walt Disney Studios Motion
Pictures Australia


Genre: Sci-Fi/Action

Rating: M

Runtime: 151 minutes


Budget: $140,000,000

Box Office Gross: $553,709,788 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary
When an asteroid threatens to destroy Earth in 18 days, NASA hires a group of oil drillers to head off to outer space to land in the meteor and place a nuclear bomb in its core.


Cast
Bruce Willis - Harry Stamper
Ben Affleck - A. J. Frost
Billy Bob Thornton - Dan Truman
Liv Tyler - Grace Stamper
Will Patton - Charles 'Chick' Chappel
Steve Buscemi - Rockhound
Michael Clarke Duncan - J. Otis 'Bear' Kurleenbear
Peter Stormare - Lev Andropov
William Fichtner - Colonel Willie Sharp
Ken Hudson Campbell - Max Lennert
Keith David - General Kimsey
Owen Wilson - Oscar Choice
Jessica Steen - Jennifer Watts
Jason Isaacs - Dr. Ronald Quincy
Judith Hoag - Denise Chappel
Chris Ellis - NASA Flight Director Clark
Grayson McCouch - Gruber
Clark Heathcliff Brolly - Noonan
Marshall R. Teague - Colonel Davis
Anthony Guidera - Co-Pilot Tucker
Greg Collins - Halsey
J. Patrick McCormack - General Boffer
Ian Quinn - Astronaut Pete Shelby
John Mahon - Karl
Grace Zabriskie - Dottie
K.C. Leomiti - Samoan
Eddie Griffin - Bike Messenger
Stanley Anderson - President
James Harper - Admiral Kelso
Ellen Cleghorne - Helga the Nurse
John Aylward - Dr. Banks
Mark Curry - Stu the Cabbie
Harry Humphries - Chuck Jr. (Cameo)
Dyllan Christopher - Tommy
Judith Hoag - Denise
Sage Allen - Max's Mom
Charlton Heston - Narrator (Voice)
Lawrence Tierney - Eddie 'Grampa' Stamper (Uncredited)
Michael Bay - Scientist (Cameo) (Uncredited)
John Frazier - Priest (Cameo) (Uncredited)

Crew
Producer/Director - Michael Bay
Story - Robert Roy Pool and
Jonathan Hensleigh
Adaptation - Tony Gilroy and
Shane Salerno
Screenplay - Jonathan Hensleigh
and J.J. Abrams
Associate Producer/Second Unit Director/
Stunt Coordinator - Kenny Bates
Associate Producer/Unit Production Manager -
Barry H. Waldman
Executive Producers - Jonathan Hensleigh,
Chad Oman and Jim Van Myck
Producers - Jerry Bruckheimer
and Gale Anne Hurd
Consultant: NASA - Joseph P. Allen
Technical Advisor - Harry Humphries
Mission Control Advisor - Jerry Bostick
Casting Director - Bonnie Timmermann
Production Designer - Michael White
Vehicle Designer - Harald Belker
Illustrators - Wil Rees, James M. Carson,
Tani Kunitake, James Oxford and
Derek Gogol
Supervising Art Director - Geoff Hubbard
Art Directors - Lawrence A. Hubbs
and Bruton Jones
Assistant Art Directors - Doug J. Meerdink
and Ron Mendell
Set Decorator - Rick Simpson
Property Master - Charles Stewart
Costume Designers - Magali Guidasci
and Michael Kaplan
Director of Photography - John Schwartzman
Director of Photography: Second Unit - Mauro Fiore
Aerial Directors of Photography - David B. Nowell
and Kurt E. Soderling
Aerial Director of Photography: New York -
Larry Blanford
Underwater Photographer - Pete Romano
"A" Camera Operator - Mitchell Amundsen
Second Assistant Camera: Second Unit -
Harry Zimmerman
Production Supervisor - Diane L. Sabatini
First Assistant Director - K.C. Hodenfield
First Assistant Director: Second Unit/Second
Assistant Director - Jeff Okayabashi
Second Second Assistant Director - Nick Satriano
Aerial Coordinator/Helicopter Pilot - Alan D. Purwin
Aerial Coordinator: International Unit -
Frédéric Notth
Special Effects Supervisor - John Frazier
Special Effects Lead: Paris Destruction
Sequence, DQI - John Ziegler
Special Effects Coordinator: Paris Destruction
Sequence, DQI - Richard O. Helmer
Physical Effects Supervisor: Physical Effects -
Richard Stutsman
Visual Effects Supervisors - Richard R. Hoover
and Pat McClung
Visual Effects Supervisor: Buena Vista Imaging -
Mark Dornfeld
Visual Effects Supervisor: Matte World Digital -
Craig Barron
Visual Effects Supervisor: Blue Sky/
VIFX - Richard E. Hollander
Visual Effects Supervisor: Tippett Studio -
Bruce Nicholson
Visual Effects Supervisor: Digital Domain -
Erik Nash
Visual Effects Supervisor: Paris Destruction
Sequence, DQI - Hoyt Yeatman
Visual Effects Creative Supervisor: Digital
Domain - Robert Legato
Visual Effects Producer: Digital Domain -
Cari Thomas
Visual Effects Producer: DQI - Rae Griffith
Visual Effects Producer: Blue Sky/VIFX -
Josh R. Jaggars
Additional Visual Effects - John T. Van Vliet
Digital Effects Supervisor: DQI - Darin Hollings
Digital Effects Supervisor: Paris Destruction
Sequence, DQI - Dan DeLeeuw
Digital Visual Effects Supervisor: Cinesite -
Carlos Arguello
Digital Effects Supervisor: Digital Magic -
Bryan Grill
Digital Effects Supervisor: CFC - Rob Hodgson
Digital Supervisor: Blue Sky/VIFX -
Anthony 'Max' Ivins
Digital 3D Supervisor: Digital Domain -
Matthew E. Butler
Animation Supervisor: Tippett Studio - Blair Clark
Directors of Photography: Visual Effects Shoot
Crew - Philip Timme and Tony Cutrono
Matte Painting Supervisor: Cinesite - Charles Darby
Digital Compositing Supervisor: Digital Domain -
Mark O. Forker
Composite Supervisor: Cinesite - Kevin Lingenfelser
Senior Technical Supervisor: DQI - John Murrah
Editors - Mark Goldblatt,
Chris Lebenzon and Glen Scantlebury
Additional Editor - Michael R. Miller
Associate Film Editors - Roger Barton
and Todd E. Miller
Sound Designer - Christopher Boyes
Supervising Sound Editor - George Watters II
Sound Editors - David A. Arnold,
Frank E. Eulner, Scott Guitteau,
Doug Jackson, Suhail Kafity, Jason King,
Adam Kopald, Andy Kopetzky,
F. Hudson Miller, R.J. Palmer,
Bruce Richardson, Christopher Scarabosio,
Ethan Van der Ryn, Gary Wright,
Steve Boeddeker, Ed Callahan, Midge Costin,
David Farmer, Tom Myers, Robert L. Sephton
and Marshall Winn (Uncredited)
Re-Recording Sound Mixers - Kevin O'Connell
and Greg P. Russell
Additional Re-Recording Mixers -
Gregory H. Watkins, Bill W. Benton and
Greg Orloff
Music - Trevor Rabin
Additional Music - Harry Gregson-Williams
Executive in Charge of Music: Walt Disney
Motion Pictures Group/Music Supervisor -
Kathy Nelson
Music Supervisor - Bob Badami
Music Programmers - Don Harper,
Steve Jablonsky, Paul Linford and
John Van Tongeren
Scoring Mixers - Steve Kempster and
Alan Meyerson


Awards

1999 Academy Awards
Best Sound - Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell
and Keith A. Wester (Nominated)
Best Sound Editing - George Watters II (Nominated)
Best Visual Effects - Richard Hoover, Pat McClung
and John Frazier (Nominated)
Best Music, Original Song "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" -
Diane Warren (Nominated)


Review
A very entertaining disaster movie is ARMAGEDDON. This film delivers the audience laughter and drama that gives them an appreciation for this entire picture. I don't care about scientific errors; even the space goofs some people noticed. I liked Michael Bay's direction with his incredible action and explosions. The acting performances of Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck and Steve Buscemi were predictably good for a sci-fi/action movie.

ARMAGEDDON was the second-best film by the director. It's also an explosive and enjoyable popcorn smash for those who love a terrific disaster feature and even the ones directed by Bay (like the Transformers series, which includes Bay's best film ever.)

If you want to see this blockbuster, you must find it on DVD, Blu-ray or the Internet. If you prefer a different asteroid flick, try Deep Impact from DreamWorks.

Star rating: (5/5) Best Movie Ever

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