Armageddon Movie Basics

Year of Release: 1998
Running Time: 2 hrs. 30 min.
MPAA Rating: PG 13
Director: Michael Bay
Screenwriter: J.J. Abrams
Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer
Studio: Touchstone Pictures

Armageddon Synopsis

There is an asteriod the size of Texas speeding towards earth and somebody has to save mankind. The government pins all the world's hopes on a misfit band of oil well drillers, lead by the charismatic duo Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck. Championed on earth by NASA Space Director, Billy Bob Thornton, and Willis-daughter/Affleck-fiance Liv Tyler, the team board space shuttles and set off for their rendezvous with destiny. Action, adventure and patriotic heroism ensue.

Armageddon Cast

Bruce Willis		-		Harry Stamper
Ben Affleck		-		AJ Frost
Billy Bob Thornton		-		Dan Truman
Liv Tyler		-		Grace Stamper
Steve Buscemi		-		Rockhound
Will Patton		-		Chick Chapple
Owen Wilson		-		Oscar Choi
William Fichtner		-		Col. Willie Sharp
Michael Clark Duncan		-		Bear Kurleenbear
Peter Stormare		-		Lev Andropov
Ronald Quincy		-		Jason Isaacs

Armageddon Awards and Nominations

1998 Academy Awards®		Best Song (Nom) - "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
		Best Sound (Nom)
		Best Sound Effects Editing (Nom)
		Best Visual Effects (Nom)