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Review Summaries
"A giant meteor is headed toward the Earth. The US will attempt to blast it from the heavens with a satellite armed with nuclear weaponry. The device, named Hercules, was intended as a failsafe against large Earth-bound chunks of rock falling from space onto the planet but the Pentagon altered the satellites purpose by pointing it toward the Soviets instead.
The President (Fonda) demands a solution from ex-NASA satellite designer Dr. Bradley (Connery) and NASA Director Sherwood (Malden) to the approaching catastrophe and is shocked to hear NASA experts say the American made warheads will not do the job. The Soviets are summoned, as they too have put into orbit an unauthorized (and not-so-secret) nuclear-armed satellite named Peter the Great.
Soviet space satellite designer and expert Dr. Dubov (Keith) through his beautiful Russian translator Tatiana Donskaya (Wood) is forced to admit they too have placed atomic weaponry in space.
Dr. Bradley can't help falling for the lovely Russian interpreter. Due to leaked BBC news story of the impending disaster, the President is forced to tell the American people and the world of the satellites, the meteor and the joint US-Soviet enterprise to save the world. Against General Adlon's (Landau) judgment, a nervous spirit of cooperation is needed to save the planet from certain annihilation. Just in time, the missiles from both orbiting craft are fired and "Orpheus" (the meteor) is made smaller and less lethal but not gone completely. Humankind's extinction is averted."
David Fletcher, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Movie Actual chase scenes or violence - 20% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 40% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- science fiction story
Explore/1st contact
Yes
Environmental disaster?
- dealing with a crashing asteroid
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- scientist
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/medium straight
Body type
- muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Genius
Physique
- Very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type
- ample chest & buttocks (female)
Unclothed?
- very tight clothes
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Russian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- natural phenomena
Setting
Which planet?
- Asteroids
Earth setting:
- 20th century (1970's to Present)
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Not Earth, but in Solar System?
Yes
In Space?
- asteroid
Big cities?
Yes
Misc settings
- mansion
- lab
Kind of city
- Dirty, crime-ridden (like NY)
Style
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Kinds of F/X
- exploding bombs
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