• Release Date:
  October 5th, 2004
• Genre:
  Science Fiction
• Edition:
  Collector's Edition DVD
• Format:
  DVD
• MPAA Rating:
  PG13 Parents strongly cautioned
• Runtime:
  2 hours 01 minute
• Studio:
  Paramount
• UPC:
  097360533743
• Number of Discs:
  1
• Disc Sides:
  1
• Production Year:
  2004

Mimi Leder (The Peacemaker) directed this science-fiction disaster drama about the possible extinction of human life after a comet is discovered headed toward Earth with the collision only one year away. Ambitious MSNBC reporter Jenny Lerner (Tea Leoni) stumbles onto the story, prompting a White House press conference. United States President Beck (Morgan Freeman) announces the government's solution: a team of astronauts will travel to the comet and destroy it. The team leader aboard the spaceship Messiah is Spurgeon Tanner (Robert Duvall), who was once the last man to walk on the moon. However, the mission fails, splitting off a chunk of the comet, now due to land in the Atlantic with the impact sending a 350-foot tidal wave flooding 650 miles inland, destroying New York and other cities. The larger part of the comet, hitting in Canada, will trigger an E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event), not unlike a "nuclear winter" as dust clouds block out the sun and bring life to an end. President Beck reveals Plan B: a cavernous underground retreat constructed to hold one million Americans, with most to be selected through a national lottery. Since teenage amateur astronomer Leo Biederman (Elijah Wood) discovered the comet, his family gets a pass to enter the cave, but his girlfriend Sarah (Leelee Sobieski) and her parents will be left behind. Meanwhile, still in space, Spurgeon Tanner devises a plan for a kamikaze-styled operation that could possibly save the Earth. Special visual effects by Scott Farrar and Industrial Light & Magic. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

• Special Features
  • cc
  • Commentary with director Mimi Leder & visual effects supervisor Scott Farrar
  • "Preparing for the End"
  • "Making an Impact"
  • "Creating the Perfect Traffic Jam"
  • "Parting Thoughts"
  • Photo gallery
  • Teaser trailer
  • Theatrical trailers
  • Widescreen version enhanced for 16 x 9 TVs
  • Dolby Digital: English 5.1 surround, English Dolby surround, French 5.1 surround
  • English subtitles

• Region
  1
• Languages
  • English
  • French
• Display Format
  • Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
• Audio
  • Dolby Digital Surround
  • Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel
  • Dolby Digital w/ 4 channels of sound from a 2-channel stereo mix.

• Chapters
  • Side #1 --
  • 1. A Distant Discovery [1:26]
  • 2. Dr. Wolf [1:09]
  • 3. Secretary Rittenhouse [4:23]
  • 4. Ellie [1:40]
  • 5. A Presidential Favor [2:12]
  • 6. Extinction Level Event [4:55]
  • 7. Life Goes On [1:21]
  • 8. The Wolf-Beiderman Comet [3:26]
  • 9. None of You Want Me Here [1:43]
  • 10. Messiah Mission [1:06]
  • 11. The Surface of the Comet [1:59]
  • 12. Sunrise [5:11]
  • 13. Unsuccessful Detonation [4:21]
  • 14. Planning for the Worst [2:38]
  • 15. The National Lottery [1:31]
  • 16. Family [4:47]
  • 17. Seeing Things Differently [1:04]
  • 18. Not on the List [6:42]
  • 19. Too Late [:29]
  • 20. The ARK Cave [4:01]
  • 21. Not an Orphan [3:03]
  • 22. Failure of the Titan Missiles [:54]
  • 23. Fish's Plan [4:45]
  • 24. Drawing Straws [2:30]
  • 25. Searching for Sarah [2:09]
  • 26. Memories of a Perfect Day [4:10]
  • 27. Beiderman Strikes [:39]
  • 28. Final Goodbyes [3:37]
  • 29. "Let Us Begin..." [1:57]
  • 30. End Titles [2:44]

• Menu
  • Side #1 --
  • Play
  • Special Features
  • Commentary With Director Mimi Leder and Visual Effects Supervisor Scott Farrar
  • Preparing for the End
  • Making an Impact
  • Creating the Perfect Traffic Jam
  • Parting Thoughts
  • Photo Gallery
  • Teaser Trailer
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Set Up
  • Audio Options: English 5.1 Surround
  • Audio Options: English Dolby Surround
  • Audio Options: Français
  • Audio Options: Commentary With Director Mimi Leder and Visual Effects Supervisor Scott Farrar
  • Subtitle Options: English
  • Subtitle Options: None
  • Scene Selection