Deep Impact

Deep Impact (1998)

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Factual error: The impact wave hitting the east coast is said to be faster than sound. Despite that, you still can hear the wave coming before it arrives in multiple scenes. If it actually was faster than sound, you would not hear the wave before arrival.

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Suggested correction: The president claims the wave will be going at the speed of sound at first, but as it reaches the coast, it will slow down whilst rising in height. So it will not be going faster than the speed of sound anymore.

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Quotes

President Beck: We always thought the deadline for public knowledge was the publication of next year's budget since we've spent more money than we can account for. That won't happen for two weeks. I don't suppose I could prevail upon you to wait two weeks in the name of national security?
Jenny Lerner: Two weeks? There's no such thing as two weeks in the news business.

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Trivia

Trivia: If you happen to have the DVD version of the film, have a look at one of the trailers. In the movie trailer they show the comet hitting the ocean at an almost right-angle. In the actual movie the comet enters the atmosphere at an angle, thus letting the people watch the comet travel to across the sky into the ocean.

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Questions

Question: All of the residents of Eastern United States were informed by the president when the smaller of the two meteors were to strike in the Atlantic Ocean, yet, even with ample time to evacuate away from the area of impact, why did it appear the residents all chose to leave on the final day? (Clogged highways and chaos).

Answer: There is no logical reason. It can be argued that people are just stubborn and/or reluctant to leave their homes under any circumstance. However, this is a movie, and showing the last-minute chaos of people attempting to evacuate heightens the tension and the drama.

raywest ★

Answer: When the president announces the strikes, he says it will occur in 12 hours so they didn't have days to evacuate 100 million people, only hours.

The president tells people to leave with around 10 hours left before impact.

Ssiscool ★

Answer: They were trying to send missiles, which failed. The president spoke and that's when people started to leave.

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