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Connery
By David Baker
Gamvoock Film Critic r
lis special enecis aren t tne oest I
to ever reach the screen and its c
story is somewhat implausible, but t
Meteor is a disaster movie with I
well-written dialogue (quite a bit of r
it Russian), good production a
values and a wealth of fine acting, s
three attributes that usually are i
nowhere to be found in films of its c
genre. c
Also, the picture is not teeming c
with soapy sub-plots like previous d
disaster movies. It tells one story v
and tells it quite well. r
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The film stars Sean Connery as
in American astrophysicist,
3rian Keith as his Rnccion
:ounterpart, and Natalie Wood as
heir translator. Connery and
Ceith have been assigned by their
espective governments to destroy
t five-mile-wide asteroid (and the
mailer splinters that accompany
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ollision course with earth by a
:omet entering the asteroid belt.
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lisaster movie, are wonderful to ,
vatch, but Keith steals the film
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opportunity. And he does so
without uttering one line of English
dialogue. The facial expressions he
uses, combined with the intonations
he gives to every line,
make what probably was conceived
as a caricature into a wellrounded
and very likable
character.
The real star of the film, though,
is the meteor, and most of the
special effects dealing with it are
oeuer man might De expected
(almost a year was spent ironing
out the imperfections in them).
Likewise, most of the effects that
take place on earth are above
average. A tidal wave, caused by a
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has some good moments, as does
an avalanche in the Swiss Alps (the
filmmakers were permitted to
blow up a real alp for the scene).
Another splinter's destruction of
New York is less impressive,
thanks to an overuse of red filters
and to a reliance on stock footage
ot crumbling buildings.
The effects depicting what
happens underneath the city
(that's where Connery and company
are based) when the splinter
strikes are another story. According
to press releases, more
than a million pounds of cold mud
were dumped on the actors to
simulate the flooding of New
York's subway system. And while
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the goo, the scene is as effective as
any in the film.
Directed with style and wit by
Ronald Neame (who did The
Poseidon Adventure and The
Odessa File), Meteor provides as
much fun and as many thrills as
any movie in town. It shouldn't be
missed.
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