User blog:ARTaylor/20 Years of Deep Impact

Today marks the twentieth anniversary of the premiere of Deep Impact. The movie follows several people as they prepare for an impending strike on the Earth by a comet. The film was a moderate success with critics and hit at the box office. It was released just two months before a similarly themed movie Armageddon, which was a bigger box office hit but was less successful with critics and the scientific community. Deep Impact features the talents of James Cromwell as Former Secretary of the Treasury Alan Rittenhouse.