A Fire in the Sky

Nov 26, 1978

2h 30m

★ 5.6

The countdown to annihilation has begun... And nothing on earth can stop it!

Overview

Astronomers discover a comet that they believe will crash into Phoenix, Arizona. They attempt to warn officials, but without 100% certainty, the governor of Arizona is reticent to cause a panic. Even after a television news reporter discovers the truth and threatens to go live with it, the response is understated enough to doom some residents of Phoenix to certain death.

Genres

Drama

Science Fiction

TV Movie

Production Companies

Bill Driskill Productions

Columbia Pictures Television

NBC

A Fire in the Sky Trailers

Cast

Jason Voight

Richard Crenna

Sharon Allan

Elizabeth Ashley

David Allan

David Dukes

Jennifer Dreiser

Joanna Miles

Paul Gilliam

Lloyd Bochner

Stan Webster

Merlin Olsen

The President

Andrew Duggan

Carol

Maggie Wellman

The Governor

Nicolas Coster

Ellen Gilliam

Marj Dusay

Johnson

John Larch

Mac

Kip Niven

Bah! Humbug! Susan Stone is definitely what you'd call a modern-day scrooge. She is a young, jaded book editor who is consumed with self-doubt and has lost the passion and drive that defined her childhood persona. On the verge of losing her job and being completely on the "outs" with her family, Susan has nearly given up on happiness. Out of nowhere, a cheerful, carefree seven-year-old girl named Suzie awaits Susan back at her apartment. It turns out that little Suzie is the embodiment of Susan's inner child, she is Susan as she once was years ago. Suzie has come to help the adult Susan rediscover and recapture the love of life that she's lost.

6.6

Elephant

May 11, 1993

A chilling depiction of a series of violent killings during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

0.0

The Cabinet Minister's Wife

Jan 1, 1989

Becoming a wife of a minister, Zivka changes her former way of life and becomes a lady. However, her fashionable way of life is of short duration, since her husband is forced to resign after a being involved in a scandal. Based on a highly popular Serbian comedy novel by Branislav Nusic.

3.9

Age of Ice

Dec 9, 2014

Massive earthquakes open the Arabian tectonic plate, resulting in unstable weather and freezing temperatures that will be unsurvivable by nightfall. Attempting to reach safety, a vacationing family in Egypt must battle the rapidly cooling temperatures that usher in a new Ice Age, covering the Sphinx, Pyramids, and Sahara Desert with mountains of snow.

5.9

The Divide

Jan 13, 2012

Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.

6.4

Tornado Valley

Jan 1, 2009

Liz McAdams is haunted by the memories of a tornado that destroyed her home 25 years ago. Now a professional storm tracker, she and her family are in danger once again as another devastating twister rapidly gains momentum. Caught in the path of destruction, Liz and her estranged husband struggle to save those they love...

6.3

Sweeney Todd

Jan 3, 2006

A BBC adaptation of the Victorian "penny dreadful" tale of 19th century "demon barber" Sweeney Todd, of Fleet Street, who cuts the throats of unsuspecting clients in his London shop.

4.2

Acceptable Risks

Mar 2, 1986

The manager of a chemical plant and a city manager rise up against their respective bosses to keep a town safe in this ecologically conscientious made-for-TV disaster film. It all begins when the owners of Citichem order the plant manager to enact dangerous cost cuts that compromise the safety of the plant. He protests, but it is to no avail and a worker dies. At the same time, the city manager tries to warn the people that a deadly disaster is imminent, but he ends up gagged by the local politicians. Meanwhile, just when the community is at its most unprepared, a melt-down occurs and the town is drenched in deadly chemicals.

5.8

The Core

Mar 28, 2003

Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes discovers that an unknown force has caused the earth's inner core to stop rotating. With the planet's magnetic field rapidly deteriorating, our atmosphere literally starts to come apart at the seams with catastrophic consequences. To resolve the crisis, Keyes, along with a team of the world's most gifted scientists, travel into the earth's core. Their mission: detonate a device that will reactivate the core.

5.7

She's Too Young

Feb 16, 2004

A mother/daughter relationship is thrown off balance when the mother discovers that her "good girl" daughter is part of a group who are engaging in sexual activities with multiple partners that results in an outbreak of sexually transmitted diseases.

5.7

Tornado!

May 6, 1996

An accountant sent to produce an evaluation of a tornado research project, and the scientist running the project pursue tornadoes and each other.

6.8

The Blob

Aug 5, 1988

In Arborville, California, three high school students try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches.

6.2

Dante's Peak

Feb 7, 1997

Volcanologist Harry Dalton comes to the sleepy town of Dante's Peak to investigate the recent rumblings of the dormant volcano the burg is named for. Before long, his worst fears are realized when a massive eruption hits, and immediately, Harry, the mayor and the townspeople find themselves fighting for their lives amid a catastrophic nightmare.

6.0

I.Q.

Dec 24, 1994

Albert Einstein helps a young man who's in love with Einstein's niece to catch her attention by pretending temporarily to be a great physicist.

0.0

Diamantino

Mar 3, 2016

No overview available.