Deep Impact (1998): Banned Alternate Ending and Hidden Secrets They Tried To Hide

Deep Impact (1998): Banned Alternate Ending and Hidden Secrets They Tried To Hide

Deep Impact (1998) became one of the most memorable disaster films of the 90s—but behind the scenes were scrapped ideas, alternate concepts, and hidden production secrets many fans never discovered. In this video, we explore the rumored banned alternate ending and the surprising secrets they tried to keep hidden.

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Timestamps:
00:00-INTRO
00:28:-The whole thing started with a
memo nobody read for twenty years
1:35-The cinematographer was dying on set
and kept it hidden
2:38-Spielberg was supposed to direct it and pulled
out when Armageddon was announced
3:41-The original script had a direct dig at Armageddon
and it had to be cut
4:43- The opening car crash death mirrored a
real astronomer's death almost exactly
5:49-The traffic jam was real — 2,100 extras and 1,870
vehicles on an unopened freeway
7:08-James Horner scored it because he missed
Mimi Leder's previous film
8:17- The comet is the wrong color
and the production knew it
9:19-Morgan Freeman wanted to wear an
earring as the President
10:16-The opening DreamWorks logo was
altered specifically for the film
11:20-The film set a record for the biggest opening
weekend ever by a female director.
12:21-The script originally followed dozens of characters
and had to be brutally cut
13:30- Real astronomers and NASA veterans were
brought in as consultants — including the Shoemakers
15:00-The first cut had much more of Elijah Wood and
Leelee Sobieski — and test audiences rejected it
16:08-The Messiah spacecraft was built as a
twelve-foot physical model
16:54- The film beat Armageddon on opening
weekend — but lost the summer

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