Maps of Movies

Deep Impact (1998)

Where Deep Impact says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

A comet is coming, and the film's places are nowhere near as well documented as its story: where was it really shot?

Scenes and places

The star party that spots a comet (1998)

Leo, a teenage astronomy-club member, sees an unidentified object at a star party and sends in his picture. An astronomer realizes it is a comet heading for Earth.

Set in Richmond, Virginia — Richmond is where high school student Leo Biederman photographs an unknown object in the night sky. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Virginia's capital city on the James River, and the film's opening location.

The President's press conference (1999)

Reporter Jenny Lerner chases a story about a Treasury Secretary and is pulled in by the FBI. The President promises her a front-row role at a press conference where he tells the world a comet is coming.

Set in Washington, D.C. (inferred) — The Plot names no city for the President's announcement; Washington, D.C. is an inference. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The U.S. capital, standing in here for the seat of government.

The Messiah's mission to the comet (1999)

A joint American-Russian crew lands on the comet and drills in nuclear bombs. The comet shifts into sunlight and the mission turns dangerous.

Set in Spacecraft Messiah and the comet surface — An imagined orbital spacecraft and a comet surface; no real place.

A fictional setting in orbit and on a comet, so there is no real-world location.

The underground shelters in the bluffs (1999)

Martial law is declared and a lottery picks who may shelter underground. Leo arrives at the shelter, but cannot stop thinking about Sarah.

Set in Limestone bluffs, Missouri — Shelters carved into Missouri's limestone bluffs for 1,000,000 chosen people.

A region of limestone bluffs; the Plot gives no exact site.

The motorcycle ride through the jammed freeway (1999)

Leo leaves the shelter and rides a motorcycle back to find Sarah. He reaches her family on the packed freeway and brings her away.

Set in Freeway in Virginia — A traffic-choked freeway in Virginia where Leo finds Sarah's family.

A road scene with no named location in the Plot.

Jenny's childhood beach house (1999)

Jenny gives up her helicopter seat to a colleague. She travels to her childhood beach home and reconciles with her estranged father.

Set in Beach house — Jenny's childhood home by the sea; the Plot does not name the place.

A seaside house with no named location in the Plot.

The comet hits the Atlantic (1999)

The smaller piece strikes the ocean and sends a giant wave toward the coast. Jenny and others on the shore face what is coming.

Set in Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina — The impact site in the Atlantic Ocean near North Carolina's Cape Hatteras. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A cape on the Outer Banks, known for storms and shipwrecks.

The Appalachian foothills (1999)

Leo, Sarah, her baby brother and other survivors climb to safety above the flood. The film shows what survival costs.

Set in Foothills of the Appalachian Mountains — High ground in the Appalachians where Leo and Sarah's group reach safety.

A mountain range in the eastern U.S.; the Plot gives no exact site.

Characters

• Leo Biederman — A high school student who photographs the comet.
• Jenny Lerner — An MSNBC reporter who uncovers the story.