Year of the Comet (VHS, 1992) 
Year of the Comet (VHS, 1992)

 
Year of the Comet (VHS, 1992)

Leading Role: Penelope Ann Miller
Director: Peter Yates
Rating: Rated PG-13
Release Date: Nov 1992
Format: VHS
UPC: 043396756434
Product ID: EPID3185905
Description: Maggie Harwood (Penelope Ann Miller) is a British wine merchant's daughter obsessed with making it in her father's business. She is delighted when he sends her out on a routine business mission to a remote castle in Scotland. What appear...
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Maggie Harwood (Penelope Ann Miller) is a British wine merchant's daughter obsessed with making it in her father's business. She is delighted when he sends her out on a routine business mission to a remote castle in Scotland. What appears to be an average job cataloging the stock of an ancient wine cellar becomes an opportunity of a lifetime when Maggie discovers a 150-year-old bottle of wine from a legendary year, believed to have once belonged to Napoleon. What Maggie doesn't realize is that she is working directly underneath a group of deranged scientists that is hiding out in the supposedly abandoned castle. When the scientists discover what Maggie is up to they decide to get in on the action in a madcap chase that takes Maggie and her precious bottle of wine from Scotland to France, braving hairy helicopter rides and the murky depths of the ocean. Along the way, she meets Oliver Plexico (Tim Daly), a young man also in search of the bottle at the behest of his millionaire employer. Thrown together out of necessity, Maggie prefers to keep her distance from Oliver, whom she considers an ill-bred lout. But as the chase heats up, so do things between Maggie and Oliver. Together they face a series of hysterical and thrilling adventures, one step ahead of thieves and deranged killers in hot pursuit of the million-dollar bottle. Peter Yates's YEAR OF THE COMET is a charming romantic adventure filled with high-stakes action and delirious chase scenes.

Credits
Cast:Louis Jordan

Details
Sound:Stereo Sound

Notes
Theatrical release: April 24, 1992.

Filmed in Scotland; London and Pinewood Studios in Iver Heath, England; Villefranche and the Cote d'Azur in the South of France; and Valencia, California.

Estimated budget: $18 million.

The film began shooting May 28, 1991, and completed shooting August 23, 1991.

YEAR OF THE COMET was screenwriter William Goldman's first original script since his hit BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID. Goldman and Peter Yates collaborated in 1972 on the film HOT ROCKS.

Editorial Reviews
"...Goldman's screenplay for YEAR OF THE COMET has the charming élan of an old-fashioned caper....Breezy and entertaining..."
New York Times - Janet Maslin (03/25/1992)

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