Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds

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Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
File:Fireball visitors from darker worlds.jpg
Film poster
Directed by
Produced by
  • Richard Melman
  • Greg Boustead
  • Jessica Harrop
  • Anna Godas
  • Oli Harbottle
  • André Singer
  • Lucki Stipetić
  • Vijay Vaidyanathan
Written by Werner Herzog
Narrated by Werner Herzog
Music by Ernst Reijseger
Cinematography Peter Zeitlinger
Edited by Marco Capalbo
Production
company
Distributed by Apple TV+
Release dates
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  • 10 September 2020 (2020-09-10) (TIFF)
  • 13 November 2020 (2020-11-13) (Apple TV+)
Running time
 97 minutes

Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds is a 2020 documentary film directed by Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer. The film explores the cultural, spiritual, and scientific impact of meteorites, and the craters they create around the globe.

It had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2020. It was released on Apple TV+ on November 13, 2020.

Production

The inspiration for the film came from Clive Oppenheimer's visit to a South Korean lab that studies and displays meteorites.[1] Enamored with the exotic nature of the stones, and "the cultural significance of meteorites and impact craters to human societies around the world", he spoke with Werner Herzog about creating this documentary.[2]

The production filmed across 12 different locations, in 6 different continents.[3]

Release

In July 2020, Apple acquired the distribution rights to the film.[4] The film premiered at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2020.[5] It was released on Apple TV+ on November 13, 2020.[6]

Critical reception

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The film received a nomination for the 2020 Critics' Choice Documentary Awards for Best Narration.[9]

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External links

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