# Tycus

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{{Infobox film
| name           = Tycus
| image          = 
| alt            = 
| caption        = 
| native_name    = 
| director       = [John Putch](/source/John_Putch)
| producer       = [Ashok Amritraj](/source/Ashok_Amritraj)<br>[Andrew Stevens](/source/Andrew_Stevens)
| screenplay     = {{Plainlist|
* Kevin Goetz
* Michael Goetz 
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| based_on       = 
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [Dennis Hopper](/source/Dennis_Hopper)
* [Peter Onorati](/source/Peter_Onorati)
* [Finola Hughes](/source/Finola_Hughes)
* [Chick Vennera](/source/Chick_Vennera)
}}
| music          = Alexander Baker<br>[Clair Marlo](/source/Clair_Marlo)
| cinematography = Ross Berryman
| editing        = David Lloyd
| distributor    = [Phoenician Entertainment](/source/Franchise_Pictures)
| studio         = [Paramount Home Entertainment](/source/Paramount_Home_Entertainment)
| released       = {{Film date|1998|08|08|United States}}
| runtime        = 94 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = 
| gross          = 
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'''''Tycus''''' is a 1998 American science fiction drama film directed by [John Putch](/source/John_Putch)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a2127/tycus/|title=Tycus|last=Wilkes|first=Neil|date=2001-03-01|website=Digital Spy|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-04-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blurayauthority.com/standard-dvd/tycus/|title=Review {{!}} Tycus|last=blurayauthority|date=2012-01-28|website=Blu-ray Authority|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-04}}</ref> and starring [Dennis Hopper](/source/Dennis_Hopper), [Peter Onorati](/source/Peter_Onorati), [Finola Hughes](/source/Finola_Hughes), [Chick Vennera](/source/Chick_Vennera) and [Amy Steel](/source/Amy_Steel). It was released [direct-to-video](/source/direct-to-video) in 1999, in the United Kingdom, France, United States and other western countries.

== Plot summary ==
In 1989, astronomer Dr. Peter Crawford discovers a comet on a collision with Earth. He reports his findings to the council, but they refuse to listen to him. Ten years later the comet, now called Tycus, is rapidly closing on the Earth. But Tycus is not on a collision course with the Earth; Tycus is going to impact the moon. If Tycus does impact the moon, it will be shattered and the fragments will be pulled in by Earth's gravity.

Dr. Crawford begins the construction of a vast city located under the [Sierra Mountains](/source/Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.)). His city would provide a safe haven for a few people who would become the beginning of the new age after the catastrophe. A young reporter, Jake Lowe, is investigating the building site when he finds out that only a few people get to inhabit the city. So he requests to Dr. Crawford that he and his pregnant wife be allowed entrance into the city because he discovered the city's existence. Dr. Crawford agrees as he also wants his wife and daughter in the city. At the same time, a nuclear missile fails to do anything to stop Tycus.

They plan to fly Crawford's jet to [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), now in a state of chaos as news of the comet is made public. Jake finds his wife and gets her to the rendezvous point. Unfortunately, someone has already taken the jet so Jake, his wife, and Crawford's family use a pick-up truck to reach the city. Tycus then smashes into the moon, shattering it.

As the fragments approach, Crawford's group sees a group of people desperately waiting for the doors to the city to open. Crawford activates the elevator and walks towards the door. After they all entered the elevator, Crawford is grabbed by the group of people and he is forced to stay behind. The elevator descends into the underground city.

The debris starts to rain down to Earth. The fragments obliterate every major city in the world, cause massive disasters like [tsunamis](/source/tsunamis), and much of the human race is wiped out.

In the year 2029, after the Earth has recovered from the disaster, a young woman, implied to be Jake's daughter, tells a group of people sitting in the Sierra Mountains of an ancient world where highways and buildings covered the Earth's surface; she tells of Dr. Crawford, who first discovered the little dot in the sky and how that little dot would lead to the downfall of mankind. As the story continues, She tells of how thousands of moons reminds the survivors of the New Age and we are shown that the pieces left of the moon have formed an asteroid belt around the Earth.

== Cast ==
* [Dennis Hopper](/source/Dennis_Hopper) as Dr. Peter Crawford
* [Peter Onorati](/source/Peter_Onorati) as Jake Lowe
* [Finola Hughes](/source/Finola_Hughes) as Amy Lowe
* [Chick Vennera](/source/Chick_Vennera) as Chick Vennera
* [Blake Clark](/source/Blake_Clark) as Commander Scott
* [Art LaFleur](/source/Art_LaFleur) as Shyler
* [Bert Remsen](/source/Bert_Remsen) as Randall Barnett
* [Robert Romanus](/source/Robert_Romanus) as Sam
* [Shea Farrell](/source/Shea_Farrell) as Lieutenant Garrison
* [Elyssa Davalos](/source/Elyssa_Davalos) as Crying Woman
* [Eric Stromer](/source/Eric_Stromer) as Phillers
* [Tommy Hinkley](/source/Tommy_Hinkley) as Pilot
* [Amy Steel](/source/Amy_Steel) as Mother
* [Dean Scofield](/source/Dean_Scofield) as Studious Man
* [John Putch](/source/John_Putch) as Amtorg Driver

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=0156146}}

{{John Putch}}

Category:1998 English-language films
Category:1998 films
Category:1998 American films
Category:Films directed by John Putch
Category:1998 drama films
Category:1998 science fiction films
Category:English-language science fiction drama films
Category:1990s science fiction drama films
Category:American science fiction drama films
Category:American disaster films
Category:Films about impact events
Category:American independent films
Category:New York City in fiction
Category:Films set in 1993
Category:Films set in 1994
Category:Films set in 1999
Category:Films set in 2029

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