Michael Bay: Difference between revisions

In 1998, Bay again collaborated with [[Jerry Bruckheimer]], this time as a co-producer, as well as directing the action-adventure film ''[[Armageddon (1998 film)|Armageddon]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdreview.com/html/dvd_review_-_michael_bay_interview.shtml|title=DVD Review – Midas Touch of Destruction|last=Henckel|first=Guido|work=DVD Review|date=February 1999|access-date=July 9, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719085054/http://www.dvdreview.com/html/dvd_review_-_michael_bay_interview.shtml|archive-date=July 19, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_22/b3885110.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040602235105/http://businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_22/b3885110.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 2, 2004|title=Jerry Bruckheimer: Hollywood's Most Wanted |last=Grover|first=Ronald|work=Businessweek – BW Online|publisher=[[McGraw-Hill]]|date=May 31, 2004|access-date=July 9, 2010}}</ref> The film, about a group of tough oil drillers who are sent by [[NASA]] to deflect an [[asteroid]] from a [[collision course]] with [[Earth]], starred [[Bruce Willis]], [[Billy Bob Thornton]], [[Ben Affleck]] and [[Liv Tyler]]. It was nominated for four [[Academy Awards|Oscars]] at the [[71st Academy Awards]], including [[Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing|Best Sound]], [[Academy Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]], [[Academy Award for Best Sound Editing|Best Sound Editing]] and [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/oscarlegacy/1990-1999/71nominees.html |title=Nominees & Winners for the 71st Academy Awards |publisher=The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences|date=March 21, 1999 |access-date=July 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102161927/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/oscarlegacy/1990-1999/71nominees.html |archive-date=November 2, 2013 }}</ref> It earned $9.6 million on its opening day and $36.5 million through the first weekend.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=1056&p=s.htm|title=Daily Box Office: Mild, Mild West|last=Gray|first=Brandon|work=Box Office Mojo|date=July 1, 1999|access-date=July 9, 2010}}</ref> Its budget of $140 million was one of the highest of the summer of 1998. It went on to gross over $553 million worldwide, the highest-grossing film of that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=armageddon.htm|title=Armageddon (1998) – Box Office Mojo|date=October 11, 1998|access-date=July 9, 2010}}</ref>