The Sky's on Fire (AKA Countdown: The Sky's on Fire!) is a 2000 American television film featuring John Corbett as Dr. Evan Thorne, Josie Bissett as Jennifer Thorne, Ben Browder as Racer, Bradley Whitford as John Morgan and directed by Dan Lerner.

A hole in the ozone layer has appeared over Los Angeles, causing all sorts of ecological disasters. Birds, whales, insects and people all succumb to the effects. Dr. Evan Thorne, who has been trying to alert the authorities to the looming disaster, finds it falls to him and his friends to save this small part of the planet from an environmental apocalypse.

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A renegade environmentalist and his team race to fill a gaping hole in the Earth's ozone layer as an entire U.S. city faces firestorms of mass destruction in this thrilling and timely science fiction adventure.

Countdown The Sky's On Fire stars Jon Corbett (Northern Exposure, Volcano, The Visitor) as top environmental researcher Evan Thorne; Josie Bissett (Melrose Place, The Doors) and Ben Browder (Party Of Five ) who aid Thorne, along with renegade television reporter (Bradley Whitford against the reluctant corrupt head of the Committee on Atmospheric Research (Tom Irwin), Dr. Aaron Schiffren, the same man who allows powerful corporations to pollute the atmosphere in order to keep his coveted government position.

As the first terrifying signs of the apocalypse ominously begin and with time for a full-scale evacuation of the city running out Thorne and his team must embark on a daring last-ditch attempt to save millions!