Special Bulletin
1983, English. Directed by Edward Zwick.
An evening of TV programming is interrupted by breaking news: in Charleston, South Carolina, two Coast Guard personnel and two members of a local news team have been taken hostage by a group of terrorists who are seeking to destroy the triggers of all local nuclear devices. Moreover, the terrorists threaten to detonate their own device if their demands are not met.
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- 1h 43m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Edward ZwickDirector
- Ed FlandersJohn Woodley
- Kathryn WalkerSusan Myles
- Roxanne HartMegan Barclay
- Christopher AllportSteven Levitt
- David ClennonBruce Lyman
- David RascheDavid McKeeson
- Rosalind CashFrieda Barton
- Ebbe Roe SmithJim Seaver
- Roberta MaxwellDiane Silverman
- Mary ArmstrongCast
- Bernard BehrensDr. Niels Johansson
- Ivan BonarCast
Details
- Released
- 20 March 1983
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz
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Special Bulletin (1983) was directed by Edward Zwick and stars Ed Flanders, Kathryn Walker, Roxanne Hart.