Special Bulletin

Special Bulletin
1983
★★★★☆ 7.0/10
⏱️ 103 min
📅 Released
🌐 EN
TV MovieDramaThriller
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.

Cast

Ed Flanders
Ed Flanders
John Woodley
Kathryn Walker
Kathryn Walker
Susan Myles
Roxanne Hart
Roxanne Hart
Megan Barclay
Christopher Allport
Christopher Allport
Steven Levitt
David Clennon
David Clennon
Bruce Lyman
David Rasche
David Rasche
David McKeeson

User Reviews

Muppet_Man
★ 8/10
January 1, 2019
A worryingly realistic docudrama about a group of terrorists who want to force Nuclear weapons to be disarmed by threatening to explode one themselves.

Crew

Director
Edward Zwick
Writer
Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz
Producer
Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, Don Ohlmeyer

Production

NBC, Ohlmeyer Communications Company

Keywords

terrorismnuclearnews reportfound footagenews broadcasterpseudo-documentary