USA,
2000, 86 min
Screenplay:
Walter BernsteinCinematography:
John A. AlonzoCast:
Richard Dreyfuss, Noah Wyle, Brian Dennehy, Sam Elliott, James Cromwell, John Diehl, Hank Azaria, Norman Lloyd, Don Cheadle, George Clooney, Harvey Keitel (more)Plots(1)
An electrical malfunction prevents the Pentagon from stopping a pilot (Clooney) whose jet has been mistakenly ordered to drop nuclear bombs on Russia. Facing world nuclear annihilation the American President (Dreyfus) must choose between an all-out war or the planned nuclear bombing of New York City as compensation. (official distributor synopsis)
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