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Special Bulletin

1983 | 103m | English

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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.
Release Date: Mar 20, 1983
Director: Edward Zwick
Writer: Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz
Genres: Drama, TV Movie, Thriller
Keywords terrorism, nuclear, news report, found footage, news broadcaster, pseudo-documentary
Production Companies NBC, Ohlmeyer Communications Company
Box Office Revenue: $0
Budget: $0
Updates Updated: Feb 01, 2026
Entered: Apr 20, 2024
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Full Credits

Name Job
Jerry Clemans Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ken Horn Makeup Artist
Gayle Simon Set Decoration
Arden Rynew Editor
Robb Wilson King Production Design
Edward Zwick Story, Director
Marshall Herskovitz Teleplay, Story
Eurlyne Epper Stunts
Jeff Ramsey Stunt Coordinator
Chuck Waters Stunts
Terry Leonard Stunts
Jerry Wills Stunts
Mary Goldberg Casting
John W. Rogers Production Manager
Ferdinand Jay Smith Additional Music
Robin J. Stern Script Supervisor
Eric Levinson Sound Re-Recording Mixer
David Rubin Casting Associate
Hank Geving Camera Operator
Carl Gibson Lighting Director
Larry Stephens Sound Mixer
James Jansen Gaffer
Daniel Jiménez Key Grip
Tom Shaw Jr. Property Master
David Q. Quick Assistant Property Master
Bill Feightner Visual Effects
Philip F. Falcone Sound Mixer
Bill Johnson Gaffer
Bill Breshears Assistant Editor
Name Title
Marshall Herskovitz Producer
Edward Zwick Producer
Don Ohlmeyer Executive Producer
Lynn D. Baltimore Associate Producer
Organization Category Person
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Muppet_Man
8.0

A worryingly realistic docudrama about a group of terrorists who want to force Nuclear weapons to be disarmed by threatening to explode one themselves. ...

Jun 23, 2021