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Two-Minute Warning (1976)
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12 November 1976 (USA)
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For some...too much time to wait. For the rest...too little time to run. more
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Broadcast television version: A group of art thieves plan a daring robbery by using a sniper to cause...
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Nominated for Oscar.
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Charlton Heston Dies at 84
(From IMDb News. 6 April 2008)
Actor Brock Peters Dies at 78
(From WENN. 23 August 2005)
(From IMDb News. 6 April 2008)
Actor Brock Peters Dies at 78
(From WENN. 23 August 2005)
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Flawed But Interesting
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Charlton Heston | ... | Capt. Peter Holly |
 | John Cassavetes | ... | Button |
| Martin Balsam | ... | McKeever |
 | Beau Bridges | ... | Mike Ramsay |
 | Marilyn Hassett | ... | Lucy |
 | David Janssen | ... | Steve |
 | Jack Klugman | ... | Sandman |
 | Gena Rowlands | ... | Janet |
| Walter Pidgeon | ... | The Pickpocket |
 | Brock Peters | ... | Paul |
| David Groh | ... | Al |
 | Mitch Ryan | ... | The priest (as Mitchell Ryan) |
| Joe Kapp | ... | Charlie Tyler |
| Pamela Bellwood | ... | Peggy Ramsay |
| Jon Korkes | ... | Jeffrey |
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115 min | USA:180 min (TV version) (including commercials)
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Andy Sidaris, as "TV Director", is essentially playing himself. He was a frequent director of ABC Sports, including the Superbowl, and is referred to by other characters as "Andy".
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Capt Holly (Charlton Heston) twice refers to the sniper's weapon as an "automatic rifle" (a rifle that continues to fire as long as the trigger is held back). But the weapon is actually a semi-automatic (in which only one shot is fired per trigger pull). A real policeman would not have made such a mistake in basic firearm nomenclature.
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Referenced in The Break-Up (2006)
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The previous reviewer completely misses the point. The reason why the sniper in "Two Minute Warning" isn't given any lines or isn't shown to have humanity is because what this man is doing is a crazy, psychotic act with no rational purpose to it, and that is what makes him a more terrifying threat (I can't begin to imagine how watered down the threat would seem if I ever saw the alternate version that made him part of a rational plot) and makes the story suspenseful. Only those with a visceral hatred of Charlton Heston because of his off-camera politics would try to read anything else into that (it is amusing that Heston has to suffer this from so many liberal reviewers while Hollywood liberals like Paul Newman never have to worry about conservatives reading between the lines of every film they're in).
That said, "Two Minute Warning" ultimately is flawed because it does have a less than stellar script when it comes to the supporting characters, not very interesting performances from a largely TV cast (Jack Klugman, David Janssen) and also the sense of realism is hurt by the fact that the NFL didn't give permission to use the names of real football teams thus creating too much of a sense of artificialness with people just rooting for a generic "Baltimore" and "Los Angeles". "Black Sunday" works a lot better in that regard because it made sure to get permission from the NFL and do actual filming during the Super Bowl.