Countdown to Looking Glass (1984) (TV)

Director:

Fred Barzyk

Writer:

Albert Ruben (writer)

Release Date:

14 October 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Docudrama uses fictional reports of a crisis in the Middle East, which leads to a nuclear confrontation between the US and the USSR...

Plot Keywords:

Nuclear War | WW3 | News Report | Fake News Report

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Scott Glenn	...	Michael Boyle
Michael Murphy	...	Bob Calhoun
Helen Shaver	...	Dorian Waldorf
Patrick Watson	...	Don Tobin
Nancy Dickerson	...	Herself
Eric Sevareid	...	Himself
Matsu Anderson	...	Matsu Yamada
Barbara Barnes-Hopkins	...	Mrs. Langhorn
Michael Beattie	...	Youth #1
Richard Comar	...	Pentagon Spokesman
Murray Cruchley	...	James Otis
Faye Dance	...	Ann Gailmore
Don Dickinson	...	Unger
Michael Donaghue	...	Technician
Don Francks	...	Don Geller

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Home Box Office (HBO)

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: This being a Canadian production there is an oddity during the scene in the US army induction center where one of the young recruits is clearly seen wearing an "Alouettes" team jersey. The Montreal Alouettes are a part of the Canadian Football League and it is doubtful an American would be sporting such a jersey.

It ought to be released...

I remember when this movie was first shown on HBO...it had the kind of gripping action that made you sit, watch, and fear for your life...the actors did a great job of realistically portraying their roles...with special kudos to Patrick Watson as Don Tobin and Helen Shaver as Dorian Waldorf...Watson's uneasiness at the end of the movie does not spoil the ending, which will set the hair on your neck straight up and send chills down your spine...but it does provide a view into what might face the American public should the unthinkable occur...add this movie to the growing list of selections that should have been out on DVD way before now...it is dated to some extent, but the overall premise still rings true...and will scare the daylights out of you...