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Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie (1995) 7.8
A documentary presenting mankind's most ambitious effort at perfecting the means to its own annihilation. Featuring newly unclassified atomic test footage. Director:Peter Kuran |
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Cast
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| Edward Teller | ... |
Himself - Nuclear Physicist
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W.H.P. Blandy | ... |
Himself - Commander Joint Task Force One
(archive footage) (as Vice Admiral W.H.P. Blandy)
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Frank H. Shelton | ... |
Himself - Nuclear Weaponeer
(as Dr. Frank H. Shelton)
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Himself
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Adlai Stevenson | ... |
Himself - U.S Ambassador (1961-1965) to the United Nations
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Randall William Cook | ... |
Newsreel Narrator
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Nikolai Bulganin | ... |
Himself
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| Winston Churchill | ... |
Himself
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Everett Dirksen | ... |
Himself
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Himself
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Enrico Fermi | ... |
Himself
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Reed Hadley | ... |
Himself
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Averell Harriman | ... |
Himself
(archive footage)
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| Adolf Hitler | ... |
Himself
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A documentary presenting mankind's most ambitious effort at perfecting the means to its own annihilation. Featuring newly unclassified atomic test footage. Written by Peter Kuran <VCEinc@AOL.com>
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voice over narration | nuclear testing | hydrogen bomb | pacific ocean | nuclear weapons |Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
29 September 1995 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Ultra StereoAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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by Neil Sedaka (as Neil Sadaka) and Howard Greenfield
© 1960 renewed 1988 Screen Gems - EMI Music Inc.
and Careers - BMG Music Publishing
All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured.
Used By Permission.
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Dedicated to the Air Force 1352nd Motion Picture Squadron Lookout Mountain Laboratory (The Atomic Cinematographers) See more »Soundtracks
"Where the Boys Are"by Neil Sedaka (as Neil Sadaka) and Howard Greenfield
© 1960 renewed 1988 Screen Gems - EMI Music Inc.
and Careers - BMG Music Publishing
All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured.
Used By Permission.
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This film would have been nothing were it not for the outstanding scoring by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra. The music amplifies the horror, the bizarre and grotesque beauty, the grandiose irony of this film and its subject. Shatner's fact-like voice is like monochrome, and never distracts from the subject with character. It is a purposefully amoral film to good effect. Without stretching far beyond the immediate implications of a nuclear blast, and by staying devoid of ideology, we are left with the terrible phenomenon itself - the atomic blast.
To me, this was a real horror movie... sitting paralyzed, bug eyed, shocked, mouth agape and all that, complete with surround sound and weighty, ponderous Russian orchestrations in grotesque minor keys. You pray to God they make presidents watch films like these.
I also thought the ending "However..." sequence was perfect. To say that weapons find rest in the hands of fools becomes a truly shocking understatement when you see the sheer unhinged lunacy of the final scene.