- Paul Newman joins ordinary people in the US and the USSR in taking on the military-industrial complex and campaigning for nuclear-war prevention.
- An earlier edition, released by Admiral LaRocque at the Center for Defense Information in 1978, was reedited by Producer Arthur Kanegis in 1983, when he added the Paul Newman interviews. Kanegis arranged for his film to be broadcast on PBS stations, and developed a campaign to use viewer contributions to broadcast the film on top commercial TV stations across the United States. His company One Films, LLC re-released it 2009 to remind us that in an era of proliferation, nuclear war prevention is more crucial than ever.—Arthur Kanegis
- War Without Winners, hosted by Paul Newman, deals with the deadly serious issue of nuclear war in an upbeat manner, interviewing both military and CIA experts and people in the street in the US and the Soviet Union. In addition to being broadcast on PBS stations, it was broadcast in major markets across the country through an innovative distribution strategy.—Arthur Kanegis
- The nuclear arms race, Paul Newman says, "is like two men standing waste deep in gasoline, each threatening to light the first match." "It would be a war without winners," adds Admiral Gene R LaRocque, US Navy (ret.). "There is no defense. The only way to win a nuclear war is not to fight one."
Award-winning Cinematographer Haskell Wexler traveled across the Soviet Union and the US, meeting with military experts, doctors, and ordinary citizens to create this compelling narrative. Opinions range from the man on the street who says "Nuclear war would just be a big hassle for everyone" to the Civil Defense experts who have concluded that there is no way they can defend the populous -- that the best they can do is maintain "Opium and Morphine stockpiles to make it a little easier to get over to the other side."
The documentary, which won a 1st place blue ribbon in the American Film Festival, was broadcast on many commercial stations as well as PBS stations, and used widely by Nuclear Freeze activist groups around the nation and the world - it was also Broadcast in the Soviet Union.
The film stands as a testament to Paul Newman and his deep social concern, and remains relevant today.
First released in 1978, it was updated and reissued by producer Arthur Kanegis in 1983. Kanegis has now reissued it through his company One Films, and has made it available for free viewing at www.snagfilms.com.
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