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Wrong Is Right

  • 19821982
  • RR
  • 1h 57m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
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Sean Connery in Wrong Is Right (1982)
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A TV reporter finds himself in the middle of an Arab leader buying two portable nukes, terrorists, arms dealer, a reporter/CIA spy killed, a US president ordering a K-I-L-L etc.A TV reporter finds himself in the middle of an Arab leader buying two portable nukes, terrorists, arms dealer, a reporter/CIA spy killed, a US president ordering a K-I-L-L etc.A TV reporter finds himself in the middle of an Arab leader buying two portable nukes, terrorists, arms dealer, a reporter/CIA spy killed, a US president ordering a K-I-L-L etc.
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
2K
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POPULARITY
27,484
2,166
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    • Director
      • Richard Brooks
    • Writers
      • Charles McCarry(novel "The Better Angels")
      • Richard Brooks(written for the screen by)
    • Stars
      • Sean Connery
      • George Grizzard
      • Robert Conrad
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Richard Brooks
    • Writers
      • Charles McCarry(novel "The Better Angels")
      • Richard Brooks(written for the screen by)
    • Stars
      • Sean Connery
      • George Grizzard
      • Robert Conrad
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 29User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
    • 50Metascore
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Sean Connery
    Sean Connery
    • Patrick Hale
    George Grizzard
    George Grizzard
    • President Lockwood
    Robert Conrad
    Robert Conrad
    • Gen. Wombat
    Katharine Ross
    Katharine Ross
    • Sally Blake
    G.D. Spradlin
    G.D. Spradlin
    • Philindros
    John Saxon
    John Saxon
    • Homer Hubbard
    Henry Silva
    Henry Silva
    • Rafeeq
    Leslie Nielsen
    Leslie Nielsen
    • Mallory
    Robert Webber
    Robert Webber
    • Harvey
    Rosalind Cash
    Rosalind Cash
    • Mrs. Ford
    Hardy Krüger
    Hardy Krüger
    • Helmut Unger
    • (as Hardy Kruger)
    Dean Stockwell
    Dean Stockwell
    • Hacker
    Ron Moody
    Ron Moody
    • King Awad
    Cherie Michan
    • Erika
    Tony March
    Tony March
    • Abu
    Marianne Marks
    Marianne Marks
    • Suzy
    Jeffrey Wheat
    • Mike
    Joseph Whipp
    Joseph Whipp
    • John Brown
    • Director
      • Richard Brooks
    • Writers
      • Charles McCarry(novel "The Better Angels")
      • Richard Brooks(written for the screen by)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      This movie has been said to have possibly anticipated future world events. James Plath at "DVD Town" said of this movie that, "it's impossible to watch it more than twenty years later without seeing a ton of eerie similarities to the Bush White House", while Paul McElligott at "Celluloid Heroes" wrote: "The idea of the U.S. going to war in the Middle East over dubious claims of terrorists possessing weapons of mass destruction, specifically atomic bombs, is central to the plot. The discovery of the aforementioned bombs dangling from an antenna on top of the World Trade Center is probably far more chilling now than the filmmakers could ever have intended."
    • Goofs
      (at around 1 min) The design of the suitcase bombs is shown to President Lockwood. The bombs are said to contain plutonium, but the design shown fits the uranium bomb (the cannon design), not plutonium bomb (the fission sphere design) - a very distinctive difference President's aides should know.
    • Quotes

      Philindros: I'll disarm the other bomb.

      Patrick Hale: Just in the nick of time.

      Philindros: Yep.

      Patrick Hale: Convenient.

      Philindros: Oh, I'd say lucky.

      Patrick Hale: I thought for a while, the CIA had... arranged the suitcases. Like King Awad's suicide.

      Philindros: Mr. Hale, we only try to do what's right.

      Patrick Hale: Even when it's wrong?

      Philindros: If it's good for America, it can't be wrong. Right?

      Patrick Hale: What's next?

      President Lockwood: [Scene cuts to Oval Office] War!

    • Crazy credits
      Filmed in New York, Washington, D.C., Texas, New Mexico, France, Italy and Hagreb. [Hagreb is a fictional country featured in the movie, and France and Italy appear only in archive footage.]
    • Alternate versions
      The UK video release versions entitled "The Man with the Deadly Lens" were cut first by 2 seconds, then re-released cut by 7 seconds to reduce footage of a bomb being made from a light bulb. However, the DVD released in 2004 entitled "Wrong is Right" is uncut.
    • Connections
      Featured in Sneak Previews: Rocky III, Poltergeist, E.T., Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)

    User reviews29

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    Top review
    This movie will shock you with it's prophetic plot.
    My wife and I viewed this movie this weekend....having NO idea what the plot would be as we bought the video in a bundle at a garage sale. We were absolutely stunned as the plot unfolded to the similarities contained in the 9/11 tragedy. We even heard Bin Laden's name mentioned! I have written one other review for IMDB.... I have no idea whether you will print this comment or not....but I HAD to mention it. This movie will NOW chill the marrow of your bones. It was meant to be a comedy. Thank you for letting me release this... I had to say SOMETHING to somebody! God bless America!
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    • franks7
    • Sep 30, 2001

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 14, 1982 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Sony Movie Channel (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Flammen am Horizont
    • Filming locations
      • White Sands National Monument, New Mexico, USA
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Rastar Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $10,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $3,583,513
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $1,412,646
      • May 16, 1982
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,583,513
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 57 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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