Special Bulletin
- Filme para televisão
- 1983
- 1 h 43 min
Uma repórter e seu cinegrafista são feitos reféns em um rebocador marítimo durante uma greve de trabalhadores. Os sequestradores exigem a coleta de detonadores nucleares em Charleston, ameaç... Ler tudoUma repórter e seu cinegrafista são feitos reféns em um rebocador marítimo durante uma greve de trabalhadores. Os sequestradores exigem a coleta de detonadores nucleares em Charleston, ameaçando detonar um dispositivo nuclear próprio.Uma repórter e seu cinegrafista são feitos reféns em um rebocador marítimo durante uma greve de trabalhadores. Os sequestradores exigem a coleta de detonadores nucleares em Charleston, ameaçando detonar um dispositivo nuclear próprio.
- Ganhou 4 Primetime Emmys
- 7 vitórias e 2 indicações no total
Enredo
Você sabia?
- CuriosidadesWhen this film was first broadcast, the network superimposed the word "dramatization" on the bottom of the screen every few minutes and ran disclaimers after every commercial break, to remind people it was only a movie. That didn't stop some people in Charleston, S.C. from panicking anyway.
- Erros de gravaçãoThe cameraman would not be able to film the explosion. Either the pyroclastic storm or the electromagnetic pulse would render the camera unusable, and at least erase the magnetic tape in the camera.
- Citações
Susan Myles: Good evening, this is News Watch. Emergency efforts continue in Charleston, South Carolina, where 3 days ago a nuclear explosion destroyed the heart of the city. Estimated at an yield of 23,000 tons of TNT was seen and heard up to 400 miles away and created a firestorm that is still burning in several areas. Due to early evacuations, the number of dead is estimated at less than 2,000, but at last count there were more than 25,000 injured. Many of those are burnt and have been flown to hospitals around the country for treatment, but altogether the burn care centers in the United States have only 2,400 beds, less than half the number needed for the victims of the Charleston blast. Because onshore winds spreading radiation fallout west of the city, 250,000 more people have been evacuated from outlying areas. In all, half a million are homeless. Scientists estimate that it may be years before the region is safe to reoccupy. Trauma care centers are being set up for survivors, many of whom are physically uninjured but suffering from shock and delayed stress. Authorities are also caring for hundreds of children who are either orphaned or cannot find their parents. Counselors tell of recurring nightmares and shock. One child of 9 apparently committed suicide. After 3 days the shock seems to be just setting in. Early talk of rebuilding have been forgotten in the wake of radiation estimates. Hundreds of thousands of refugees face the prospects of starting new lives elsewhere in an already depressed economy. As for Charleston itself, the city of gardens and narrow streets and beautiful old houses, that city is gone forever. A new city may someday grow there years from now, or it may remain a desert, whichever, the staggering loss of once was can never be eradicated.
- Cenas durante ou pós-créditosOpens with a commercial advertising shows for the fictional RBS network, followed by the title "Special Bulletin" as the commercial is interrupted. There are no opening credits, making this one of the first TV movies ever produced without some sort of opening credits.
- Versões alternativasThe video release omits the "dramatization" on-screen disclaimer seen throughout the original TV broadcast. The DVD released through the Warner Archive Collection does contain the on-screen disclaimers.
- ConexõesFeatured in The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1983)
The dialogue was also pretty good, and if you look at some of the films that the writers/producers of this gem went on to make, definitely a lot of material there.
Also some good performances from great actors, which is always a good thing, of course! Why was this never released on video? The original (and excellent) "Brian's Song" came out on DVD, so certainly a TV movie could be doable for DVD.
"Countdown to Looking Glass" is another good one. IMO both of these are tons better than "The Day After" which I found cheesy even then. "Special Bulletin" almost has a surreal quality that is very hard to match.
- David_Powell3006-1
- 25 de dez. de 2005