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Countdown to Zero

  • 20102010
  • PGPG
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
2.2K
YOUR RATING
Countdown to Zero (2010)
A documentary about the escalating nuclear arms race.
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  • Documentary
A documentary about how the likelihood of nuclear weapons (or fissile materials) usage has increased due to the rise of terrorism and lack of safeguards and verification.A documentary about how the likelihood of nuclear weapons (or fissile materials) usage has increased due to the rise of terrorism and lack of safeguards and verification.A documentary about how the likelihood of nuclear weapons (or fissile materials) usage has increased due to the rise of terrorism and lack of safeguards and verification.
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
2.2K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Lucy Walker
  • Writer
    • Lucy Walker
  • Stars
    • Graham Allison
    • James Baker III
    • Bruce Blair
Top credits
  • Director
    • Lucy Walker
  • Writer
    • Lucy Walker
  • Stars
    • Graham Allison
    • James Baker III
    • Bruce Blair
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 22User reviews
    • 66Critic reviews
    • 70Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 nominations

    Videos1

    Countdown to Zero
    Trailer 2:32
    Countdown to Zero

    Photos10

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    Countdown to Zero (2010)
    Valerie Plame Wilson in Countdown to Zero (2010)
    Countdown to Zero (2010)
    Mikhail Gorbachev in Countdown to Zero (2010)
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    Valerie Plame Wilson in Countdown to Zero (2010)

    Top cast

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    Graham Allison
    Graham Allison
    • Selfas Self
    James Baker III
    James Baker III
    • Selfas Self
    Bruce Blair
    Bruce Blair
    • Selfas Self
    Tony Blair
    Tony Blair
    • Selfas Self
    Zbigniew Brzezinski
    Zbigniew Brzezinski
    • Selfas Self
    Matthew Bunn
    Matthew Bunn
    • Selfas Self
    Richard Burt
    Richard Burt
    • Selfas Self
    Jimmy Carter
    Jimmy Carter
    • Selfas Self
    Mike Chinoy
    Mike Chinoy
    • Selfas Self
    Joseph Cirincione
    Joseph Cirincione
    • Selfas Self
    Richard Cizik
    Richard Cizik
    • Selfas Self
    Thomas D'Agostino
    Thomas D'Agostino
    • Selfas Self
    F.W. de Klerk
    F.W. de Klerk
    • Selfas Self
    Pascal Fias
    • Selfas Self
    Alexander Glaser
    Alexander Glaser
    • Selfas Self
    Mikhail Gorbachev
    Mikhail Gorbachev
    • Selfas Self
    Ira Helfand
    Ira Helfand
    • Selfas Self
    Pervez Hoodbhoy
    Pervez Hoodbhoy
    • Selfas Self
    • Director
      • Lucy Walker
    • Writer
      • Lucy Walker
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Seeing Al Gore receive the Nobel Peace Prize for An Inconvenient Truth (2006) prompted producer Lawrence Bender to ask Lucy Walker if she would be interested in making a film about nuclear weapons.
    • Quotes

      John F. Kennedy: The weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish us.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Cannes Film Festival 2010 (2010)
    • Soundtracks
      Chemistry
      Written by Josh Homme, James Lavelle, Richard File, and Chris Goss

      Performed by Unkle

    User reviews22

    Review
    Top review
    Looked potentially interesting, but turned out to be nothing more than propaganda
    This is the first time I've written an online movie review, and it's out of annoyance that I was compelled to do so.

    Having read the reviews for this movie both on Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb, this "documentary" looked quite interesting. However, on watching I got the uneasy feeling of AGENDA. By the time I saw the satellite picture of Korea, which supposedly showed North Korea being totally blacked out compared to South Korea, I thought bullshit. I paused the movie (I was watching the Blu-ray version so any doctoring of images was easily apparent). Needless to say, the satellite picture was blatantly doctored, with the sea around South Korea apparently emitting more light (through noise) than the entire North Korean mainland (which miraculously emitted no noise and was pitch black). I stopped the movie at this point and decided to write this review.

    In short, this "documentary" is anything but.
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    • davegriffin1234
    • Aug 23, 2011

    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 30, 2010 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Отсчет до нуля
    • Production companies
      • Lawrence Bender Productions
      • Nuclear Disarmament Documentary
      • Participant
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $272,040
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $41,307
      • Jul 25, 2010
    • Gross worldwide
      • $287,711
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital

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