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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.

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Jeffrey Lewis ...
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Zia Mian ...
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Roger Molander ...
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Scott Sagan ...
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Lawrence Scott Sheets ...
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Frank von Hippel ...
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Directed by

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Lucy Walker

Written by

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Lucy Walker ... (written by)

Produced by

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Lawrence Bender ... producer
Bruce Blair ... executive producer
Nikki Boella ... field producer: Dubai
Matt Brown ... executive producer
Victor Buhler ... consulting producer
Andrew C. Evans ... field producer: London
Abbie Hurewitz ... field producer: New York City
Brennan Rees ... associate producer
Lisa Remington ... co-producer
Susan Ricketts ... archive producer
Jeff Skoll ... executive producer
Diane Weyermann ... executive producer
Marianna Yarovskaya ... field producer: Moscow
Andy Zare ... archive producer
Jianbo Zhou ... field producer: Beijing

Music by

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Peter Golub

Cinematography by

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Robert Chappell
Gary Clarke
Bryan Donnell
Nick Higgins
Aaron Phillips

Editing by

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Brad Fuller
Brian Johnson

Editorial Department

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Oneika Austin ... assistant editor
Gilbert Carreras ... color timer
Lindsay Heller ... second assistant editor
Avo John Kambourian ... post-production assistant
Keith Mahoney ... on-line assistant editor
Daniel Morfesis ... first assistant editor
Kathryn West ... assistant editor
Sandi Williams ... post-production coordinator

Production Management

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Mark Lipson ... post-production supervisor
Lisa Remington ... post-production supervisor

Art Department

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Jon Gold ... property master

Sound Department

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Mike Boyle ... sound recordist (as Michael Boyle)
Harry Cohen ... supervising sound editor
Toby Cohen ... sound effects editor
Jim Gallup ... sound recordist
Michael Hertlein ... dialogue editor
Tony Lamberti ... re-recording mixer
Alexander Marshall ... sound recordist
Evan McIntosh ... sound recordist
Michael Minkler ... re-recording mixer
Dror Mohar ... supervising sound editor
Hashem Selph ... sound recordist
Branden Spencer ... first assistant sound editor
Wylie Stateman ... supervising sound editor
Greg Townsend ... sound mixing recordist
Lucy Walker ... sound recordist
James Wright ... dolby sound consultant
David Young ... post sound engineer

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Justin Acree ... visual effects designer
Sonny Angell ... animator
Gary Breslin ... digital artist / visual effects designer
Brent Chesanek ... animator
Will Clark ... photo retoucher
Nicholas Fischer ... photo retoucher
Robin Greenwood ... animator
Steve Hardie ... additional graphics
Forrest Heidel ... visual effects supervisor
Denis Kozyrev ... matte painter
Lena Lee ... animator
Mike Milyavsky ... animator
Maria Catherine Sandoval ... visual effects producer
Hashem Selph ... additional graphics
Sean Patrick Sullivan ... animator
Ryota Suyama ... animator
Estefania Szprengiel ... animator
Mike Vicari ... lead animator
Emily Rose Wagner ... additional graphics
Wee Wan ... photo retoucher
Jinho Yu ... animator

Camera and Electrical Department

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Jim Denault ... additional cinematographer
Sam Fuller ... additional cinematographer
Tom Kaufman ... additional cinematographer (as Thomas Kaufman)
Aaron Phillips ... additional cinematographer
Jonathan Schell ... additional cinematographer
Logan Schneider ... assistant camera

Music Department

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Henriette Amiel ... music legal services
Matt Biffa ... music supervisor
Minjee Chung ... music preparation
Peter Golub ... orchestrator
Michael Greene ... score recording engineer & mixer
Ted Hinckley ... music contractor
Dave Holden ... music preparation
Scott Johnson ... music editor
Paul Katz ... music consultant
Philip Klein ... orchestrator
Thanh Tran ... music preparation

Additional Crew

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Randall Balsmeyer ... title designer
Steve Berman ... completion guarantor: Film Finances
Iram Parveen Bilal ... translator: Urdu
Lisa Callif ... legal counsel
Kate Coe ... additional archival research
Joy Conley ... additional archival research
Shirin Dehghan ... post production assistant
Michael Donaldson ... legal counsel
Dani DuHadway ... assistant: Mr. Bender
Louise Eckersley ... production coordinator
Tchavdar Georgiev ... additional archival research / translator: Russian
Erica Hart ... production assistant
Lindsay Heller ... additional archival research
Adam Irving ... key production assistant
Wandie Kabule ... post production assistant
John Kaiser ... intern
Mark Lipson ... post production consultant
Tahir Malik ... additional archival research
Carey McKenzie ... additional archival research (as Carey Schonegevel)
Ambria Miscia ... post production assistant
Jessica Nelson ... researcher / transcriptionist
Molly O'Brien ... consultant producer
Emily Fiora Parks ... intern
Marilyn Penn-Lindley ... post production accountant (as Marilyn Penn)
Katherine Ripley ... additional archival research
Katie Roper ... production assistant
Marge Rowland ... production accountant
Hashem Selph ... production coordinator / translator: Persian
Lawrence Scott Sheets ... translator: Georgian
Daniel Tan ... lead technician: Deluxe Digital Cinema
Reaves Avery Washburn ... intern
Winnie Wong ... insurance
Marianna Yarovskaya ... translator: Russian

Thanks

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Kofi Annan ... very special thanks
Diana Masieri Byfield ... very special thanks
Judy Calabrese ... special thanks
Lesley Chilcott ... special thanks
Hank Corwin ... thanks
Kelly Curtis ... special thanks
Will Fisher ... special thanks
Eric Greenspan ... very special thanks
Charles Johnston ... thanks
Henry Kissinger ... very special thanks
Jan Lodal ... very special thanks
Yelena Makarczyk ... special thanks
Moby ... special thanks
Sandy Nasseri ... special thanks
Pavel Palazchenko ... very special thanks
Margaret Pastor ... very special thanks
Robert Pastor ... very special thanks
Yelena Rachitsky ... very special thanks
Mary Ramos ... very special thanks
Morgan Russo ... special thanks
David Sanger ... special thanks (as David E. Sanger)
Phillip Schopper ... very special thanks
Ashley Sifer ... special thanks
Mark Sugg ... very special thanks
Frits Veerman ... very special thanks
Wez ... special thanks
Winnie Wong ... special thanks

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Storyline

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Taglines Demand Zero. See more »
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Also Known As
  • 数到零 (China, Mandarin title)
  • Numaratoare inversa (Romania)
  • Odliczanie do zera (Poland)
  • Visszaszámlálás (Hungary)
  • カウントダウンZERO (Japan, Japanese title)
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Runtime
  • 89 min
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Box Office

Opening Weekend United States $41,307, 25 Jul 2010

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. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Cannes Film Festival 2010 (2010). See more »
Soundtracks Chemistry See more »
Quotes John F. Kennedy: The weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish us.
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