Countdown to zero
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Published
Los Angeles, CA : Magnolia Home Entertainment, [2010].
Format
DVD
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 89 min.) : sound, color w/ black and white seq. ; 4 3/4 in. 
Status
Main Library - Media
DVD 327.1747 Cou
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Published
Los Angeles, CA : Magnolia Home Entertainment, [2010].
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
UPC
876964003544

Notes

General Note
Special features: Deleted scenes (ca. 10 min. total): Cuban missile crisis, Electronic backdoor, ID codes, Oppneheimer: man behind the bomb; Additional interviews (ca. 41 min.): Alan Robock, Jimmy Carter, Martin Sherwin, Roger Mollander, Zbigniew Brzezinski; Archival footage (ca. 65 min.): The town that never was, Operation greenhouse, Atomic support for the soldier; Ploughshares Fund PSA; A letter from the filmmakers.
Creation/Production Credits
Editors, Brad Fuller, Brian Johnson ; music, Peter Golub ; cinematography, Robert Chappell, Gary Clarke, Bryan Donnell, Nick Higgins.
Participants/Performers
Featuring Jimmy Carter, Mikhail Gorbachev, Pervez Musharraf, James Baker III, Tony Blair, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Robert McNamara ; prologue voice over, Gary Oldman.
Description
"[The film] traces the history of the atomic bomb from its origins to the present state of global affairs: nine nations possessing nuclear weapons capabilities with others racing to join them, leaving the world held in a delicate balance that could be shattered by an act of terrorism, failed diplomacy, or a simple accident." -- Container.
System Details
DVD format ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital 2.0 or 5.1 audio ; widescreen (1.78:1) presentation.
Language
English dialogue ; optional Spanish subtitles ; Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.