Countdown to Zero

(2010)

★ 6.3 IMDb · 36 votes

Genres: Documentary

Year: 2010

Runtime: 91 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Lucy Walker

Cast: Гэри Олдман, Graham Allison, James Baker III, Bruce Blair, Tony Blair, Збигнев Бжезинский, Matthew Bunn, Richard Burt, Джимми Картер, Mike Chinoy

Plot

Although the Cold War is behind us, the threat of nuclear disaster remains very real. Director Lucy Walker discusses the invention of the atomic bomb and brings the story into the present day, examining the possibility of nuclear calamity under the categories of "Madness," "Accident" and "Miscalculation." With narration by Gary Oldman, the film includes a hypothetical sequence of a nuclear explosion in New York City's Times Square, timed to coincide with the New Year's Eve countdown.