Special Bulletin

– A TV reporter and cameraman are taken hostage on a tugboat while covering a workers strike. The dema..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.70 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 43 Minutes
Release Year:
1983
Special Bulletin (1983)

A TV reporter and cameraman are taken hostage on a tugboat while covering a workers strike. The demands of the hostage-takers are to collect all the nuclear detonators in the Charleston, SC area so they may be detonated at sea. They threaten to detonate a nuclear device of their own of their demand isnt met.

Story Timeline:
Producing Country:
USA
Filming Locations:
Genre:
Release Date:

20 Mar 1983

Language:

English

Director:

Edward Zwick

Writer:

Marshall Herskovitz (teleplay), Edward Zwick (story), Marshall Herskovitz (story)

Main Actors:

Ed Flanders, Kathryn Walker, Roxanne Hart, Christopher Allport

Plot:

A TV reporter and cameraman are taken hostage on a tugboat while covering a workers strike. The demands of the hostage-takers are to collect all the nuclear detonators in the Charleston, SC...

Awards:

Won 4 Primetime Emmys. Another 3 wins & 2 nominations.

Production:

Warner Bros.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.7/10