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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Command and Control is a 2016 American documentary film directed by Robert Kenner and based on the 2013 non-fiction book of the same namebyEric Schlosser.[2] It was released initially in the United States at the Tribeca Film Festival and then in the United Kingdom at the Sheffield Doc/Fest on June 11, 2016.[3] It is based on the 1980 Damascus Titan missile explosioninDamascus, Arkansas between September 18–19, 1980. The film aired on the PBS network series American Experience on January 10, 2017.[4][5]
Reception[edit]
It received a score of 78% on Metacritic[6] and won the award for Best Documentary Screenplay from the Writers Guild of America.[7]
The film was among 15 on the "shortlist" for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature (in respect of the 89th Academy Awards)[8] but was not among the five nominees.
Tirdad Derakhshani of The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote, "[Will] have your heart racing."[9]
Film facts[edit]
Parts of the film were filmed at the Titan Missile MuseuminGreen Valley, Arizona.
References[edit]
^ "Sheffield Doc/Fest: Sheffield International Documentary Festival". Archived from the original on August 4, 2016. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
^ "American Experience - Command and Control". PBS. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
^ Fischer, Terry (January 27, 2016). "Pipeline 2016: Our Annual Survey of National Programs Coming to Public TV". Current. American University School of Communication. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
^ "Command and Control Metacritic listing" (http://www.metacritic.com/movie/command-and-control). Metacritic. Accessed 24 September 2016.
^ "2017 Writers Guild Awards Winners". indiewire.com. IndieWire. February 20, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
^ "'O.J.: Made in America,' 'Weiner' Among 15 Documentaries to Advance in Oscar Race". Variety. December 6, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
^ Derakhshani, Tirdad (September 30, 2016). "'Command and Control' documents how close we've come to nuclear annihilation, and it's terrifying". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
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