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Special Bulletin (1983)

Name: Special Bulletin
Director: Edward Zwick
Genre: Drama, found footage, Suspense
Released: 1983
Duration: 103 min
Cast: Ed Flanders, Kathryn Walker, Roxanne Hart, Christopher Allport, David Clennon

1983 · Edward Zwick · 103 min · United States of America

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An evening of TV programming is interrupted by breaking news: in Charleston, South Carolina, two Coast Guard personnel and two members of a local news team have been taken hostage by a group of terrorists who are seeking to destroy the triggers of all local nuclear devices. Moreover, the terrorists threaten to detonate their own device if their demands are not met.

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