While not officially “Horror”, for me and a lot of Americans this is a chilling film that explores how close we really came to literally blowing ourselves up. Command and Control is a thrilling new documentary that opens in theaters on September 14th about an incident in 1980 when a worker in a ICBM missile silo in Arkansas accidentally almost causes the nuclear missile to blow up on our own soil. Get more details and watch the trailer below.
From The Press Release
COMMAND AND CONTROL, the thrilling new feature documentary from filmmakers Robert Kenner and Eric Schlosser (the team behind the Oscar-nominated Food, Inc.) has released its official trailer and poster. Opening in theaters on September 14, with a planned broadcast premiere on PBS American Experience next year, the film previously premiered to strong critical acclaim at the 2016 Tribeca Film
A chilling nightmare plays out at a Titan II missile complex in Arkansas in September, 1980. A worker accidentally drops a socket, puncturing the fuel tank of an intercontinental ballistic missile carrying the most powerful nuclear warhead in our arsenal, an incident which ignites a series of feverish efforts to avoid a deadly disaster. Directed by Robert Kenner and based on the critically acclaimed, Pulitzer Prize Finalist book by Eric Schlosser, COMMAND AND CONTROL is a minute-by-minute account of this long-hidden story. Putting a camera where there was no camera that night, Kenner brings this nonfiction thriller to life with stunning original footage shot in a decommissioned Titan II missile silo. Eyewitness accounts — from the man who dropped the socket, to the man who designed the warhead, to the Secretary of Defense— chronicle nine hours of terror tha t prevented an explosion 600 times more powerful than Hiroshima.
For more information, please visit: https://www.commandandcontrolfilm.com/
