Command and Control (film)

Command and Control is a 2016 American documentary film directed by Robert Kenner and based on the 2013 non-fiction book of the same name by Eric 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 explosion in Damascus, Arkansas between September 18–19, 1980. The film aired on the PBS network series American Experience on January 10, 2017.[4][5]

Command and Control
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRobert Kenner
Produced byRobert Kenner
Melissa Robledo
Mark Samels
Eric Schlosser
Screenplay byRobert Kenner
Eric Schlosser
Based onCommand and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
by Eric Schlosser
Music byMark Adler
CinematographyPaul Goldsmith
Jay Redmond[1]
Edited byKim Roberts
Release date
  • April 17, 2016 (2016-04-17)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Reception

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.

Film facts

Parts of the film were filmed at the Titan Missile Museum in Green Valley, Arizona.

References
  1. "Tribeca Film Festival". 17 April 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  2. "Command and Control - 2016 Tribeca Film Festival". Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  3. "Sheffield Doc/Fest: Sheffield International Documentary Festival". Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  4. "American Experience - Command and Control". PBS. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  5. Fischer, Terry (January 27, 2016). "Pipeline 2016: Our Annual Survey of National Programs Coming to Public TV". Current. American University School of Communication. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  6. "Command and Control Metacritic listing" (http://www.metacritic.com/movie/command-and-control). Metacritic. Accessed 24 September 2016.
  7. "2017 Writers Guild Awards Winners". indiewire.com. IndieWire. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  8. "'O.J.: Made in America,' 'Weiner' Among 15 Documentaries to Advance in Oscar Race". Variety. 2016-12-06. Retrieved 2020-06-08.


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