Ultimi bagliori di un crepuscolo

Titolo originale: Twilight's Last Gleaming
Regia: Robert Aldrich |
Anno: 1977
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Thriller
Tag: based on novel or book | general | montana | nuclear missile | nuclear threat | military | silo |
Cast: Burt Lancaster | Roscoe Lee Browne | Charles Durning | Joseph Cotten | Melvyn Douglas | Richard Jaeckel | William Marshall | Gerald S. O'Loughlin | Richard Widmark | Paul Winfield | Burt Young | Charles Aidman | Leif Erickson | Charles McGraw | Morgan Paull | Simon Scott | William Smith | William Hootkins | Bill Walker | David Baxt | Glenn Beck | John Ratzenberger | Shane Rimmer | Don Fellows | Phil Brown | Ed Bishop | Gary Cockrell | David Healy | Robert O'Neil | Robert MacLeod | Lionel Murton | Garrick Hagon |

Nell'ottobre del 1981 il presidente degli Stati Uniti David T. Stevens si trova di fronte a una brutta scelta. O lasciare che il generale Dell, che si è barricato in una base missilistica, faccia saltare mezzo mondo oppure rendere pubbliche alcune verità scottanti sulla guerra del Vietnam. Stevens alla fine sarebbe anche disposto al compromesso, ma i falchi dell'esercito sono in agguato.

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Burt Lancaster initially turned the script down when he was first approached about the project, but [...] D
Richard Widmark's scenes were shot separately from everyone else's. He insisted on doing everything [...] D
All of the scenes were shot with two cameras running. D
The vehicle used to portray a USAF tank is actually a German Jagdpanzer 38(t) "Hetzer" tank destroye [...] D
Walter Pidgeon was originally announced for an unspecified role. D
Paul Newman was offered the role of the President of the US, but turned it down. D
The secret policy is closely based on the 1957 book "Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy" by Henry Ki [...] D
The yellow car in the ditch near the beginning of the movie was Rich Steber's personal car. D
The Oval Office set, was 1.5x bigger than the real one, in order to accommodate equipment and crew. D
Final film of Simon Scott. D
Jerry Goldsmith scored the film because the director's usual composer Frank De Vol was ill. D
Paul Winfield and William Marshall are real-life cousins. This is, however, the only film they both [...] D
Robert Aldrich turned down a large salary and a 10% profit stake in Quell'ultimo ponte (1977) in ord [...] D
Final film of Leif Erickson. D
Veteran screenwriter Edward Huebsch had his first credit under his own name in 26 years with this fi [...] D
This is Burt Lancaster's fourth collaboration with director Robert Aldrich, after L'ultimo Apache (1 [...] D
One of the very few films made in the late 1970s to be shown with an intermission. D
Robert Aldrich originally wanted to have a photo montage of various events in American history to pl [...] D
Lorimar first bought rights to the novel "Viper Three", upon which this film is based, in 1971, when [...] D
Final film of Charles McGraw. D
Burt Lancaster was paid $750,000. D
The film was part of a cycle of 1970s conspiracy movies. These included: Azione esecutiva (1973), Un [...] D
Robert Aldrich finished the film ten days ahead of schedule. D
Produced independently by Lorimar, the film was distributed theatrically by Allied Artists. In a twi [...] D
The Air Force One plane was only painted on one side. D
Vera Miles' role as the First Lady was deleted from the final release print. D
The cast includes two Oscar winners: Burt Lancaster, Melvyn Douglas; and five Oscar nominees: Richar [...] D
Paul Winfield's character, while looking at the missile in the silo, remarks, "It's like 'Star Trek' [...] D
Melvyn Douglas called Charles Durning "kid" during the rehearsals for this film. However, Douglas st [...] D
Final film of Lionel Murton. D
Pippa Scott's role was cut from the final version. D
Many actors from the Guerre stellari (1977) film series made appearances. Garrick Hagon and William [...] D

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The "Gold" bomb (setting aside the micro-nuke as not a real thing) has a never explained and clearly [...] D
Officers in confinement often self-segregate from the general prison population while in military co [...] D
In highly specialized units such as a missile wing, operating from a supporting air force base, ever [...] D
The President's US Air Force aide is wearing a Combat Infrantryman Badge (an Army skill badge). D
Some of the military personnel, like Mackenzie's driver, have hair that is too long. D
Powell stated that he lied when Dell asks him about his experience with Titan missiles and ICBM secu [...] D
Why not position tanks or some kind of fighting vehicles 1500 yards from the silos to try and shoot [...] D
None of the tanks used in the film have ever been used by the US. Some are Hotchkiss SPz 11-2 tanks [...] D
There is no medical team in evidence in the final scene. If the president ever were put in harm's wa [...] D
It is said that the press plane claimed to develop engine trouble over St. Louis. There is no reason [...] D
Missiles are not in the same complex, accessed through the same tunnels, as launch control bunkers. [...] D
The film is set to take place in 1981, then four years into the future. The Titan (I) missile was al [...] D
The opening titles are shown against an image of the Statue of Liberty and the sun near the horizon. [...] D
At about 30 minutes into the movie, the officer giving a SAC briefing begins with "Good morning, gen [...] D
During the torture of the airman in order to reveal the safe's combination, the torturer refers to t [...] D
In the first close-up of Air Force 1 from the front, you can see the plane has only been painted on [...] D
The Air Force officer talking to the President calls Dell "a soldier" when he should refer to him as [...] D
A title card announces that the film takes place on Sunday, November 16, 1981. November 16 was a Mon [...] D
When the attackers enter the launch control center, you can see that the 'massive' vault door, while [...] D
To seize control of the 9 missiles and be able to operate their launch control panel, the infiltrato [...] D
The USAF helicopters sent to recon the silo area, are carrying civilian Italian registrations. D

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