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Command and Control (film)
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Wikipedia article
'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. 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. It is based on the 1980 Damascus Titan missile explosion in Damascus, Arkansas between September 1819, 1980. The film aired on the PBS network series 'American Experience' on January 10, 2017.
Reception
It received a score of 78% on Metacritic"Command and Control Metacritic listing" (http://www.metacritic.com/movie/command-and-control). Metacritic. Accessed 24 September 2016. and won the award for Best Documentary Screenplay from the Writers Guild of America.
The film was among 15 on the "shortlist" for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature (in respect of the 89th Academy Awards) but was not among the five nominees.
Tirdad Derakhshani of 'The Philadelphia Inquirer' wrote, "[Will] have your heart racing."
Film facts
Parts of the film were filmed at the Titan Missile Museum in Green Valley, Arizona.
References
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