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The Missiles of October
This recreation of the events leading up to the cuban missile crisis begins with kennedys discovery of soviet missiles in cuba & follows his difficult decision-making process. Commentary by william devane ralph bellamy martin sheen & howard da silva. Studio: Mpi Home Video Release Date: 06/26/2001 Run time: 150 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Anthony Page more
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- Posted: Dec-24-2008
Missles of October
Far and away the best "made for Tv" play I've ever seen.
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- Posted: Nov-03-2008
A Timely Revisit
I took the time to revisit this film in view of the near end of the elections. While the 1974 made for TV production values pale in comparison to contemporary efforts--I must say that the cast is excellent. As Bush prepares to exit office, this film is a reminder of what grace under pressure was...
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- Posted: Oct-15-2008
The Missiles of October
I bought this to share with my two sons. I had watched it my Junior year in High School. I remember how shocked I was at the time as I had no knowledge of any of this taking place. It's done, not so much as a movie but almost more as a documentary. I feel it's better than the more recent movie...
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- Posted: Sep-13-2008
Sweating on the edge of Armageddon...
1974's "The Missiles of October" is a powerfully acted and still compelling TV docudrama of the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, as the United States and Soviet Union came perilously clsoe to war over the placement of nuclear missiles in Cuba. The presentation is stark but engrossing, in the manner...
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- Posted: Oct-19-2007
A Movie Everyone Should See
I lived through the Missiles of October. It is still amazing and truly frightening to see how close we came to nuclear war. No Senator, Congressional Rep, candidate for President, or informed voter should miss this film. I'd seen it on TV, then bought the video. The DVD makes the scenes even...
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- Posted: Oct-13-2007
THE ULTIMATE WMDS
THE MISSILES OF OCTOBER is a tense, tight, made for TV, docudrama about the Cuban missile crisis. It is a Golden Laurel award-winning film based on all historical evidence about those 13 days in October, 1962. Many of us have forgotten or never knew the crisis 45 years ago that brought us to the...
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- Posted: Oct-06-2007
A classic confrontation between Kennedy and Kruschauve
This docudrama shows the Kennedy Adminstration at its very best. William Devene makes a very believable President John F. Kennedy who handles the pressure of dealing with the threat of Soviet Nuclear Missiles a mere 90 miles from our shores. This film is very nicely restored and is complete and...
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- Posted: Sep-28-2007
Cuban Missile Crisis History Lesson in 155 Minutes
First, here's some technical information. "The Missiles of October" is a 1974 or '74 ABC-TV/Viacom television movie running at 155 minutes, probably a miniseries, shot on videotape in NTSC. The DVD version is an NTSC version. The picture quality of the DVD is extremely good considering the age...
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- Posted: Jul-05-2007
The Missiles of October
Interspersed with newsreel footage to heighten its gripping realism, Page's riveting and groundbreaking made-for-TV docudrama reaches for "you-are-there" verisimilitude in its depiction of the thirteen days in October 1962 when JFK agonized over whether to go to war with Russia, a time when the...
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- Posted: May-24-2007
The Missiles of October
As a high school history teacher it is always a pleasure to find a movie about a significant historical eveent in which the event is not flowered up. Thiss movie does so. While a bit slow and plodding at times, a bit convoluted for a contemporary high schooler to follow all of the players in...
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