Command and Control (film)

2016 American film

Command and Control

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Directed by| Robert Kenner
Screenplay by| Robert Kenner
Eric Schlosser
Based on| Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
by Eric Schlosser
Produced by| Robert Kenner
Melissa Robledo
Mark Samels
Eric Schlosser
Cinematography| Paul Goldsmith
Jay Redmond[1]
Edited by| Kim Roberts
Music by| Mark Adler

Release date

* April 17, 2016 (2016-04-17)

Running time

| 92 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

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]

## Reception

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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.

Tirdad Derakhshani of The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote, "[Will] have your heart racing."[9]

## Film facts

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

## References

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1. ^ "Tribeca Film Festival". April 17, 2016. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
2. ^ "Command and Control - 2016 Tribeca Film Festival". Retrieved June 15, 2016.
3. ^ "Sheffield Doc/Fest: Sheffield International Documentary Festival". Archived from the original on August 4, 2016. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
4. ^ "American Experience - Command and Control". PBS. Archived from the original on November 10, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 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 September 28, 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. February 20, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
8. ^ "'O.J.: Made in America,' 'Weiner' Among 15 Documentaries to Advance in Oscar Race". Variety. December 6, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
9. ^ Derakhshani, Tirdad (September 30, 2016). "'Command and Control' documents how close we've come to nuclear annihilation, and it's terrifying". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved May 29, 2022.

## External links

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* Command and Control at IMDb

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