
Documentary of 1980s near-nuclear ground explosion of a Titan II missile in Damascus, Arkansas in Silo 374-7, based on Eric Shlosser's award-winning book of the same title. A riveting minute by minute account of the accident started by the failure to follow written maintenence procedures.... (Full plot summary below)
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Documentary of 1980s near-nuclear ground explosion of a Titan II missile in Damascus, Arkansas in Silo 374-7, based on Eric Shlosser's award-winning book of the same title. A riveting minute by minute account of the accident started by the failure to follow written maintenence procedures.
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| VarietyNick SchagerBased on the harrowing book by Eric Schlosser (who not only co-wrote, but also appears in the film), this unsettling production...is equal parts history lesson, cautionary tale and nerve-rattling thriller, using all manner of nonfiction devices to elicit both horror and outrage over the precariousness of our deadliest arsenals. |
| FlavorwireJason BaileyKenner creates a brisk, efficient exploration of a troubling moment in our history, with questions that are very much of this moment. |
| The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe film effectively recreates the sense of confusion over how to try to contain the leak and what might happen if the fuel ignited. |
| Brooklyn MagazineJonathan StevensonRobert Kenner's compelling and tense documentary Command and Control... looks at the danger arguably more basic and constant than that of nuclear war in the mere deployment of nuclear weapons in supposedly safe stateside locations. |
| Georgia StraightAdrian MackIn case it has slipped your mind, Robert Kenner's doc is here to remind us that nuclear technology inspired the very acme of human scientific stupidity and arrogance. |
| Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniA terrifying documentary that'll have your heart racing as fast as any Hollywood thriller, Kenner's film reveals that, due to a range of errors and accidents, we were very close, more than once, to detonating a nuke on our own soil. |
| Screen CommentNathanael HoodThese are the things of which nightmares are made. |
| Salon.comAndrew O'HehirHow close did a simple maintenance mishap come to rendering at least one American state uninhabitable and killing an unknown number of people? And what does that tell us about the security and safety of the deadliest weapons ever built in human history? We don’t know the answer to the first question, and the second one raises extremely troubling issues. I don’t want to spoil the gripping and improbable details of Kenner’s film, but how the Damascus accident started is no big secret. |
| TheWrapSam AdamsAs with most documentaries drawn from books, it feels like you’re getting the Reader’s Digest condensed version, handy for those who have 90 minutes to spare but no substitute for the real thing. |
| Boston GlobePeter KeoughKenner and Schlosser not only remind us of a danger that never went away, but honor the men whose bravery was never recognized. |