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Canadian TV series or program
Countdown to Looking Glass
Genre
Drama Docufiction
Written by
Albert Ruben
Directed by
Fred Barzyk
Starring
Scott Glenn Michael Murphy Helen Shaver Patrick Watson
Country of origin
Canada
Original language
English
Production
Executive producers
Fred Barzyk W. Paterson Ferns (co-executive producer)
Producer
David R. Loxton
Cinematography
Miklós Lente
Editors
Bernie Clayton Peter C. Frank Leah Siegel
Running time
86 minutes
Production company
HBO
Original release
Network
HBO
Release
October 14, 1984 (1984-10-14)
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Countdown to Looking Glass is a Canadian made-for-television movie that premiered in the United States on HBO on October 14, 1984 and was also broadcast on CTV in Canada. The movie presents a fictional confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the Strait of Hormuz, the gateway to the Persian Gulf. The narrative of the film details the events that lead up to the initial exchange of nuclear weapons, which was triggered by a banking crisis, from the perspective of an ongoing news broadcast.
Unlike similar productions such as the previous year's Special Bulletin and the later Without Warning, the producers of this film decided not to make the entire production a simulated newscast, but instead break up the news portions with dramatic narrative scenes involving characters played by Scott Glenn, Helen Shaver and Michael Murphy. The appearance of real-life newscasters, as well as noted CBC Television host Patrick Watson (although he does not appear as himself in this film) lent additional authenticity to the production.
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