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Special Bulletin
Ed Flanders as RBS anchor John Woodley.
Genre
Drama
Docufiction
Teleplay by
Marshall Herskovitz
Story by
Edward Zwick
Marshall Herskovitz
Directed by
Edward Zwick
Starring
Ed Flanders
Kathryn Walker
Music by
Ferdinand Jay Smith (promo and news music)
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English
Production
Executive producer
Don Ohlmeyer
Producers
Marshall Herskovitz
Edward Zwick
Editor
Arden Rynew
Running time
105 minutes
Production company
Ohlmeyer Communications Company
Original release
Network
NBC
Release
March 20, 1983 (1983-03-20)
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Special Bulletin is a 1983 American drama television film directed by Edward Zwick and written by Marshall Herskovitz, based on a story by both. It was an early collaboration between the two, who would later produce such series as thirtysomething and My So-Called Life. The film was first broadcast March 20, 1983 on NBC as part of NBC Sunday Night at the Movies.[1][2]
In the film, a terrorist group brings a homemade atomic bomb aboard a tugboat in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina in order to blackmail the U.S. government into disabling its nuclear weapons, and the incident is caught live on television. It simulates a series of live news broadcasts on the fictional RBS Network.[1][2]
^ abRogers, Chris (September 11, 2012). "Thousand Words: "We interrupt this programme..." Reality television: Special Bulletin (Edward Zwick, 1983)". The Big Picture.
^ abShales, Tom (March 20, 1983). "Bulletin! The Show That Shook NBC". The Washington Post.
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