Countdown to Zero

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  • Opened July 23, 2010 (Limited)
  • 1 hr 30 min
  • PG | thematic material, images of destruction and incidental smoking

  • COUNTDOWN TO ZERO traces the history of the atomic bomb from its origins to the present state of global affairs: nine nations possessing nuclear weapons capabilities with others racing to join them, with the world held in a delicate balance that could be shattered by an act of terrorism, failed diplomacy, or a simple accident. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Valerie Plame Wilson, Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, Lawrence Scott Sheets, Zia Mian, Pervez Musharraf
  • Director: Lucy Walker
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Documentary

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Entertainment Weekly
| Owen Gleiberman

Countdown to Zero makes old terrors radioactively new again. Read full review

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As odd as it may sound, it's a remarkably beautiful movie. Read full review

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Chicago Tribune
| Michael Phillips

Like Charles Ferguson's excellent Iraq documentary "No End in Sight," "Countdown to Zero" has an agenda but has the cogent, reasoned rhetoric to support it. Read full review

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New York Daily News
| Joe Neumaier

There are suggestions to help us sleep more easily, but the point is to wake us up. Read full review

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A scene from the film "Countdown to Zero."