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  • Sputnik Mania
  • Opened March 14, 2008 | Runtime:1 hr. 27 min.
  • NR
  • Historians say that there have been three great shocks that brought America to its knees. The events of Pearl Harbor, 9/11 and the launch of Sputnik. Narrated by actor Liev Schreiber, SPUTNIK MANIA reveals the dramatic and fast-moving story of what Read More
  • Director: David Hoffman
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Documentary

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  • 75
    TV Guide | Ken Fox

    It was really no bigger than a beach ball, weighed about as much as a...

  • 75
    New York Daily News |

    The archival footage here is great, and the cosmos-conquering craziness will...

  • 70
    The New York Times |

    The movie lets parallels between that time and the post-9/11 era emerge...

  • 70
    Variety | Ken Eisner

    A seemingly esoteric subject -- the launch of Russia's Sputnik satellite -- is...

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