Chernobyl: The Final Warning

Chernobyl: The Final Warning
Genre	Drama
Based on	Final Warning: The Legacy of Chernobyl by Robert Peter Gale and Thomas Hauser
Written by	Ernest Kinoy
Directed by	Anthony Page
Starring	Jon Voight Jason Robards Sammi Davis
Music by	Billy Goldenberg
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Roger Gimbel A.K. Surikov
Producer	Philip Barry Jr.
Production locations	Kurchatov, Russia, Kursk Nuclear Power Plant Moscow, Los Angeles
Cinematography	Ray Goode
Editor	Chris Wimble
Running time	95 minutes
Production companies	Carolco Television Productions Turner Pictures
Original release
Network	TNT
Release	April 22, 1991 (1991-04-22)

Chernobyl: The Final Warning is a 1991 American made-for-television disaster drama film starring Jon Voight, Jason Robards, and Sammi Davis. The film chronicles the Chernobyl disaster. ^[1]

Plot

Based on a true account of events, the plot interweaves the stories of a fireman at the nuclear power plant, his pregnant wife, the government officials whose policies helped and hindered rescue efforts and America's Dr. Robert Gale (Jon Voight), who led the international medical team that helped treat survivors of the disaster. ^[2] Robert Gale published the original account of his experiences as Final Warning: The Legacy of Chernobyl in 1988 with Thomas Hauser; ^{[3] [4]} it was adapted by Ernest Kinoy for the screenplay. ^[1]

Cast

• Jon Voight as Dr. Robert Gale
• Jason Robards as Dr. Armand Hammer
• Sammi Davis as Yelena Mashenko
• Annette Crosbie as Dr. Galina Petrovna
• Ian McDiarmid as Dr. Vatisenko
• Vincent Riotta as Valery Mashenko
• Steven Hartley as Aleksandr Mashenko
• Jim Ishida as Dr. Terasaki
• Alex Norton as Dr. Andreyev
• Trevor Cooper as Feodor Lashelya
• Sebastian Shaw as Grandpa
• Jack Klaff as Dr. Pieter Claasen
• Chris Walker as Grisha
• Lorcan Cranitch as Chernov
• Yuri Petrov as Viktor Vasilichyov
• Karen Meagher as Anna
• Caroline Milmoe as Sonya
• Debora Weston as Tamar Gale
• Jonathan Hachett as George Castle
• Keith Edwards as Champlin
• Vladimir Troshin as Mikhail Gorbachev
• Vadim Ledogorov as Leonid Scherchenko
• Nicholas Locker as Dr. Gale's Son
• Shir Gale as Dr. Gale's Daughter

References

1. Chernobyl: The Final Warning at IMDb, retrieved 4 Dec 2012
2. TCM. Chernobyl: The Final Warning Retrieved 4 Dec 2012
3. King, Susan (April 21, 1991). "Profile : Jon Voight's Chernobyl 'Warning'". NYT. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
4. Gale, Robert Peter; Hauser, Thomas (1988). Chernobyl : The Final Warning. Hamish Hamilton. ISBN   024112185X.

External links

• Chernobyl: The Final Warning at IMDb