Nightbreaker (film)

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Nightbreaker
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Inspired byAtomic Soldiers: American Victims of Nuclear Experiments
by Howard L. Rosenberg
Written by T. S. Cook
Directed by Peter Markle
Starring
Composer Peter Bernstein
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
  • Martin Sheen
  • Jeffrey Auerbach
ProducerWilliam R. Greenblatt
Cinematography Ronald Víctor García
Editor Stephen E. Rivkin
Running time99 minutes
Production companies
  • Symphony Pictures
  • Wisdom Productions
  • Companionway Films
Release
Original network TNT
Original releaseMarch 8, 1989 (1989-03-08)

Nightbreaker (also known as Advance to Ground Zero) is a 1989 American historical drama television film directed by Peter Markle and written by T. S. Cook, inspired by the book Atomic Soldiers: American Victims of Nuclear Experiments by Howard L. Rosenberg. [1] The film stars Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez as older and younger versions of fictional neurologist Alexander Brown. It also stars Lea Thompson, Melinda Dillon, and Joe Pantoliano.

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Plot

Dr. Alexander Brown (played by Sheen in framing scenes and Estevez in flashbacks) reflects on his involvement in the exposure of American soldiers to radiation in the proving grounds in Nevada in the 1950s after he is approached by a man who is dying of cancer due to the tests.

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References

  1. Rosenberg, Howard (March 4, 1989). "Development of The Bomb: Casting a Long Shadow : CBS' 'Day One,' TNT's 'Nightbreaker' Relive Moral Dilemmas of Atomic Age". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved April 4, 2021.