Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)

Regista:

Robert Aldrich

Writers:

Ronald M. Cohen (writer)
Edward Huebsch (writer)

Data di uscita:

9 febbraio 1977 (USA)

Genere:

Thriller

Slogan:

We have invaded Silo 3. We are prepared to launch nine nuclear missiles. We demand ten million dollars, Air Force One... and you, Mr President.

Plot:

A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near...

Plot Keywords:

Kidnapping | Helicopter | Tank | Commando | Hostage

Premi:

1 nomination

Recensioni degli utenti:

Entertaining & Thought-Provoking

Cast

Burt Lancaster	...	Gen. Lawrence Dell
Roscoe Lee Browne	...	James Forrest
Joseph Cotten	...	Arthur Renfrew
Melvyn Douglas	...	Zachariah Guthrie
Charles Durning	...	President David Stevens
Richard Jaeckel	...	Towne
William Marshall	...	William Klinger
Gerald S. O'Loughlin	...	O'Rourke
Richard Widmark	...	Gen. Martin MacKenzie
Paul Winfield	...	Willis Powell
Burt Young	...	Augie Garvas
Charles Aidman	...	Bernstein
Leif Erickson	...	Ralph Whittaker
Charles McGraw	...	Gen. Crane
Morgan Paull	...	Lt. Cannellis

Alias:

Nuclear Countdown
Silo III (USA) (working title)
Todeskommando Feuerblitz Ultimatum (West Germany)
Ultimatum, Das (West Germany)
Viper Three (USA) (working title)
Ultimi bagliori di un crepuscolo (Italy) [it]

Durata:

146 min | Sweden:123 min

Nazionalità:

USA | West Germany

Lingua:

Inglese

Colore:

Colore (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonoro:

Mono (35 mm optical prints) | 4-Track Stereo (35 mm magnetic prints)

Divieti:

Sweden:15 | West Germany:12 (f) (re-rated) | Iceland:16 | West Germany:16 (f) (original rating) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Spain:18 | USA:R

Luoghi delle riprese:

Bavaria Filmstudios, Geiselgasteig, Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany

Company:

Bavaria Atelier

Curiosità:

Vera Miles' role as the First Lady was deleted from the final release print.

Citazioni:

Lawrence Dell: Gentlemen, we are now a superpower.

Movie Connections:

Fa riferimento a I Was Monty's Double (1958)

Colonna sonora:

My Country, 'Tis of Thee

Entertaining & Thought-Provoking

While this movie has been criticized as a product of Lancaster's political ideology, it is too entertaining to dismiss as a simple political polemic. Gen-Xers may not remember a time when we were always just a few minutes away from a nuclear launch. This film captures some of that tension (and explains why the Strategic Air Command insisted in psychatric screening of all personnel who had access to nuclear weapons!) A plot device about the secret origins of the Vietnam war has been roundly criticized by some. But anyone who has read the early works of Henry Kissinger or the Pentagon Papers will not find it far-fetched at all. Great end title score!