Nightbreaker (film)

Nightbreaker (also known as Advance to Ground Zero in the United Kingdom) is a 1989 television film starring Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Joe Pantoliano and Lea Thompson.[1] Originally it was personally chosen for production by Ted Turner to kick off his fledgling network TNT. Nightbreaker won the Houston Film Festival grand prize and was a Cable Ace nominee for Best Picture in 1990. It also won the 1990 Writer's Guild Award for best Made for Television Movie.

Nightbreaker
GenreDrama
Written byHoward L. Rosenberg and T. S. Cook
Directed byPeter Markle
StarringMartin Sheen
Emilio Estevez
Joe Pantoliano
Lea Thompson
Music byPeter Bernstein
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersJeffrey Auerbach
Martin Sheen
ProducersWilliam R. Greenblatt
Linda Berman (supervising producer)
CinematographyRonald Víctor García
EditorStephen E. Rivkin
Running time99 minutes
Production companiesSymphony Pictures
World International Network
DistributorTNT
Release
Original networkTNT
Picture formatColor
Audio formatDolby
Original release
  • March 8, 1989 (1989-03-08)

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.

Cast

References
  1. "Nightbreaker (1989)". BFI. Retrieved 2018-08-01.


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