Command and Control is a 2016 American documentary film directed by Robert Kenner and based on the 2013 non-fiction book of the same name by Eric Schlosser.[2] It was released initially in the United States at the Tribeca Film Festival and then in the United Kingdom at the Sheffield Doc/Fest on June 11, 2016.[3] It is based on the 1980 Damascus Titan missile explosion in Damascus, Arkansas between September 18–19, 1980. The film aired on the PBS network series American Experience on January 10, 2017.[4][5]
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| Directed by | Robert Kenner |
| Screenplay by | Robert Kenner Eric Schlosser |
| Based on | Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety by Eric Schlosser |
| Produced by | Robert Kenner Melissa Robledo Mark Samels Eric Schlosser |
| Cinematography | Paul Goldsmith Jay Redmond[1] |
| Edited by | Kim Roberts |
| Music by | Mark Adler |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Reception
It received a score of 78% on Metacritic[6] and won the award for Best Documentary Screenplay from the Writers Guild of America.[7]
The film was among 15 on the "shortlist" for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature (in respect of the 89th Academy Awards)[8] but was not among the five nominees.
Tirdad Derakhshani of The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote, "[Will] have your heart racing."[9]
Film facts
Parts of the film were filmed at the Titan Missile Museum in Green Valley, Arizona.
