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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.
Mar 8, 1989 · This movie is cult because it's both obscure and also covers a critical aspect of history that is still insufficiently well known to the masses - the "Atomic Soldiers" of the 1950s. The movie was made during Reagan/Bush era that still tried to hide such history.
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- Drama
- Peter Markle
- 1989-03-08
Mar 8, 1989 · Nightbreaker is based on the recent revelation that the US government, in the interests of scientific research, deliberately exposed servicemen to radiation during the Nevada atomic bomb tests of the 1950s.
Nightbreaker is a 1989 television film starring Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Joe Pantoliano and Lea Thompson. Originally chosen for production by Ted Turner, personally, to kick off his fledgling network, TNT.
- Peter Markle
Dr. Alexander Brown arrives in Las Vegas, awarded for his recent medical invention. An ex-G.I. tells Brown he was a test subject during the 1950’s, exposed to atomic bomb radiation in the Nevada desert– will Brown help the man uncover the truth?
- Peter Markle
In 1950's Nevada, Brown is a young psychiatrist and a guest of the U.S. Army, where soldiers were routinely exposed to excessive radiation. The young Brown and a colleague interview soldiers, who show their ignorance and insouciance in the face of this danger.
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In a smart casting move, Martin Sheen and real-life son Emilio Estevez play the same character-separated by 30 year! Project "Nightbreaker" is a military research effort that uses some 235,000 soldiers as guinea pigs to test the effects of nuclear explosions in the Nevada desert during the 1950s.
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