Before then, and even for a little while after, looking glass builds promisingly. Glenns acting abilities and physical presence helped him to excel both in action silverado 1985, the challenge 1982 and drama the right stuff 1983, countdown to looking glass 1984, the river 1984 as he alternately played good guys and bad guys. Countdown to looking glass is a canadian madefortelevision movie that premiered in the united states on hbo on 14. Countdown to looking glass tv movie 1984 plot summary. Find out information about looking glass short film. Looking glass is the code word for the strategic air commands control. Download all yts yify movies torrents for free in 720p, 1080p, 4k and 3d quality.
I guess the whole idea behind this game was to show people the power of the macintoshs graphics capabilities. Through the looking glass is an 1871 work of childrens literature by lewis carroll, the sequel to alices adventures in wonderland. The story is told through a live news report that follows the apocalyptic worldending nuclear exchange between the u. Dramatic doomsday scenario in which the cold war fully escalates. That was ok, as my history teacher was going to show us threads six months later.
Docudrama uses fictional reports of a crisis in the middle east, which leads to a nuclear confrontation between the us and the ussr. Countdown to looking glass is a canadian madefortelevision movie that premiered in the united states on hbo on october 14, 1984 and was also broadcast on ctv in canada. With scott glenn, michael murphy, helen shaver, patrick watson. Through the looking glass, and what alice found there is a childrens novel by lewis carroll. The film handles its aging and dementia subplots with admirable subtlety, with the exception of such heavyhanded. The narrative of the film details the events that lead up to the initial. Watch alice through the looking glass online stream full. Looking glass short film article about looking glass. A rich socialite escapes her boring lifestyle when a ghost takes her to a.
Looking glass is the code word for the strategic air command. The movie presents a fictional confrontation between the united states and the soviet union over the strait of hormuz, the gateway to the persian gulf. Countdown to looking glass tv movie 1984 goofs on imdb. It was aloft as a back up to the hq sac command post at offutt afb should it be rendered ineffective and inoperablenot just in case of nuclear war. Alice kingsleigh wasikowska has spent the past few years following in her fathers footsteps and sailing the high seas. It would be another four years before countdown would cross my radar. Countdown to looking glass tv movie 1984 plot summary imdb. Countdown to looking glass tv movie 1984 goofs imdb.
Marvin candle, explains that the project began in 1970, created by two doctoral candidates from the university of michigan, gerald and karen degroot michael gilday and courtney lavigne, and was funded by. Through the looking glass or thru the looking glass may also refer to. Looking for local movie times and movie theaters in 77042. Looking glass was the strategic air command airborne command post in the air 247 for over 40 years. Countdown to looking glass 1984 a tv anchorman, a mideast correspondent scott glenn and a washington newswoman helen shaver follow a superpower showdown in the persian gulf. A list of films exploring the what if scenarios of nuclear war or a nuclear attack.
Looking glass, a 2018 thriller film the looking glass song, a song by dream theater. Oct 28, 2015 the looking glass literally represents a labor of love for its creators. Countdown to looking glass is a 1984 canadian alternate history and speculative fiction film starring scott glenn and helen shaver among others, centered around the events that lead up to a nuclear war between the usa and the soviet union, as depicted in a series of evening newscasts that becomes a 24 hour news network notable for its realism at the time though not so much anymore and for. Dec 29, 2011 docudrama uses fictional reports of a crisis in the middle east, which leads to a nuclear confrontation between the us and the ussr. Countdown to looking glass is a canadian madefortelevision movie that premiered in the united states on hbo on october 14, 1984 and was also broadcast. Cage, bearded and clad mostly in flannel, is in a compelling but not sleepwalking lowkey mode. Through the looking glass by rachel read is licensed under a creative commons attributionnoncommercialnoderivs 3. Through the looking glass disambiguation wikipedia. Looking glass is the code word for the strategic air commands control plane which is to be used in the case of nuclear war. The looking glass literally represents a labor of love for its creators. Feb 02, 2014 countdown to looking glass is a canadian madefortelevision movie that premiered in the united states on hbo on october 14, 1984. In 1984, these graphics must have blown people away.
Looking glass will make you nostalgic for when nic cage. Alice through the looking glass on dvd october 18, 2016 starring johnny depp, mia wasikowska, helena bonham carter, sacha baron cohen. Mar 14, 2012 canadian made for tv movie, shown on hbo october 14, 1984. Through the lookingglass simple english wikipedia, the. Newt plays himself responding to the deployment of american troops to saudi arabia after a terrorist bombing of the u. The artist becomes wracked by horrific visions from a mysterious mirror. Heart, of course, starred cage way back in the day, when his eccentrically expressive behavioral tics seemed perfectly suited to a lynchian world. A fictional confrontation between the united states and the soviet union over the strait of hormuz, the gateway to the persian gulf. Countdown to looking glass 1984 cast and crew a tv anchorman, a mideast correspondent scott glenn and a washington newswoman helen shaver follow a superpower showdown in. Countdown was originally aired on hbo in the fall of 1984. Yify hd torrent download free movie yify torrents for 720p. A dramatized news broadcast of a hypothetical escalation to nuclear war triggered by a default on latin american debt. Neales study is the most complete discussion now available of film genre. Find the movies showing at theaters near you and buy movie tickets at fandango.
Countdown to looking glass tv movie 1984 full cast. Mention the similarities between the story and todays geopolitical. It was made in 1984 yet i can still remember scenes from it. Made during the cold war, it is rife with the tension of the period. You will definitely see how close to reality this movie may really be someday. Award winning film through the looking glass is a psychological horror detailing one mans slide into madness. Apr 24, 20 for the final release, the games name was changed from alice to through the looking glass due to legal reasons. As tensions increased in 1983 and 1984, postapocalyptic cinema. The book is a series of dreamlike fantasy episodes. Whatever the answers theyll have to be accomplished quickly as the oil reserves for some of our allies begin to. Countdown to looking glass tv movie 1984 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The name alice was already in use for a database program. Countdown to looking glass 1984 docudrama uses fictional reports of a crisis in the middle east, which leads to a nuclear confrontation between the us and the ussr. Aug 20, 2012 looking glass is the code word for the strategic air commands control plane which is to be used in the case of nuclear war.
Newt countdown to looking glass movie, 1984 youtube. Countdown to looking glass is a canadian madefortelevision movie that premiered in the united states on hbo on october 14, 1984. She dances with abandon and is reborn in the joy of the moment. A desktop manager for unix from visix explanation of looking glass. Presented as an ongoing news broadcast, the movie presents a. You basically watch it like you were watching cnn coverage of a middle east crisis except you get a little bit more omniscience. Apr 09, 2008 i remember countdown to looking glass. Countdown to looking glass 1984 cast and crew moviefone. Countdown to looking glass 1984 the movie database tmdb. With catharine burgess, jamie gillis, laura nicholson, kristen steen. Jul 09, 2014 excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to rachel read and through the looking glass with appropriate and specific direction to the original content. Im tired of the home movies done with imax cameras that supposed to be. The fact that the film s most resonant and likable portions are those in which nothing actually happens almost too nicely encapsulates why the looking glass falls sadly flat throughout much of.
Looking glass looking glass album, 1972 looking glass, a song by guitarist allan holdsworth from his 1986 album, atavachron looking glass, a song by yanni from his 1986 album, keys to imagination. Yify hd torrent download free movie yify torrents for. Sep, 2016 a dramatized news broadcast of a hypothetical escalation to nuclear war triggered by a default on latin american debt. The narrative of the film details the events that lead up to the initial exchange of nuclear weapons from the perspective of an ongoing news broadcast. Countdown to looking glass 1984 cast and crew a tv anchorman, a mideast correspondent scott glenn and a washington newswoman helen shaver follow a superpower showdown in the persian gulf. Countdown to looking glass is a good speculative thriller examining the outbreak of world war iii. My family didnt subscribe to hbo in those days, so i missed it.
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