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World War III
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Genre | Action & Adventure |
Format | NTSC |
Contributor | David Greene, Rock Hudson, Cathy Lee Crosby, Jeroen Krabbe, David Soul, Brian Keith |
Language | English |
Runtime | 3 hours and 3 minutes |
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When starving mobs begin rioting in the streets of Moscow, Soviet leaders believe they have no recourse but to seize the Alaskan pipeline to force the United States to end the grain embargo that has brought turmoil to the U.S.S.R. These are the events, so terrifyingly similar to yesterday's headlines that bring the superpowers to the brink of World War III. Starring Brian Keith in an extraordinary performance as the Soviet Secretary-General and Rock Hudson as the beleaguered American President, World War III is suspense and intrigue in epic proportions. From a lonely battleground at an Alaskan valve station to the inner sanctums of world power, World War III brings the worst fears of humankind to the screen with an intensity that is all the more nightmarish because is it so believably real.
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- Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 2.57 ounces
- Item model number : 366599
- Director : David Greene
- Media Format : NTSC
- Run time : 3 hours and 3 minutes
- Release date : November 13, 2012
- Actors : David Soul, Brian Keith, Jeroen Krabbe, Cathy Lee Crosby, Rock Hudson
- Studio : Warner Archive
- ASIN : B00A92MFQG
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #14,041 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #1,554 in Action & Adventure DVDs
- #2,406 in Drama DVDs
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The story begins sometime in the "near future" (which, since the flick was shot in '82, presumably means the late 1980s), with the Soviet Union being wracked by food riots caused by a U.S. led grain embargo. In response, and without the knowledge of the moderate Soviet leader Secretary Gorny (Brian Keith), KGB boss Gen. Rudenski (Robert Prosky) sends an elite Soviet unit led by Col. Voroshin (Jeroen Krabbe) to a remote part of Alaska.Their mission? To blackmail the U.S. into resuming grain shipments by threatening the Alaskan oil pipeline with destruction.
The fly in the Soviet ointment is a disgruntled U.S. Army officer named Col. Jake Caffey (David Soul), who has been exiled to Alaska for being too smart, too independent, and a pain in the a** generally. When a patrol of National Guardsmen goes missing, Caffey rapidly discovers the cause, and, divining Voroshin's mission, hunkers down at the pumping station which is the Red Army man's objective. Cut off by the weather from any hope of rescue, he has to hold out at all costs. As a brutal, no-quarter fight erupts at the station between the outgunned National Guard and the elite Red Army commandos, the American president McKenna (Rock Hudson) frantically attempts to negotiate with his opposite number, Gorny. With neither man willing to back down, and with Gorny's hands tied by the KGB, the world slides closer and closer to a general war nobody wants but nobody seems able to avoid.
I am now 40 years old, and I expected that when this film FINALLY was released by the WB Archie Collection in DVD, it would seem incredibly dated and clunky. And in all honestly, it does have all the hallmarks of a TV movie: outbursts of silly writing, second-rate production values, shallow characterizations, and some general cheesiness. But on the whole I was astonished at how effective it is all the way through. The violence is extremely brutal and graphic, with lots of blood, screams and close-ups on the faces of dying men and women -- there are several massacre sequences at the beginning that shocked me as a boy of ten (used to cartoon-style violence) and were still pretty gruesome to watch even now. While the supposedly elite Soviet commandos act more like blundering Cylons for most of the story, the combat sequences are by and large well done, and I might add, so are the tete-a-tete sequences between Gorny and McKenna. The music, by Melle, is occasionally shrill and discordant, but with its brooding synthesizers also evocative and reminiscent of Tangerine Dream's score for THE KEEP (another Robert Prosky film). And the acting deserves special mention. While I found it hard to get to know either Voroshin or Caffey very well, I was extremely impressed by Rock Hudson's performance: his deep-voiced, hard-mannered self-assurance crumble by degrees as he sees the whole world slide closer and closer toward the abyss. Brian Keith is also very good as the hamstrung Gorny. And Robert Prosky is, well, Robert Prosky -- always a delight. Hell, this flick even has Herbert Jefferson in it (you can't go wrong with "Boomer" from the old BATTLESTAR GALACTICA.)
It would be easy to nitpick more flaws, but also pointless, because on the whole, WORLD WAR III does exactly what it says it will -- make the viewer watch as intelligent, dedicated men make one miscalculation after another until there seems absolutely nothing left to do but push the button. The Cold War is long over, but the lingering fear of looking out a window and seeing a mushroom cloud bloom over the city remains...and its just that fear, skillfully and responsibly exploited, that makes going to this particular war so much horrifying fun.
Loved this TV movie back then..love it now.
If you expect hightech, fast motion visual effects of today blockbusters,then you could get disappointed somehow...you'll surely will! There is blood, realistic, impressive ..but no computer animated slaughterhouse scenes, or exaggerated scenes only to be shown for mainstream reasons.. But if you would like to take a look back how times have been once, if you want great actors gripping the audiance, a thrilling plot and the outcoming certainity,that this all could still happen today, in the future, if we forget about certain attitudes, ideas once developed..than don't even hesitate a second..get yourself this masterpiece! For sure, you then will also remember the famous Einstein statement, that he does not know with what kind of weapons the third world war would be fought, but that he is sure the fourth world war would be fought again with stones... Thanks again,that this full length version is available!
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vivement je racheterais la version francaise si elle sort
Invades Alaska they idea is to capture an oil pipeline to ransom
Since the usa has with held grain to the user ,David soul is sent out to investigate
When a national guard unit goes missing.............
The. Dvd is not available in the UK to purchase but is
Available as region region free in the states. Picture quality is very good