Special Bulletin (1983)
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Directors
Edward Zwick
Cast
Ed Flanders
The story
The entirety of the film is portrayed through the perspective of a news broadcast on the fictional RBS television network. It begins with promotional scenes from other RBS shows; one is cut off by a special bulletin from RBS News. In Charleston, South Carolina, a skirmish is fought between Coast Guard personnel and a group of terrorists aboard a docked tugboat called Liberty May.
Genres
docufiction, drama film
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Time travel 236Space 248Heists 704Spies 868Time loops 40Dreams 189Artificial intelligence 96Aliens 402Robots 63After the apocalypse 431Revenge 270Survival 198Conspiracies 223Missing persons 43Road trips 6Courtroom 164Prison 510Friendship 773Family relationships 3,979Identity 481
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Science fiction 4,367Horror 8,213Comedy 19,326Drama 30,786Romance 9,639Action 9,279Adventure 7,234Thrillers 11,128Mysteries 3,777Crime 8,420Fantasy 3,690Animation 2,002Documentaries 8,596Musicals 4,133Music 4,133War 2,832Westerns 3,226Biography 3,019Historical 890Sport 1,150Silent films 3,359LGBTQ-related 2,187Teen 1,531Adult 1,020Independent 800Coming of age 1,388Monsters 1,076Slashers 1,085Erotic 818Buddy films 735Zombies 611Splatter 368Vampires 448Ghosts 538Parodies 1,080Superheroes 566Disasters 446Dystopian 421