we got sent home from school one day during the Cuban missile crisis.
I was very clueless about the whole missile thing and everything else at that point in my life, so I was VERY blasé about it. I cant remember what I did that day but I recollect looking back, sending all those kids home was the stooopidest thing the school officials could have done, for numerous reasons.
it exemplified the rampant unpreparedness at that time. and in a deeper sense, we as a race was unprepared for what the atomic scientists had dropped in our lap.
you have to remember to make the distinction between *based* on a true story (follows the recorded facts) and *inspired* by a true story (speculative fiction on other possible outcomes).
but this movie has enough realism and a very important message. still relevant today; the news services are talking about the north Korean press's veiled threats about nuclear attack on united states if the Americans should carry out a preemptive attack on them. and they are on the verge of testing a missile capable of carrying out the threat.
sometimes Hollywood directors and producers create outstanding drama, this is one of them. I always liked Nancy Marshand in 'Lou Grant'.
