By Dawn's Early Light
1990 · 101 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 4,288 VOTES · DIR. Jack Sholder
Overview
A nuclear warhead launched by Soviet insurgents protesting the waning Cold War destroys the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The destruction sets off a race between American and Soviet politicians to prevent a nuclear holocaust. While the U.S. president feverishly works to keep the military and political machine from going into overdrive, various subordinates panic. When the president is believed to be killed in a helicopter crash, zealous advisers take over.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,267 lines
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00:01:50 Come on.
00:07:39 Oh, God!
00:11:04 We need your authority, sir. We need the codes, Mr President.
00:14:16 who fear our vastly improved relations
00:17:36 Copilot radar. That's valid.
00:22:46 There's too much commercial traffic, Cassidy.
00:27:03 At what targets?
00:31:27 All our military bases have been hit. Who's available to succeed?
00:35:13 What are we sure of? What's with the B-52s?
00:38:51 No problem.
00:43:02 They're not looking for new worlds to conquer any more. Mr President...
00:46:27 That's a dangerous speculation.
00:49:34 our copilot's just come up with a real winner.
00:54:30 Admiral.
00:57:39 Jesus. You're kidding.
01:01:22 - I know. - And New York, and everything in between.
01:06:51 Turned southeasterly. The data's been confirmed.
01:10:54 I'm seeing more bandits but they just turned back, sir.
01:14:57 They'll shoot you for this.
01:19:04 This is the president speaking.
01:22:16 and I congratulate you.
01:25:12 He did, he turned them.
01:29:25 We got 'em on radar, sir.
01:32:29 Too rough to ditch, prepare to eject.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,267
Dialogue density12.5 lines / min
First line00:01:50
Final line01:32:29
Production Record
DirectorJack Sholder
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes4,288