Deterrence
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Rod Lurie
Kevin Pollak
Timothy Hutton
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Sean Astin
Badja Djola
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Set in the year 2008, a political thriller which takes place over the course of an election evening. When Walter Emerson, the embattled incumbent President of the United States, finds himself trapped in Colorado by a freak snowstorm, he and his entourage must seek refuge in a diner. As President Emerson, his Chief of Staff Marshall Thompson and National Security advisor Gayle Redford view the election returns at the diner and hear the news of his victory in a crucial primary, the broadcast is interrupted by reports of an international incident with U.N. forces overrun and numerous Americans killed. As the President decides on a course of action, he addresses the nation from the diner. During a live worldwide broadcast, Emerson threatens the unthinkable, a nuclear confrontation. Is he bluffing, or is he willing to risk the lives of millions?
Director
Rod Lurie
Cast
Kevin Pollak
Timothy Hutton
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Sean Astin
Badja Djola
Mark Thompson
Michael Mantell
Kathryn Morris
Clotilde Courau
Ryan Cutrona
Uzi Gal
Joe Mccrackin
Scott Powell
Rigg Kennedy
Crew
Paula M Bass
Bill Berry
Marc Frydman
Matthew Jacobsen
Maurice Leblond
Steve Loglisci
Rod Lurie
Peter Meiselmann
Frank Perl
Alan Roberts
James Spies
Lucy Webb
W Brook Wheeler
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Limited Release in United States March 10, 2000
Released in United States 1999
Released in United States May 1999
Released in United States October 1999
Released in United States on Video August 29, 2000
Released in United States September 1999
Released in United States Spring March 10, 2000
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (market) May 12-23, 1999.
Shown at Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (Regional Premieres) October 20 - November 15, 1999.
Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival (Opening Night) October 20-24, 1999.
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) September 9-18, 1999.
Feature directorial debut for Los Angeles film critic Rod Lurie.
Began shooting June 1998.
Released in United States 1999 (Shown at Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (Regional Premieres) October 20 - November 15, 1999.)
Limited Release in United States March 10, 2000
Released in United States Spring March 10, 2000
Released in United States May 1999 (Shown at Cannes Film Festival (market) May 12-23, 1999.)
Released in United States on Video August 29, 2000
Released in United States September 1999 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) September 9-18, 1999.)
Released in United States October 1999 (Shown at Hamptons International Film Festival (Opening Night) October 20-24, 1999.)
