Command and Control (film)

Command and Control is a 2016 American documentary film directed by Robert Kenner and based on the 2013 non-fiction book of the same name by Eric Schlosser.^[2] It was released initially in the United States at the Tribeca Film Festival and then in the United Kingdom at the Sheffield Doc/Fest on June 11, 2016.^[3] It is based on the 1980 Damascus Titan missile explosion in Damascus, Arkansas between September 18–19, 1980. The film aired on the PBS network series American Experience on January 10, 2017.^[4][5]

Command and Control
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Robert Kenner
Screenplay by	Robert Kenner Eric Schlosser
Based on	Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety by Eric Schlosser
Produced by	Robert Kenner Melissa Robledo Mark Samels Eric Schlosser
Cinematography	Paul Goldsmith Jay Redmond[1]
Edited by	Kim Roberts
Music by	Mark Adler
Release date	April 17, 2016 (2016-04-17)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Reception

It received a score of 78% on Metacritic^[6] and won the award for Best Documentary Screenplay from the Writers Guild of America.^[7]

The film was among 15 on the "shortlist" for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature (in respect of the 89th Academy Awards)^[8] but was not among the five nominees.

Tirdad Derakhshani of The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote, "[Will] have your heart racing."^[9]

Film facts

Parts of the film were filmed at the Titan Missile Museum in Green Valley, Arizona.