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Re:Notes from the No Lone Zone - A computer scientist looks ... by gojomo on Wednesday December 16, 2009 @04:05AM (#998398)
My earliest introduction to the "two man policy" was the haunting opening scene of 'WarGames'. "Turn your key, sir."
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Re:Notes from the No Lone Zone - A computer scientist looks ... by fuzzmeister on Wednesday December 16, 2009 @05:16AM (#998488)
Could anyone recommend any good movies dealing with nuclear war, or the threat thereof? I've always been fascinated by the subject.
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Re:Notes from the No Lone Zone - A computer scientist looks ... by vanschelven on Wednesday December 16, 2009 @05:54AM (#998527)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057012/

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Re:Notes from the No Lone Zone - A computer scientist looks ... by nvn1 on Wednesday December 16, 2009 @06:15AM (#998558)
Not sure how accurate it is but I enjoyed Thirteen Days: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0146309/

Fog of War also features the subject and is excellent: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317910/

EDIT: Falcon and the Snowman is also great and it's kind of related so it's worth a mention: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087231/

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Re:Notes from the No Lone Zone - A computer scientist looks ... by shabble on Wednesday December 16, 2009 @08:19PM (#1000173)
Doesn't look like anyone else has mentioned _Threads_ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090163/) a British, very harrowing, gritty look at the outbreak and aftermath of a nuclear strike.
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Re:Notes from the No Lone Zone - A computer scientist looks ... by dcminter on Wednesday December 16, 2009 @08:20AM (#998688)
The Bedford Incident in an oblique sort of way.
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Re:Notes from the No Lone Zone - A computer scientist looks ... by gojomo on Wednesday December 16, 2009 @05:54AM (#998529)
Some famous ones I enjoyed are 'Dr Strangelove', 'WarGames', and 'The Day After'.

I also enjoyed the lesser-known 'Miracle Mile' and 'Matinee (1993)'.

Haven't seen 'On the Beach', but it's an early (1959) well-reviewed film on the topic. Haven't seen 'Thirteen Days', but it covers the Cuban missile crisis -- perhaps the closest the world came to using nuclear weapons after Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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