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...much that the threat of nuclear war is unworthy of examination as that no one has had anything new to say about it since Dr. Strangelove; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Just look at the details: Colonel Jack D. Ripper, the good doctor, the Soviet doomsday machine. Not only did Kubrick do nuclear armageddon first, he did it right, eschewing white-knuckled sentimental despair for ballsy black comedy--and unlike Kopit's play, Kubrick delivers on his premise with the end of the world...
...Lieut. Colonel Oliver North deliberately bypassed the State Department when he distributed special intelligence reports on Iran to selected Government officials in September 1985. A few months later, however, North provided intelligence reports on the Middle East to Manucher Ghorbanifar, the Iranian merchant who was the middleman for negotiations between the U.S. and the Islamic nation...
...totalitarian regime has its brutal side (storm troopers set farmhouses on fire and destroy exile camps to stifle dissent; a rebellious teen is caught and brainwashed). But for the most part, the melodrama is muted, the mood somber and contemplative, the complexities rich. A KGB colonel (Sam Neill) turns out to be one of the movie's most articulate and charming characters. And, despite the anti-Communist theme, the film is a subtle refutation of Reagan-era optimism. These Americans, after all, are not can-do patriots but meek, dispirited folks who simply want to get along. "Just surviving," says...
...while a thousand government troops waited nervously outside. Since friendships cut across the lines, the two sides opted to trade radio messages instead of shots. "Mommy, take care of my children," sobbed a female mutineer. Came the government's response, from the five-year-old daughter of Rebel Leader Colonel Oscar Canlas: "Daddy, come home. Mommy has a stomachache...
...that such an effort had been under way, top-ranking military officers handed journalists a document prepared for Major General Rodolfo Canieso, the commanding general of the army, confirming that there had been new plotting. The report said the conspiracy had been hatched by five brigadier generals and a colonel who were "in league" with Marcos supporters and powerful businessmen "disgusted by the security situation." The report provided no explanation of how the effort had been foiled...