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  • Release: The documentary opened theatrically in New York on July 23, 2010, followed by Los Angeles during the week of July 30.
  • Filmmakers: Lucy Walker wrote and directed the film; Lawrence Bender served as producer.
  • Participants: Gary Oldman narrates, while Jimmy Carter, Mikhail Gorbachev, Tony Blair, Pervez Musharraf and Valerie Plame Wilson appear.
  • Production: Participant Media and Lawrence Bender Productions produced the 90-minute, PG-rated documentary; Magnolia handled U.S. distribution.
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Countdown to Zero examines why nuclear danger did not disappear after the Cold War. It traces the atomic bomb’s history while considering terrorism, proliferation, theft of fissile material, accidents and miscalculation as separate routes to catastrophe.

Director Lucy Walker combines archival material with testimony from former heads of government, diplomats and security specialists. The documentary uses those perspectives to argue that reducing nuclear arsenals and improving safeguards are practical global-security questions, not only abstract policy goals.

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