Progetto Medusa - minuti contati
Paese d'origine: USA
Location del set: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genere: Thriller
Lingue: English
Plot: Rogers Henry, former head of the Defense Department's Medusa Project at Los Alamos, cons his estranged wife Vivian into transporting a "prototype" bomb to the Pentagon. Vivian accompanies the "prototype" bomb onto a Boeing 737 cargo flight, and once the jet is in the air, the count-down sequence is accidentally initiated. The crew discovers it is no prototype, but a working Medusa weapon capable of sending out an electro-magnetic pulse that would disrupt electronic communication across the continent. They also learn Rogers has synchronized the detonator with the frequency of Vivian's pacemaker, so that if she walks out of range the bomb will immediately go off. Fuming over the departure of his wife Vivian and the cutting of his research funding, crazy nuclear scientist Rogers Henry constructs Medusa, a thermonuclear bomb capable of generating a continent-sized electro-magnetic pulse; such EMP could effectively destroy a computer-based society. He dupes Vivian into bringing it to the Pentagon to exact his final revenge on the government, rigging it so it will explode before its count-down if Vivian's pacemaker isn't within fifteen feet of it. Medusa arms itself in the air aboard Scott Nash's 737 cargo plane, and with Hurricane Sigrid about to hit the coast, nobody wants to let them land. Based on the novel by John J. Nance.
Date di uscita internazionali:
| Australia:23 July 2000 |
| Germany:13 November 1998 |
| Israel:12 May 2000 |
| USA:16 November 1997 |
produzione cinematografica:
columbia tristar television
comsky group
mandalay television
produttore cinematografico: patricia tom williams wendy (i) comsky cynthia comsky david perkins george w.
regista: shaw larry (i)
attore: spano vincent o'grady gail loughlin lori dillon kevin glover john coleman jack (ii) bivens j.b. noth christopher sheen martin ruginis vyto tracey ian morrisey bob wisden robert kaye david (i) butler tom mcnulty kevin cecere fulvio lawrence colin hagan anna cameron david (i) abrahams doug andaluz michael bryant peter (i) lewis david j. deveaux nathaniel fanning stephen robison ian santos edwin a. sargent richard (ii) green marrett harrison anthony (i) hayes deryl hayes kevin (i) heney noah holden mark (iv) johnston andrew (ii) kamin daniel tucker delver marya gann merrilyn grant claudine guber elizabeth lee mi-jung nance john (i) walker matthew (i) metz belinda wick norma jean sood veena sterling jennifer
direttore della fotografia: van oostrum kees
scenografia: king lance
montaggio: karr gary
compositori: febre louis
sceneggiatori e soggettisti: weston ellen nance john j.
effetti speciali ottici: rainmaker digital pictures
troupe varia: belling michael black kevin (ii) brandstatter heike cadham melanie clothier jessica forrieter glen gehriger diana gleason m.k. hawkins crawford jenkinson lee mclean darren moreno margie morgan eva nablo sylvia sepp lisa k. sonderhoff terry spence alan a. spencer timothy robin spencer-phillips mandy trapman john upton kendrie
produttore cinematografico: patricia tom williams wendy (i) comsky cynthia comsky david perkins george w.
regista: shaw larry (i)
attore: spano vincent o'grady gail loughlin lori dillon kevin glover john coleman jack (ii) bivens j.b. noth christopher sheen martin ruginis vyto tracey ian morrisey bob wisden robert kaye david (i) butler tom mcnulty kevin cecere fulvio lawrence colin hagan anna cameron david (i) abrahams doug andaluz michael bryant peter (i) lewis david j. deveaux nathaniel fanning stephen robison ian santos edwin a. sargent richard (ii) green marrett harrison anthony (i) hayes deryl hayes kevin (i) heney noah holden mark (iv) johnston andrew (ii) kamin daniel tucker delver marya gann merrilyn grant claudine guber elizabeth lee mi-jung nance john (i) walker matthew (i) metz belinda wick norma jean sood veena sterling jennifer
direttore della fotografia: van oostrum kees
scenografia: king lance
montaggio: karr gary
compositori: febre louis
sceneggiatori e soggettisti: weston ellen nance john j.
effetti speciali ottici: rainmaker digital pictures
troupe varia: belling michael black kevin (ii) brandstatter heike cadham melanie clothier jessica forrieter glen gehriger diana gleason m.k. hawkins crawford jenkinson lee mclean darren moreno margie morgan eva nablo sylvia sepp lisa k. sonderhoff terry spence alan a. spencer timothy robin spencer-phillips mandy trapman john upton kendrie