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Black Sunday
Why this pick
Like Two-Minute Warning, it turns a major American sporting event into a sprawling, procedural pressure cooker, following authorities and an unseen threat as the deadline tightens.
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MOVIE1976 1h 55m USA
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Why this pick
A cool, methodical pursuit of an assassin gives the same suspenseful contrast between meticulous preparation and officials racing to prevent public catastrophe.
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The Anderson Tapes
Why this pick
This surveillance-shaped New York thriller shares the observational, multi-character construction and unflashy 1970s procedural texture of Two-Minute Warning.
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The Cassandra Crossing
Why this pick
An ensemble of civilians and officials trapped in an escalating public emergency provides a similarly broad, anxious disaster-thriller rhythm.
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Twilight's Last Gleaming
Why this pick
Its grim institutional standoff and multiple official viewpoints extend the film's interest in authority figures trying to contain an imminent national crisis.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
An unknown sniper (Warren Miller) positions himself at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum prior to a professional American football championship dubbed as "Championship X" (Ten) between Baltimore and Los Angeles similar to the Super Bowl. He is spotted by a Goodyear Blimp camera. Police and SWAT team are immediately called in by the stadium manager Sam McKeever (Martin Balsam).
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Beau Bridges
Mike Ramsay
Marilyn Hassett
Lucy
David Janssen
Steve
Gena Rowlands
Janet
Brock Peters
Paul
Mitchell Ryan
The Priest
Joe Kapp
Charlie Tyler
Susan Backlinie
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