PARTICIPANT MEDIA In association with World Security Institute Presents A Lawrence Bender Production “SPECIAL SCREENING” COUNTDOWN TO ZERO Written and Directed by Lucy Walker Produced by Lawrence Bender Executive Producers Jeff Skoll, Diane Weyermann, Bruce Blair, Matt Brown Co-produced by Lisa Remington International press attaché in Cannes World Sales Kirsty Langsdale, International Publicity DDA Public Relations The Works International 4th floor, Portland House Hotel Majestic, Salon Royan 1 4 Great Portland Street London W1W 8QJ Tel: +33 (0)4 97 06 85 85 T. +44 (0)20 7612 1080 F. +44 (0)20 7612 1081 www.theworksmediagroup.com E:
[email protected] 2 KEY CREW MUSIC BY Peter Golub EDITED BY Brad Fuller Brian Johnson CINEMATOGRAPHY BY Robert Chappell Gary Clarke Bryan Donnell Nick Higgins CO-PRODUCED BY Lisa Remington EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Jeff Skoll Diane Weyermann Bruce Blair Matt Brown PRODUCED BY Lawrence Bender WRITTEN and DIRECTED BY Lucy Walker Running time: 90 mins approx Ratio: Countdown to Zero – production notes 2 3 COUNTDOWN TO ZERO PRODUCTION INFORMATION "...Every man, woman and child lives under a nuclear sword of Damocles, hanging by the slenderest of threads, capable of being cut at any moment by accident or miscalculation or by madness. The weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish us...” - President John F. Kennedy Address before the General Assembly of the United Nations, New York City, September 25, 1961 During the Cold War, nothing loomed as large in the public mind as ‘The Bomb’. When the Soviet Empire collapsed, the bomb became a symbol of another era.