Nightbreaker
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Peter Markle
Melinda Dillon
Emilio Estevez
Martin Sheen
Lea Thompson
Joe Pantoliano
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A television movie concerning the guilt felt by a successful neurologist who must deal with the effects of his involvement with nuclear testing at Camp Mercury, Nevada, 20 years earlier. Based on the true experiences of American soldiers who unknowingly served their country as "guinea pigs" for atomic testing. The lack of knowledge about radiation and the unwillingness by the government to recognize its responsibility to the victims of the testing is also explored.
Director
Peter Markle
Cast
Melinda Dillon
Emilio Estevez
Martin Sheen
Lea Thompson
Joe Pantoliano
Geoffrey Blake
Paul Eiding
James Marshall
Lance Slaughter
Ricky Dean Logan
Leonard Post
Nicholas Pryor
Michael Laskin
Tom Bower
Gerry Black
Jack Jozefson
Frank Beddor
David Moses
Alan Toy
Michael Gregory
Nancy Banks
Shawne Rowe
Buckley Francis Norris
Bill O'donnell
Frank Koppala
Lisa Hayslip
Dominic Oliver
Bob Stupak
Michael F Kelly
Sherri Lubov
Edward Corrar
Matthias Clark
Thomas Cook
Crew
David L Aaron
Lee Allen
Lee Allen
Jeffrey Auerbach
Michael Babcock
Neal Baer
Bob Baron
Linda M Bass
Christopher Beaver
Maggie Begley
Peter Bernstein
Allison Berry
Nat Bocking
Laura Connolly
T.s. Cook
T.s. Cook
Russell Jack Dann
Penelope L Foster
Penelope L Foster
Ron Garcia
Bill Gaves
Gary Gegan
Kat Green
Kat Green
William R Greenblatt
Leroy Griffin
Wayne Heitman
Matthew Iadarola
Andrew Jones
Geoff Koch
Peter Kuran
Mark Long
Don Miloyevich
Holly Near
James William Newport
William Nobles
George Parra
Fred Parris
Robin Peyton
Darryl Phinnessee
Mark Radcliffe
Buck Ram
Ande Rand
Johanna Ray
Stephen E. Rivkin
Howard Rosenberg
Martin Sheen
Jeanne Van Phue
Dode Weyant
Maurice Williams
Maurice Williams
Steve Wolff
Bill Woodland
Patrick Woodland
Brian Yaskulka
S Andrew Zulla
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the Exclusive Prize of the Organizing Committee at the 17th Annual Golden Chest Television Festival (1989), sponsored by Bulgarian Television and Radio.
Winner of the Grand Award for best television production of 1989 at the Houston International Film Festival.
Winner of the President's Award at the 1989 Columbus (Ohio) International Film Festival.
Aired in United States March 8, 1989
Released in United States on Video June 21, 1989
Distributed internationally under the title "Advance to Ground Zero."
Began shooting October 17, 1988.
Army veteran Russell Jack Dann, the model for the character played by Joe Pantoliano, served as on-set consultant during filming in Nevada. Dann is disabled as a result of multiple amputations and cancer caused by his participation at Camp Mercury.
Emilio Estevez, Martin Sheen's real-life son, portrayed the leading character as a young man, and Sheen depicted him as an older man.
