When the virus is found in london, political leaders send a team led by major eden sinclair rhona mitra. Passengers are arriving at lax for an evening flight to new york city. In this case, shes dds major eden sinclair rhona mitra, a tough chick with emotional baggage she lost her mother and bionic extras a spy camerarecorder eyeball. A flight attendant suggests to a ptsdsuffering vet to loosen up, just a bit.
End time, a time period described in the eschatological writings in abrahamic religions and in doomsday scenarios of nonabrahamic religions. The e4 series are specially modified from the boeing 747200b for the national emergency airborne command post neacp program. Provided to youtube by cdbaby doomsday flight legs diamond out on bail. When ebay became the big thing, i searched for it and finally found a vhs copy of it. The e4 serves as a survivable mobile command post for the national. Submit data corrections for the doomsday flight william a. It has variable qualities and ideas that fit and others that dont. What started with a chance rerun of the film doomsday flight inside a.
Preairport flight disaster movie that avoids a lot of the visual cliches. Bluray movies 4k 3d dvd digital ma itunes prime games people forum. Like so many of its postapocalyptic precursors, doomsday sets a reluctant hero against the world. Doomsday soundtrack from 2008, composed by various artists, tyler bates. Us doomsday plane went airborne, russia activated bomb. With rhona mitra, bob hoskins, alexander siddig, caryn peterson. With alain terzoli, amy louise pemberton, darren jacobs, richard obryan. It tells the story of a lunatic who puts a bomb aboard a commercial plane which will go off if it attempts to land. Its serious, thought provoking, funny, and most importantly a film that takes a. Loaded with ferocious fights and highoctane chases, doomsday grabs you right from the start, and doesnt let go till its explosive end. Doomsday is a 2008 science fiction action film written and directed by neil marshall. The doomsday flight tv movie 1966 the doomsday flight tv. Production of doomsday machine began in 1967 under herbert j.
Unless a ransom is paid, it will explode when the plane descends to land. Doomsday machine 1972 science fiction full movie youtube. Dec 11, 2012 but serling was infamous in the airline industry. The doomsday flight was a made for television movie penned by the legendary rod sterling starring edward asner and john saxon. The doomsday flight tv movie 1966 cast and crew credits, including actors. To save humanity from an epidemic, an elite fighting unit must battle to find a cure in a postapocalyptic zone controlled by a society of murderous renegades. Van johnson, edmond obrien, jack lord, edward asner, howard caine, richard carlson official content from universal studios home. Unless a ransom is paid, it will explode when the plane. Edmond obriens mad killer sure seems patterned on looking like burgess meredith for some reason. It was a case where he was a little too good as a writer. Production stopped on the film before it was completed presumably due to production funding problems, but the rights to the film were eventually purchased and completed in 1972, albeit without the original. I used to see it on late night television, way back before cable was even thought of.
In this madefortv movie, a deadly bomb is concealed aboard a passenger jet in. A madman plants a bomb aboard an airliner, and the crew cant find it. The doomsday flight 1966 cast and crew passengers of a commercial jet are at the mercy of a madmans edmond obrien bomb set to explode below 5,000 feet. Graham, edward asner, howard caine, richard carlson, thriller april 14, 2017 a bomb is planted on board an airplane, with an altitudesensitive trigger. At the last minute the project is taken over from the space agency by the military and half the flight crew is replaced by women, including one russian. The doomsday flight 1966 121966 us tv movie, thriller 1h 40m user score. After leaving earth, the seven crew members of astra deduce that they. Low budget airport redo cant match the original but on its on a decent suspenser with a cast full of familiar faces. Stewart wouldnt have believed that his subject material would later become very touchy. Released by lakeshore records in 2008 lks 339912 containing music from doomsday 2008.
Because of that, youll likely never see this movie unless you find it on video. Rent doomsday 2008 starring rhona mitra and bob hoskins on dvd and bluray. The almost complete psychotronic encyclopedia of film justin hullinger 3,163. However, in the midnineties, all that was nothing more than a summer blockbuster, so, i can understand why mr. One cut between a clock and the radar screen is pretty great. Doomsday was conceived in 1991 during an annual brainstorming session with the editors and writers of superman comics, in response to a concern by some writers that most of supermans foes at this point either relied on technology or their intellect to outmaneuver superman or had some natural advantage against him, wanting to create a new foe with great physical power to match him.
Doomsday machine, also known as escape from planet earth video title, is an american science fiction film filmed in 1967 but completed without the original cast or sets in 1972. Doomsday machine, the the film detective restored version. Leders direction under the titles armageddon 1975 and doomsday plus seven. The doomsday flight is a 1966 televisionthriller film written by rod serling and directed by william graham. The nightwatch also known as the doomsday plane is an airborne nuclear war command center and a mobile communications hub. However he is followed by the erebus7 who will stop at nothing to.
Understandably, pentagon officials declined to give any information about the flight which came amid fears of an imminent world war 3. Unlike a regional seed bank, which collects plant varieties and wildcrop relatives important to local agriculture, svalbards goal is to store duplicates of the collections. In the meantime the manned space ship astra is scheduled to take off for venus. I think doomsday is a fun, messy, flawed, dark and gritty film.
Thirty years after a deadly plague forces the effective quarantine of britain, the virus resurfaces. Jack lord aside, the doomsday flight is a very good, tense movie. A futuristic action thriller where a team of people work to prevent a disaster threatening the future of the human race. Jul 23, 20 a rare peek inside americas doomsday plane pictures if america ever fights a nuclear war, military leaders will run command and control from the national airborne operations center. With jack lord, edmond obrien, katherine crawford, john saxon.
Global catastrophic risk, a hypothetical event explored in science and fiction where human civilization or life is at risk of partial or complete destruction. The doomsday flight tv movie 1966 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Escape from planet earth science fiction film initially filmed in 1967 but not completed until1972. Considering that most of the film was made in 1967 and then sat on a shelf for nearly a decade before it was completed, you certainly cant expect much from doomsday machine. The boeing e4 advanced airborne command post aacp, the current nightwatch aircraft, is a strategic command and control military aircraft operated by the united states air force usaf. The true story of the 1971 qantas bomb hoax one of australias. Achilles, a normal man infected with a disease that will bring down the erebus rulers humanmachine hybrids escapes back in time from 2410 to the present day where he has a chance to stop the erebus from ever rising to power. Although ed stewart wrote doomsday flight almost two decades ago, it smacks of two recent events. A rare peek inside americas doomsday plane pictures if america ever fights a nuclear war, military leaders will run command and control from the national airborne operations center. A rare peek inside americas doomsday plane pictures cnet. Doomsday book is worth checking out as all three films are well made and has something for every kind of viewer.
Doomsday machine film wikipedia republished wiki 2. The facility functions like a big insurance policy for the world, fowler explains in the film. A bomb has been planted in an airline, set to go off when the plane descends to 4,000 ft. A bomb on board an airliner has an altitudesensitive trigger. Mystery science theatre had fun with that one, and i am sure could have done the same with the doomsday flight. In 1966 he wrote a tv movie called the doomsday flight that was shown on nbc. From the director of the descent comes an actionpacked thrillride through the beating heart of hell. Whats worse is that none of the original actors were used in the new footagemaking the final product rather incomprehensible. The doomsday flight letterboxd social film discovery. The doomsday plane is an unofficial denomination of a class of aircraft which is used as an airborne command post in an event of nuclear war, disaster or other large scale conflict that threatens key military and government infrastructure. The doomsday flight is a 1966 televisionthriller film written by rod sterling and directed by william graham. The cast includes jack lord, edmond obrien, van johnson, katherine crawford, john saxon, richard carlson and ed asner. When the virus is found in london, political leaders send a team led by major eden sinclair rhona mitra to scotland to find a possible cure.
May 12, 2015 provided to youtube by cdbaby doomsday flight legs diamond out on bail. Production stopped on the film before it was completed presumably due to funding problems, but the rights to the film were eventually purchased and the film was completed in 1972, albeit without the. There are only a few countries that have designed and manufactured such aircraft, namely the united states. Rod serling says he is sorry for writing the script for the movie doomsday flight which officials say probably triggered three airline extortion plots. The film takes place in the future in scotland, which has been quarantined because of a deadly virus. Global catastrophic risk, a hypothetical event explored in science and fiction where human civilization. However he is followed by the erebus7 who will stop at. Jack filmed the pilot for hawaii five0 in december 1967.
Already in the air when notified, the pilot tries to search for the bomb. Tension is high, and the aircraft is growing low on fuel when they learn that it is an aneroid bomb, which will detonate as the airliner descends. It allows the us to maintain a chain of command in the event of a major war. But it passes in terms of living up to the strength of its. The doomsday flight 1966 passengers of a commercial jet are at the mercy of a madmans edmond obrien bomb set to explode below 5,000 feet.
The fourengine commandandcontrol plane based on boeing. New documentary looks deep inside the doomsday seed vault. Leders direction under the titles armageddon 1975 and doomesday plus seven. Trailer for the rod serling classic featuring a nice, smoky boeing 720 takeoff. Oct 12, 2014 doomsday flight trailer 1966 director. The chinese have created a doomsday weapon that will destroy the earth and will be activated in 72 hours.