in New York while the events of the film transpired, meaning she would be killed in the blast. The pilot of the American bomber, General Black, commits suicide with a lethal injection just after releasing the bombs. New Yorkers are shown going about their lives, unaware of their imminent doom. The screen fades to white, and text appears listing the 9 countries with nuclear capability as of 2000. Cast Walter Cronkite as Host Richard Dreyfuss as The President Noah Wyle as Buck Brian Dennehy as General Bogan Sam Elliott as Congressman Raskob James Cromwell as Gordon Knapp John Diehl as Colonel Cascio Hank Azaria as Professor Groeteschele (loosely based on John von Neumann and Herman Kahn) Norman Lloyd as Defense Secretary Swenson Bill Smitrovich as General Stark Don Cheadle as 1st Lieutenant Jimmy Pierce George Clooney as Colonel Jack Grady Harvey Keitel as Brigadier General Warren A. Black Doris Belack as Mrs. Jennie Johnson Tommy Hinkley as Sergeant Collins Thom Mathews as Billy Flynn Cynthia Ettinger as Betty Black Will Rothhaar as Tom Grady (Colonel Grady's son, serving the same role in the plot as Grady's wife in the 1964 film.) Production The April 9, 2000 presentation was the first live broadcast of a dramatic movie (a televised play) on CBS since May 1960. The production was shot and aired in black and white (the same format as the 1964 theatrical film), using 22 cameras on multiple sets. See also List of nuclear holocaust fiction Nuclear weapons and the United States Nuclear weapons in popular culture References External links 2000 films 2000 television films 2000s thriller films American black-and-white films American live television shows American political thriller films Apocalyptic films Black-and-white American television shows CBS network films Cold War aviation films Films about fictional presidents of the United States Films about nuclear war and weapons Films about World War III Films based on American novels Films based on military novels Films based on thriller novels Films directed by Stephen Frears Films set in Nebraska Films set in New York City Films set in Washington, D.C. Films with screenplays by Walter Bernstein Television remakes of films American thriller television films Warner Bros. films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films