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Special Bulletin

7.019831h 43mMovieTV MovieDramaThriller

An evening of TV programming is interrupted by breaking news: in Charleston, South Carolina, two Coast Guard personnel and two members of a local news team have been taken hostage by a group of terrorists who are seeking to destroy the…

DirectorEdward Zwick
WritersEdward Zwick·Marshall Herskovitz
ProducersMarshall Herskovitz·Edward Zwick

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Cast · Directed by Edward Zwick

EFEd Flanders
Ed Flanders
John Woodley
KWKathryn Walker
Kathryn Walker
Susan Myles
RHRoxanne Hart
Roxanne Hart
Megan Barclay
CAChristopher Allport
Christopher Allport
Steven Levitt
DCDavid Clennon
David Clennon
Bruce Lyman
DRDavid Rasche
David Rasche
David McKeeson
RCRosalind Cash
Rosalind Cash
Frieda Barton
ESEbbe Roe Smith
Ebbe Roe Smith
Jim Seaver
RMRoberta Maxwell
Roberta Maxwell
Diane Silverman
MA
Mary Armstrong
BBBernard Behrens
Bernard Behrens
Dr. Niels Johansson
IBIvan Bonar
Ivan Bonar

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Special Bulletin isn't streaming anywhere in Canada yet.

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Special Bulletin hasn't started streaming in Canada yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around May 8, 1983. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.