Nightbreaker
Peter Markle, 1989
Atomic Soldiers: American Victims Of Nuclear Experiments
Howard L. Rosenberg, 1980
Nightbreaker is a movie directed by Peter Markle in 1989 and based on the book Atomic Soldiers: American Victims Of Nuclear Experiments by Howard L. Rosenberg, first published in 1980. The movie features Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Lea Thompson, Melinda Dillon, Joe Pantoliano, Paul Eiding, and others.
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Storyline
In 1956 on a desert not far from Las Vegas, the military conducts nuclear tests. Dr. Alexander Brown begins his career as a neurologist there, overseeing a top-secret project: studying the soldiers’ stress resistance near a hazardous atomic testing base. Back in the present day, Dr. Brown has become a wealthy and renowned neurologist, married to the beautiful Paula. Everything seems to be perfect, yet Paula struggles to comprehend her husband’s uncontrollable anxieties.
Genres
Movie vs Book
Year
1989
Minutes
99
Movie Rate
6.30
Source: IMDb
Year
1980
Pages
192
Book Rate
6.00
S: Goodreads
Book
Atomic Soldiers: American Victims Of Nuclear Experiments
User polls & recommendations
“I love the book, but in order to transform it into a film, there are things you have to reinvent for it to work on screen.”
YORGOS LANTHIMOS (Filmmaker)
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