Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977) (Masters of Cinema)

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Jitendar Canth

We have invaded Silo 3. We are prepared to launch nine nuclear missiles. We demand ten million dollars, Air Force One... and you, Mr President.
Certificate: 15
Running Time: 144 mins
Retail Price: £19.99
Release Date: 2016
Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
High among idiosyncratic auteur Robert Aldrich s most powerful and intense dramas, Twilight s Last Gleaming is a thunderous political thriller and race-against-time doomsday classic.

Burt Lancaster stars as the Air Force general Lawrence Dell who seizes control of a stockpile of nuclear missiles to force the US President (Charles Durning) to tell the truth about the Vietnam war. As negotiations get ever more desperate, General MacKenzie ( Richard Widmark) leads an elite fighting team into the complex to disable Dell and his team directly.

One of the most overlooked nail biters of the 1970s, Twilight s Last Gleaming is presented here on UK home video for the first time in a new Dual-Format edition.

Special Features:
''Aldrich Over Munich - The Making of Twilight's Last Gleaming'' documentary

PLUS: A booklet featuring new writing and archival images