Product: Special Bulletin (TV-Movie) [VHS] (1983)
Rating: 5.0
Blistering comment on the news media
An also-ran TV network's news operation contributes to a potential catastrophe as it becomes embroiled in a terrorist incident.The late Ed Flanders (St. Elsewhere) stars as a top news executive and anchor who takes to the airwaves and won't let go of live videocam coverage of a breaking story -- even as the coverage contributes to the crisis.Actress Kathryn Walker co-stars as the network's lead female anchor. She performs the anchor role well, conveying intelligence, confidence, emotional investment, and rising doubt as the story spirals out of control.The fictional TV network's fake commercials and low-budget production will have an especially familiar ring to audiences who recall NBC's hard-luck days in the very early 1980s.