“How Close Can You Get To Hell?”
Dr. Alexander Brown arrives in Las Vegas, awarded for his recent medical invention. An ex-G.I. tells Brown he was a test subject during the 1950's, exposed to atomic bomb radiation in the Nevada desert-- will Brown help the man uncover the truth? In 1950's Nevada, Brown is a young psychiatrist and a guest of the U.S. Army, where soldiers were routinely exposed to excessive radiation. The young Brown and a colleague interview soldiers, who show their ignorance and insouciance in the face of this danger. The movie intercuts scenes between the young Alexander Brown and older Alexander Brown, some thirty years after the nuclear tests. Will the decorated psychiatrist finally speak out on the atrocity he witnessed?
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Martin Sheen
Dr. Alexander Brown - Present
Known for
Apocalypse Now
Catch Me If You Can
Emilio Estevez
Dr. Alexander Brown - Past
Known for
The Breakfast Club
Young Guns
Peter Markle
Howard L. Rosenberg
Jeffrey Auerbach
Lea Thompson
Sally Matthews
Known for
Back to the Future
Howard the Duck
T.S. Cook
Linda Berman
Melinda Dillon
Paula Brown
Known for
A Christmas Story
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
William R. Greenblatt
Joe Pantoliano
Sgt. Jack Russell
Known for
Memento
The Matrix
Paul Eiding
Dr. Roscoe Cummings
Known for
Ben 10
The Transformers
Peter Markle Director · T.S. Cook Writer Peter Bernstein Composer
United States release March 8, 1989 · Produced in United States
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 8, 1989
Theatrical
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