A Glimpse of Hell (film)
6.2 /10 1 Votes
Language English Country Canada | 6/10 IMDb Genre Drama Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date March 18, 2001 Writer Charles C. Thompson II (book), David Freed Genres Drama, Television film, Docudrama Cast (Lt Dan Meyer), (Capt Fred Moosally), , Jamie Harrold , Similar movies James Caan appears in A Glimpse of Hell and This Is My Father | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A Glimpse of Hell is a drama film originally made for TV and was initially shown on the FX TV network. It was released in the United States on March 18, 2001. It was filmed in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and stars James Caan, Robert Sean Leonard, and Daniel Roebuck. It was directed by Mikael Salomon. The film is based on the book A Glimpse of Hell: The Explosion on the USS Iowa and Its Cover-Up by Charles C. Thompson II about the 1989 turret explosion incident on the USS Iowa and its aftermath.
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A glimpse of hell
Critical reception
Buzz McClain of allmovie gave the movie 3.5 of 5 stars stating: "Taut and compelling, A Glimpse of Hell is a based-on-fact story that doesn't feel like it was drawn entirely from dry depositions and courtroom testimony." The movie when first shown, scored a 3.3 household rating and drew 2.7 million viewers. This was enough to make A Glimpse of Hell the most-watched program in FX's seven-year history, at the time. There is some minor inaccuracy in several screen shots of battleships: They all are of BB-63, as given by the "63" in the stem writing. However, BB-63 is the USS Missouri; the correct hull number for the USS Iowa is BB-61, as shown by the "61" on the caps of the various characters.
References
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