Underplayed Gems

Deadline (1987)

Deadline poster
Directed by
Nathaniel Gutman
Genre
drama film
Country
Israel, Germany, United States
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
R
Rating
4.7 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An American journalist in Lebanon is fed false information while covering the civil war. He becomes entangled in a dangerous situation where he cannot trust what he sees.

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What happens

Deadline is a 1987 war drama film directed by Nathaniel Gutman. It stars Christopher Walken as American journalist Don Stevens, who is set up amidst the Lebanese Civil War and is fed false information. An international co-production of Israel, the United States, and West Germany, the film was shot in Israel and was released in some countries under the title Witness in the War Zone. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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