Nightbreaker (film)

{{Short description|1989 television film directed by Peter Markle}}

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{{Infobox television

| image = Nightbreaker FilmPoster.jpeg

| caption = Film poster

| inspired_by = {{Based on|Atomic Soldiers: American Victims of Nuclear Experiments|Howard L. Rosenberg}}

| writer = T. S. Cook

| director = Peter Markle

| starring = {{Plainlist|

• Martin Sheen
• Emilio Estevez
• Lea Thompson

}}

| composer = Peter Bernstein

| country = United States

| language = English

| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|

• Martin Sheen
• Jeffrey Auerbach

}}

| producer = William R. Greenblatt

| cinematography = Ronald Víctor García

| editor = Stephen E. Rivkin

| runtime = 99 minutes

| company = {{Plainlist|

• Symphony Pictures
• Wisdom Productions
• Companionway Films

}}

| network = TNT

| released = {{Start date|1989|03|08}}

}}

Nightbreaker (also known as Advance to Ground Zero) is a 1989 American historical drama television film directed by Peter Markle and written by T. S. Cook, inspired by the book Atomic Soldiers: American Victims of Nuclear Experiments by Howard L. Rosenberg.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-03-04-ca-263-story.html|title=Development of The Bomb: Casting a Long Shadow : CBS' 'Day One,' TNT's 'Nightbreaker' Relive Moral Dilemmas of Atomic Age|last=Rosenberg|first=Howard|date=March 4, 1989|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=April 4, 2021}} The film stars Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez as older and younger versions of fictional neurologist Alexander Brown. It also stars Lea Thompson, Melinda Dillon, and Joe Pantoliano.