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President Reagan races against time to salvage a deal with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that could dismantle nuclear arsenals—or ignite disaster. With pressure mounting on all sides, every word spoken brings the world closer to peace… or destruction.

Starring Jeff Daniels (The Martian, The Newsroom) as Ronald Reagan, Jared Harris (Chernobyl, The Crown) as Mikhail Gorbachev, and J.K. Simmons (Whiplash, Juno) as George Shultz.
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00:02we face an enemy that is ever-growing we need to protect the american people
00:12president reagan you got us here sir you got the russians to the table
00:21gorbachev came to play but if we fail here there will be war
00:29of all the places on earth you could pick for a meeting about the fate of the human race
00:34you picked a house in iceland perfect for security
00:40good to see you mr president you're early always looking for the advantage
00:47i never imagined i'd see the controls for 70 000 nuclear weapons in the same room
00:54here we are the two of us deciding whether there will be peace or war in the world
00:59we have tens of thousands of nuclear warheads all pointed at each other
01:05why don't we just get rid of all of them
01:10every single nuclear weapon on earth gone
01:16this is a fantasy you have come in here with a fantasy
01:21i know how lonely the job feels being responsible for millions of people
01:26the russians will not listen unless we are strong
01:29you have a history of suspicion of us he is scanning all our communications
01:35how do you expect my people to trust you
01:39the united states will remain strong we can strike you first with impunity
01:45we won't strike as well
01:48the arrogance of the americans
01:51we are strong people
01:54and we have learned that strength
01:58is how you win a war
02:02we're not trying to win a war
02:11we're trying to end one
02:12we're here
02:14we're here
02:22we're here
02:23let's go
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