''Last Best Chance'' is an educational
DVD that reveals the modern
nuclear threat of
international terrorist organizations, produced by the
Nuclear Threat Initiative
The Nuclear Threat Initiative, generally referred to as NTI, is a non-profit organization located in Washington, D.C. The American foreign policy think tank was founded in 2001 by former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn and describes itself as a "nonprofi ...
. The DVD is freely available through the NTI-supporte
website The film stars
Fred Thompson as
President
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*President (corporate title)
* President (education), a leader of a college or university
* President (government title)
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Charles Ross.
The name of the film is a reference to a
quote by
Abraham Lincoln
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.
Premiere
Running at forty-five minutes in length, ''Last Best Chance'' premiered in the fall of 2005 at the lavish East Side mansion that is home to the
Council on Foreign Relations
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in
New York City
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. Among the attendees were diplomats, military personnel, international bankers, and lawyers.
''The New Yorker'', October 3, 2005
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Speakers at the event following the film included:
* Pete Peterson, chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations
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*Ted Turner
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, founder of CNN
* Warren Buffett, investor and philanthropist
* Sen. Richard Lugar, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
* Sam Nunn, founder of the Nuclear Threat Initiative
The Nuclear Threat Initiative, generally referred to as NTI, is a non-profit organization located in Washington, D.C. The American foreign policy think tank was founded in 2001 by former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn and describes itself as a "nonprofi ...
The film was produced and funded by Nunn's Nuclear Threat Initiative
The Nuclear Threat Initiative, generally referred to as NTI, is a non-profit organization located in Washington, D.C. The American foreign policy think tank was founded in 2001 by former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn and describes itself as a "nonprofi ...
, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and the MacArthur Foundation.
See also
* List of films about nuclear issues
* Nuclear Tipping Point
References
External links
''The New Yorker'', October 3, 2005
*
2005 films
Documentary films about nuclear war and weapons
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