Acceptable Risks (1986)

Name: Acceptable Risks
Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Released: 1986-03-02
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 5
Cast: Brian Dennehy, Kenneth McMillan, Christine Ebersole, Beah Richards, Richard Gilliland

Acceptable Risks (1986), directed by Rick Wallace, starring Brian Dennehy and Kenneth McMillan.

03/02/1986 BR Drama and TV Movie 1h 32m

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A disaster beyond imagination... and they said it could never happen.

Synopsis

The manager of a chemical plant and a city manager rise up against their respective bosses to keep a town safe in this ecologically conscientious made-for-TV disaster film. It all begins when the owners of Citichem order the plant manager to enact dangerous cost cuts that compromise the safety of the plant. He protests, but it is to no avail and a worker dies. At the same time, the city manager tries to warn the people that a deadly disaster is imminent, but he ends up gagged by the local politicians. Meanwhile, just when the community is at its most unprepared, a melt-down occurs and the town is drenched in deadly chemicals.

John McPhersonCinematography
Rick WallaceDirector
Michael JablowEditing
R. W. GoodwinProducer

About the film

Acceptable Risks is a 1986 television film directed by Rick Wallace and written by Marvin A. Gluck.

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Acceptable Risks is a 1986 television film directed by Rick Wallace and written by Marvin A. Gluck.

Plot

The film is set in the fictional city of Oakbridge, where a housing development was built near a chemical plant. Due to poor planning and safety standards, there is an explosion at the chemical plant that releases poisonous chemicals into the environment in a major disaster.

Reception

The film received mixed reviews from critics who noted its heavy-handed environmental messaging. Howard Rosenberg of the Los Angeles Times noted that the film drew inspiration from the real life Bhopal disaster of 1984.

Cast

Brian Dennehy as Dan Sheppard, the chemical plant manager

Cicely Tyson as Janet Framm, an Oakbridge city planner

Kenneth McMillan as Wes Boggs, the plant's maintenance manager

Christine Ebersole as Lee Snyder, an employee of the plant

References

Text from Acceptable Risks on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acceptable_Risks

Trivia

It premiered on March 2, 1986, a Sunday.
It runs 1h32 — a typical feature length.
This film's quiz has 12 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosABC, ABC Circle Films
CountriesUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
StatusReleased

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Crew

John McPherson Cinematography
Rick Wallace Director
Michael Jablow Editing
R. W. Goodwin Producer
Mark Snow Original music
Norman Strum Writer

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What is Acceptable Risks about?

Acceptable Risks: The manager of a chemical plant and a city manager rise up against their respective bosses to keep a town safe in this ecologically conscientious made-for-TV disaster film. It all begins when the owners of Citichem order the plant manager to enact dangerous cost cuts that compromise the safety of the plant. He protest…

Who directed Acceptable Risks?

Acceptable Risks was directed by Rick Wallace in 1986.

Who stars in Acceptable Risks?

The cast of Acceptable Risks includes Brian Dennehy, Kenneth McMillan, Christine Ebersole, Beah Richards and Richard Gilliland.

How long is Acceptable Risks?

Acceptable Risks runs for 92 minutes, or 1h32.