Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987)
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29% of critics liked it
(7 reviews) -
23% want to see it
(1,132 ratings)
When young Chuck Murdock (Joshua Zuehlke) visits a nuclear missile site, he learns that one bomb would destroy the earth in less time than it would take a piece of silverware to drop from his hand to the floor. This information sends the sensitive boy into existential angst. Wondering why anybody… More When young Chuck Murdock (Joshua Zuehlke) visits a nuclear missile site, he learns that one bomb would destroy the earth in less time than it would take a piece of silverware to drop from his hand to the floor. This information sends the sensitive boy into existential angst. Wondering why anybody should do anything when the world can be destroyed so quickly, and hoping to raise consciousness about nuclear weapons, Chuck quits his Little League team. He gains a little bit of local press. One of those stories is read by NBA star "Amazing Grace" Smith (Alex English), who is so moved by the boy's story that he too quits playing his sport. This produces a great deal of national press, as well as a handful of stars from other sports that decide to join the ranks of Amazing Grace and Chuck. Some powers that be in the sports world, as well as the government, do not look kindly upon these "strikes" and set about to end the movement. Amazing Grace and Chuck came near the end of a cycle of nuclear anxiety films that included Testament, The Day After, and Threads. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
- Directed By
- Mike Newell
- Written By
- David Field
- Genres
- Drama, Kids & Family
PG,
- Studio
- HBO Video
Critic Reviews
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, Time Out
Puerile.
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Janet Maslin, New York Times
The film's style is as doggedly ordinary as its story is preposterous.
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Variety Staff, Variety
As amazingly bad as it is audacious, film will live forever in the hearts of connoisseurs of Hollywood's most memorably outrageous moments.
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Douglas Pratt, DVDLaser
Intermittently entertaining and embarrassing.
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Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
Ultimately Mike Newell manages to make the film into something worthwhile.
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Cast
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Jamie Lee Curtis
as Lynn Taylor
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Alex English
as Amazing Grace Smith
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Gregory Peck
as President
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William L. Petersen
as Russell Murdock
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Joshua Zuehlke
as Chuck Murdock
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Dennis Lipscomb
as Johnny B. Goode
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Lee Richardson
as Jeffries
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Dean Alexander
as Sports Broadcaster
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Jim Antonio
as Strickland
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Red Auerbach
as Himself
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Alan Autry
as George
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Michael Bond
as Aide
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Steven Bothun
as Reporter
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Michael Bowen
as Hot Dog
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Frances Conroy
as Pamela Murdock
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Clarence Felder
as Dick Ferguson
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Natalie Oliver
as Boston Reporter
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Robert Schenkkan
as Pollack
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Vasek Simek
as Soviet Premier
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Cara Wilder
as Laura
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Jim Allen
as Missile Soldier
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John Russell
as Stuart Shipley
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Harvey Martin
as Mad Dog
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James Cotterell
as Third Baseman
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Lynne Turner Fitzgerald
as Network Anchor
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Brian R. Hager
as First Baseman
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James Lindley Hathaway
as Jerome
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Matt Kerns
as Shortstop
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Cortney Kutner
as Carolyn
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Johnny Most
as Himself
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Kurt Olsson
as Tommy
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Gwen Petersen
as Teacher
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Maite Petersen
as School Girl
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Joe Sabatini
as Airplane Mechanic
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Harris Smithe
as Soldier
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Rudolf Svehia
as Russian Translator
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Manfred Sypold
as Johann
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Robert Tilson
as Soldier
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James Toumey
as Aide
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A.J. Kallan
as Man in Truck
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Robert Harper
as Bowman
