{"id":2377,"date":"2019-04-15T10:19:09","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T14:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/?p=2377"},"modified":"2019-04-15T10:19:09","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T14:19:09","slug":"random-movie-monday-countdown-to-zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2019\/04\/15\/random-movie-monday-countdown-to-zero\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Movie Monday &#8212; Countdown to Zero"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t\n<p>Good morning, and happy Monday! The AU campus has begun its own countdown to finals, so it&#8217;s probably appropriate that this week&#8217;s random movie&#8211; DVD 8043 &#8212; is a countdown to nuclear armageddon. Here&#8217;s our summary:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> Tracing the history of the atomic bomb from its origins to the present state of global affairs: nine nations possessing nuclear weapons capabilities with others racing to join them, with the world held in a delicate balance that could be shattered by an act of terrorism, failed diplomacy, or a simple accident. The film makes a compelling case for worldwide nuclear disarmament, an issue more topical than ever as over 40 nations have the technical capacity to construct nuclear weapons. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Now if only someone could make a compelling case against finals&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Countdown To Zero - Official Trailer\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IXcH6xsq5z0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning, and happy Monday! The AU campus has begun its own countdown to finals, so it&#8217;s probably appropriate that this week&#8217;s random movie&#8211; DVD 8043 &#8212; is a countdown to nuclear armageddon. Here&#8217;s our summary: Tracing the history of the atomic bomb from its origins to the present state of global affairs: nine nations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movies-at-random"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}