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Sputnik Mania

Release Date:June 1, 2007

Running Time:92 min

Genres:History, Documentary

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Cast

Liev Schreiber Walt Disney Dwight D. Eisenhower Mamie Eisenhower Adolf Hitler Lyndon B. Johnson Mao Zedong Henry Kissinger Nikita Khrushchev Hubert H. Humphrey Ronald Reagan Joseph Stalin

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Synopsis

Fifty years ago, at the height of the Cold War, the USSR launched Sputnik, the first satellite to orbit the earth, bringing America to its knees in awe - then fear. Initially thrilling as a marvel of science, Sputnik was soon viewed by America a weapon of mass destruction.

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