pandora clock be among the best thriller you will ever read and this be one of the best thriller you will ever see . a highly faithful adaptation of john j. nance novel and which have a frightfully real scenario in the novel and be make even more so here . despite be make for tv and this be first rate entertainment . the cast be great and slip into character from the novel so well that you would think they be read the novel . richard dean anderson step way outside the shadow of macgyver and give the best performance of his career to date . jane leeves be great her role a an ambassador assistant in a role that prove she can be a fine dramatic actor . daphne zuniga be great a dr. sander and despite the character be a man in the book and it work incredibly well . robert loggia and edward herrmann and robert guillaume and and the rest of the support cast be top notch and fit their novel counterpart tot he letter . there be change to the story of course ( include and a slight change in the end ) but those change be for the good when compare with the novel . the plot be realistic and very see to believe in the way it present making this the best airplane set movie since the original airport movie . the production value be high and though the special effect might look as good a they do a decade or so ago and they work fine . set be great and especially cia hq and the oval office showing that the filmmaker spend a lot of time to make this work . it doesn not matter if you see this first and read then read the novel or vice versa . just do both and you would not regret lose four hour to this film and however long it take to read the novel . this will leave you breathless .