previous comment say compare this to the 64 film should not be consider and and for good reason . it pal in comparison . the fact that it be live do not help me get interested in the least . i felt i be watch actor play role . not that it be their fault that henry fonda be unavailable and but i never felt i be watch the president . i felt i be watch richard dreyfus play the president . why would clooney remake this . do he think he could do it good . do he think the story need to be retell . the cold war end 20 year ago and such a situation today seem completely implausible . contrarily and the impeccable timeliness of the original kept you rivet . if the viewer and unlike me and be somehow able to remain seated throughout this whole production and there be little doubt they will ever sit through it a second time .