Shootdown (film)

Shootdown

Company type	Made-for-TV film
Industry	Entertainment
Founded	1988
Key people	Leonard Hill (executive producer)
Products	Television drama

Shootdown is a 1988 American made-for-TV drama featuring Angela Lansbury. The executive production was overseen by Leonard Hill.

Plot

Nan Moore, portrayed by Lansbury, endures the loss of her son in the Korean Air Lines Flight 007 tragedy. Driven by grief, she endeavors to uncover the circumstances surrounding his demise.

Cast

• Angela Lansbury as Nan Moore
• George Coe as David
• Kyle Secor as John Moore
• Molly Hagan as Elizabeth Moore
• Jennifer Savidge as Mary
• Diana Bellamy as Lillian
• Alan Fudge as Bruce

Production

The creation of the film encountered postponements due to disputes linked to the KAL007 event. NBC implemented multiple edits and rewrites before airing. Leonard Hill, the producer, described NBC’s censorship process as a rigorous and persistent interrogation likened to a "war of attrition." The network removed scenes that criticized the U.S. government’s exploitation of the incident for political gain and suppressed direct critiques of the Reagan administration. As a result, the movie omitted references to the U.S. Air Force’s destruction of radar recordings after the crash and excluded mention that Captain Chun had purchased a substantial insurance policy shortly before the flight. Additionally, NBC mandated inclusion of Seymour Hersh’s perspective that the aircraft inadvertently entered Soviet airspace.

See also

Coded Hostile

External links

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