The Man Who Saved the World (2014)

Cast

Matt Damon
as Himself
Robert De Niro
as Himself
Kevin Costner
as Himself
Ashton Kutcher
as Himself

Get more information about The Man Who Saved the World (2014) on IMDb

Genres & Description

Biography Documentary History

7.7 / 10

Few people know of him... Yet hundreds of millions of people are alive because of him. The actions of Stanislav Petrov, a retired Soviet military officer, prevented the start of a worldwide nuclear war and the devastation of much of the Earth.

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Comments on this trailer
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TOP KEK

what about Vasili Arkhipov in 1962, he saved the world too google it - @Friday, December 11, 2015 11:39 AM

Rebel with a cause

Amazing how one person can do so much good or Evil...Thankyou Mr.Stanislov...I hope there's a large $$$ given to you and your family for your story....That shack you've been living in is horrible. - @Friday, November 13, 2015 6:42 PM

Supaman USA

I already have tears .....now if Mr stanislav Petrov is American for that decision the U.S. government going to put him in jail. ..? - @Monday, November 2, 2015 5:45 PM

The Noova

s nami bog - @Friday, October 30, 2015 11:55 AM

Looks like several changes were made between this trailer and the final cut. Costner's speech was cut short, the missile alarm was changed, gaga was only there in the credits. Very good film – highly recommended. - @Monday, September 7, 2015 2:26 PM

John Rijnenberg

This men must have the Nobelprize 2015!! - @Monday, September 7, 2015 9:40 AM

jos Morales

wtf.. lady gaga - @Thursday, August 13, 2015 7:01 AM

Sherrell

How come I wasn't taught anything about this man in school? We really cannot rely on school to teach us everything we need to know - @Thursday, August 6, 2015 8:57 PM

Lønne Studio

lady gaga spotted ? - @Tuesday, December 30, 2014 2:02 AM

Lord_Edge

Anyone know if this film is out yet? was supposed to be released Jan 2013 but I still haven't heard anything, been waiting for it for ages. - @Friday, June 20, 2014 8:47 PM

pschroeter1

I agree fully that this guy saved the world and we owe him everything. I also believe we owe the same gratitude to a Russian submarine captain who during the Cuban Missile Crisis, refused to launch a nuclear tipped torpedo against an American ship that was thumping it with grenades trying to make it surface. - @Monday, December 30, 2013 5:52 AM

YorkshireBiker

Ah right, that is why I cannot find any information on it. Cheers. - @Friday, September 27, 2013 3:58 PM

Avidcomp

If you understood objectivism you'd know that by morality I meant the morality attributed to rational thinking to dictate the course of his actions. We live in a world where it is more common to note that most people allow their emotions to dictate their actions far too often. Again, you seem determined to undermine his achievement as anything less than heroic. There is no such thing as a collective conciousness. A collective is an abstract entity, an individual is not abstract. - @Thursday, September 26, 2013 10:43 PM

Avidcomp

The reason you don't know whether to laugh/cry is because you felt neither. You dislike Objectivism and felt compelled to make a comment. I would have said the same about anyone that used a rational process to make the same decision. The collective here is the bureaucratic machine he works for and he stood as a rational individual. Not everyone would have done the same. He reminisces with feelings but he was thinking logically on the day. Are trying to make light of his achievement? - @Thursday, September 26, 2013 10:32 PM

Thøger Emil Rivera-Thorsen

And let me add that EVERY individual is part of a collective, and every collective consists of individuals. It's like saying "the individual tree against the forest". - @Thursday, September 26, 2013 3:21 PM

Thøger Emil Rivera-Thorsen

"His own objective morality". Don't know whether to laugh or cry over such mindless parroting of Rand. His morality was not more "objective" than anyone else's, he just happened to know the system and its weaknesses inside out as he had an important part in creating it himself. He also assumed that the Americans would never start a first strike with only five missiles, but in fact Pentagon did operate with this as an option, relying exactly on the Soviets assuming it would be a false alarm. - @Thursday, September 26, 2013 3:19 PM

19shapte7

There was no button. Petrov was not in a position where he could single-handedly launch any of the Soviet missile arsenal. His sole duty was to monitor satellite surveillance equipment and report missile attack warnings up the chain of command. Also, he didn't lose any family. If anything, he was initially praised by his superiors. That doesn't diminish his heroism in any way, but truth is objective. His story is a click away, fellow netizen, it's so easy to check your facts. Also, stop yelling. - @Sunday, September 1, 2013 10:10 PM

YorkshireBiker

Is this 6 minute clip the whole documentary or is their a longer version? - @Sunday, September 1, 2013 9:25 PM

hendo19742

IF HE PRESSED THAT BUTTON, HUMANITY WAS FUCKED, WE WOULD HAVE ALL BEEN DEAD, MANY MORE WOULD NOT HAVE EVEN BEEN BORN! SO MUCH PRESSURE ON ONE MAN! LOST HIS FAMILY! PAID A VERY HIGH PRICE FOR SAVING OUR ASSES! - @Thursday, August 15, 2013 12:45 PM

busdriverrider

Silicon: only cause of the star wars project - @Thursday, June 13, 2013 10:21 PM

MrUniversality

Ive told this story for decades... no one wanted to believe it :/ - @Monday, June 3, 2013 8:26 AM

87ONYX14

This man saves the World and he has 11 500 Views on Youtube. What a sick Planet we live in. - @Sunday, May 12, 2013 10:16 AM

blobmachine

MATT...DAMON - @Thursday, April 11, 2013 6:47 AM

ChipMHazard

My mistake:D - @Friday, March 15, 2013 9:02 AM

Jeremy Wong

It's spelled weird. Weird is one of many words that break the "i before e except after c" rule. - @Friday, March 15, 2013 3:12 AM

jxsilicon9

Nothing is that simplistic. Actually when both sides learned how close they came to nuclear war. They were shocked. It is the reason why the back channels were created. And Reagan started talking about a nuclear free world and toning down the rhetoric. Both sides brought it to an end. Without Gobrachev it would continue. - @Wednesday, March 6, 2013 2:09 AM

ChipMHazard

I thought that date was just a placeholder since I haven't been able to find any reviews, wierd. Perhaps my google skills are just lacking. Thanks for the heads up though. - @Tuesday, February 19, 2013 6:59 PM

Max Rookie

she is hot - @Sunday, February 17, 2013 11:20 PM

Captain Crunch

Likewise. - @Sunday, February 17, 2013 12:51 AM

ChipMHazard

I wonder when the movie is going to be released. - @Thursday, February 14, 2013 9:19 PM

Veritas Caute

came across this topic in the MIRV article on Wikipedia and ended up here as well. - @Monday, January 7, 2013 6:49 PM

ednuttah

2007 but aired in 2008. - @Wednesday, November 21, 2012 11:53 PM

Avidcomp

This man is a wonderful example of The Individual against The Collective. This man used his own objective morality, he used his rational thinking becuase he saw that the collective objectives were not reasonable. - @Sunday, November 4, 2012 11:38 AM

metus modus

Man should be given the freedom to EVERY city in the world, he saved them all he should be able to live wherever he likes. Still I know what he would say" I love Russia, I want to live here" - @Wednesday, October 24, 2012 5:33 AM

ednuttah

Shame the USA doesn't have Channel4 WE had this January 2008! - @Tuesday, October 23, 2012 9:52 PM

KhAizeR † AthLetics

I WANNA FUCK VALERIE. - @Tuesday, October 9, 2012 5:10 AM

Able Archer

Haha! Brilliant! :D - @Sunday, October 7, 2012 1:50 PM

badmutha00

Joseph McCarthy would be so proud of you. - @Saturday, October 6, 2012 8:29 PM

tea isstronger

This film is produced by the Hollywood communist elites shown in this trailer. There is no way to prove any of this and we all know, the World knows that communist lie and are masters of deceit. For generations the Hollywood elites spread lies that the Rosenberg atomic spies were innocent and Alger Hess was not a Russian spy. When the USSR ended and Boris Yeltsin opened up the KGB archives to the World we saw the the Hollywood communist elites had lied. It was Ronald Reagan who saved the World. - @Saturday, October 6, 2012 7:36 PM

Bozenna Kwidzinska

che sguadra!!! - @Saturday, September 22, 2012 11:48 AM