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Posted: 2018-07-27T04:35:52+10:00 In:

When a Russian submarine sailed from Murmansk into the Cuban Missile Crisis, with a nuclear torpedo, Vasili Arkhipov, survivor of the K-19 nuclear disaster, battled PTSD and prevented the captain from destroying the civilized world on the most dangerous day of human history.

When a Russian submarine sailed from Murmansk into the Cuban Missile Crisis, with a nuclear torpedo, Vasili Arkhipov, survivor of the K-19 nuclear disaster, battled PTSD and prevented the captain from destroying the civilized world on the most dangerous day of human history.
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      Singularity

      The K-19 accident is an actual historical event (1961) and the basis for the plot of another movie “K-19: The Widowmaker” (2002).

      But is the plot for this proposed film fact or fiction?? That is, did one Vasili Arkhipov,? actually survive the 1961 and did he participate in the role given to him in this logline?

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    2. Best Answer
      Singularity

      “battled PTSD” – is there a more visual way to describe what happened? To me, battling PTSD happens largely inside someone’s head. I could be wrong having very little experience of PTSD.

      The true story of Vasili Arkihipov, who, when his captain is given the order to fire a nuclear torpedo during the Cuban Missile Crisis, risks execution for insubordination by trying to prevent the destruction of the civilised world.

      I have no idea whether he risked execution so amend as necessary. I don’t think you need a lot of the details of the story to still get the bulk of the story across – his name suggests that he’s Russian. I’m not sure you even need to state he survived the K-19 nuclear disaster… although I could very (very) easily be swayed on this. To me the most important components to get across are the fact that it’s a true story and that one man single handedly prevented nuclear war.

      I’m going to find the book on amazon now as it sounds great!

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    3. Best Answer
      Singularity

      Sounds like an interesting story.? One thing to keep in mind is that a logline should not contain a spoiler — should not give way how the story ends.? Even though we know the Cuban crisis ended without a catastrophe, the narrative should be framed in terms of what –specifically– he must do.? ?Not in terms of what he (eventually) does do.

      And because it’s “inspired by” real events, I suggest the proper genre for marketing purposes is “historical” rather than “thriller”.

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