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1714 – Explorers (1985)

timespace coordinates: suburbs of San Francisco, 1985

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Explorers is a 1985 American science fiction fantasy film written by Eric Luke and directed by Joe Dante. The film stars Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix, both in their film debuts, and Jason Presson as teenage boys who build a spacecraft to explore outer space. (wiki)

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1713 – Monsters of Man (2020)

timespace coordinates: 2020’s Cambodia

A robotics company vying to win a lucrative military contract team up with a corrupt CIA agent to conduct an illegal live field test. They deploy four weaponised prototype robots into a suspected drug manufacturing camp in the Golden Triangle, assuming they’d be killing drug runners that no one would miss. (Official Website)

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1712 – The ‘Burbs (1989)

The ‘Burbs is a 1989 American black comedy film directed by Joe Dante, starring Tom HanksBruce DernCarrie FisherRick DucommunCorey FeldmanWendy Schaal and Henry Gibson, and co-starring Gale Gordon. The film pokes fun at suburban environments and their sometimes eccentric dwellers. (wiki)

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1711 – The Longest War (2020 documentary)

This documentary feature unpacks the human stories and drama behind America’s involvement in Afghanistan, now the longest war in U.S. history.  (imdb)

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1710 – Afghanistan: The Great Game (documentary | TV mini-series 2012)

Afghanistan: The Great Game – A Personal View by Rory Stewart is a 2012 documentary in two parts written and presented by Rory Stewart that tells the story of foreign intervention by BritainRussia, and the United States in Afghanistan from the 19th century to the present day. (wiki)

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1709 – The Outpost (2020)

timespace coordinates: 2006, PRT Kamdesh – later renamed Combat Outpost Keating – one of several U.S. Army outposts established in Northern Afghanistan. Located in a remote valley surrounded by the Hindu Kush mountains. The base was regarded as a deathtrap; the troops stationed there faced regular Taliban attacks, culminating in one of the bloodiest American engagements of Operation Enduring Freedom. The film tells the story of the 53 U.S. soldiers and two Latvian military advisors who battled some 400 enemy insurgents at the Battle of Kamdesh.

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The Outpost is a 2020 American war film directed by Rod Lurie, based on the 2012 non-fiction book The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor by Jake Tapper, about the Battle of Kamdesh in the war in Afghanistan. It stars Scott EastwoodCaleb Landry JonesOrlando BloomJack KesyCory HardrictMilo GibsonJacob Scipio, and Taylor John Smith. (wiki)

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