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The Long Island Incident

1998 • 1h36m Crime, Drama, TV Movie

Rating

3.5/10

Popularity

3

On December 7, 1993, a gunman opened fire in a crowded commuter train on Long Island. This fact-based story focuses on the events that swell around Carolyn McCarthy, a woman whose husband is killed and her 26 year old son is severely wounded in the massacre. The result is she is forced out of her comfortable suburban existence and she becomes an out-spoken crusader against assault weapons. The film shifts from her perspective to the mind of the killer and finally to the media frenzy that surrounds both.

Details

Director

Joseph Sargent

Screenplay

Maria Nation

Cast

Laurie Metcalf

Mackenzie Astin

Peter MacNeill

Release date

5/3/1998

Status

Released

Origin country

US

Vote count

2