# What movie is this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 8, 2001, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this/49019 "2001-01-08T16:37:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this/49019/1 "2001-01-08T16:37:52Z")
I only saw the part of this movie just before the climax. It had something to do with the US President giving himself up as a hostage to some terrorists. The thing that stuck this film in my mind: _there were for points of view shown in a 4-way split screen._ It was very confusing, as I wasn’t sure which one had the major action I should be watching. The scenes jumped in each frame, and I’d look at the new scene just in time to miss what happened in another. Does anyone know what movie I saw? ---
**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this/49019/2 "2001-01-08T17:04:53Z")
I think you’re thinking of Time Code. That’s the only film I can think of with a four-way split. ---
**Author:** ![Perderabo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Perderabo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perderabo)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this/49019/3 "2001-01-08T17:26:21Z")
[Twilight’s Last Gleaming](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0076845) Click the user comments and read them to see the use of multiple screens being used. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this/49019/4 "2001-01-08T17:39:39Z")
It was definately Twilight’s Last Gleaming. I couldn’t remember Charles Durning’s name; he played the President. That’s what you get when a character actor plays a starring role. 😃