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The Day After
- Starring: Jason Robards Jr., JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg
- Director: Nicholas Meyer
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A peaceful Midwestern city attempts to recover after it is destroyed by a nuclear missile strike in this powerful and deeply disturbing testament to the folly of pro-military hawks who believed that annihilation was a justifiable means of attaining power and control. The Day After originally aired on network television. At the end of the broadcast, many stations offered teams of counselors staffing 800 telephone numbers to help distraught viewers calm down. Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
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- Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Category: Disaster Film, Ensemble Film, Sci-Fi Disaster Film
- Theme: Post-Apocalypse
- Release Date: May 18, 2004
- Rating: NR (Not Rated)Rating Opens in New Window - Adult Situations, Mild Violence
- Studio: MGM
- Lead Actors: Jason Robards Jr., JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg, John Cullum, John Lithgow
- Supporting Actors: Lori Lethin, Georgann Johnson, Jeff East, Bibi Besch, Amy Madigan
- Director: Nicholas Meyer
- Run Time: 2 hr 7 min
- Format: DVD
Additional Information
- DPCI: 246-00-6507
- ASIN: B002HX4SOW
- Catalog #: 11333223
- Item can not be gift wrapped.
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- Estimated Ship Dimensions : 7.62 inches length x 5.32 inches width x 0.6 inches height
- Estimated Ship Weight: 0.20 pound.
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During a period of heightened Reagan-era Cold War paranoia, ABC aired this lightning rod of controversy and media attention, whose graphic depiction of nuclear holocaust engendered discussions about whether parents should allow their children to view the nightmarish images. The Day After remains one of the best-known made-for-television movies, and is still a halting piece of precautionary propaganda about nuclear arms control. If leveling a heartland Kansas city through a nuclear blast and subsequent nuclear winter weren't scary enough, director Nicholas Meyer imagines the apocalyptic moment with indelible terror: following the flash, the bodies are frozen mid-stride, then skeletonized, then incinerated into a silhouette of light, then wiped clean from existence. While the immediate carnage is horrific, the wasteland aftermath is where the film really makes its case. Picking through rubble, the survivors form lawless clans to stay alive before the radiation sickness kills them or the sheer misery of it all drives them insane. The familiar cast, including Jason Robards, Steve Guttenberg, Jobeth Williams, and John Lithgow, gives viewers the impression that they know the people who are coping with this disaster. The last long shot of Robards, weeping among the ashes, will linger in their minds. Rarely has there been a TV movie so uncompromising in its intensity as The Day After. Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide
