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Conservative groups went on the warpath against the network, claiming the movie was Soviet propaganda designed to undermine America's nuclear deterrent (even though Hume's script never...
Aug 26, 2015 · These '80s nuclear panic films relied on a unique dramatic engine: the threat of annihilation. In the average movie, we learn to empathize, and care about, the fates of the characters. But...
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At my junior high school in Southern California, “The Day After” was what everyone was talking about leading up to (and following) the night it aired on ABC on Nov. 20, 1983. By all measures, it was a major media event. An estimated 100 million viewers tuned in. The White House phone lines were jammed and ABC headquarters in New York receivedmore t...
“The Day After” was controversial even before it aired, with critics like Tom Shales of The Washington Post deeming it“the most politicized entertainment program ever seen on television.” Reverend Jerry Falwell organized a boycott against the show’s advertisers, and Paul Newman and Meryl Streep both tried (unsuccessfully) to run anti-nuclear prolif...
Outside of partisan lobbying, “The Day After” opened the door for public debate about nuclear weapons. Immediately after the movie’s broadcast, Ted Koppel moderated a riveting discussion that featured a formidable group of pundits, including Henry Kissinger, Elie Wiesel, William F. Buckley, Carl Sagan and Robert McNamara. During this special editio...
In the early 1980s, of course, it was the Soviet Union that posed the nuclear threat to America. Today’s adversaries are more diffuse. The world’s nuclear situation is also much more volatile, with greater destructive potential than “The Day After” imagined. A modern-day remake of “The Day After” would have to reckon with this bleaker scenario: a w...
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May 12, 2016 · The ’80s Film About Nuclear War That Just Appeared on The Americans Is Still Terrifying to Watch. By Sam Adams. May 12, 20161:21 PM. The Day After. YouTube.
May 16, 1982 · Through the efforts of three fledgling producers, Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty and his brother, Pierce, the films employed to shape America's earliest thoughts and attitudes about the atomic...
Jul 21, 2023 · The greatest, most thought-provoking and most disturbing movies about nuclear war, including the Christopher Nolan film 'Oppenheimer' with Cillian Murphy.
Nov 20, 2003 · The event, The Day After, starring Jason Robards and John Lithgow, was a made-for-TV movie that depicted a nuclear attack on a small town in Kansas. With the support of the town, the...
