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The Day After is an American television film that first aired on November 20, 1983, on the ABC television network. The film postulates a fictional war between the NATO forces and the Warsaw Pact over Germany that rapidly escalates into a full-scale nuclear exchange between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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Nov 20, 1983 · The Day After: Directed by Nicholas Meyer. With Jason Robards, JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg, John Cullum. The effects of a devastating nuclear holocaust on small-town residents of eastern Kansas.
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- 1983-11-20
Jun 10, 2024 · "The Day After," a 1983 made-for-TV movie that aired on ABC days before Thanksgiving, provided a shocking depiction of what a nuclear blast could look like in Middle America. But...
On the day of the nuclear attack, he is scheduled to teach a hematology class at the University of Kansas hospital in nearby Lawrence, Kansas, and is en route from Kansas City to Lawrence on a jammed highway when he hears an alarming Emergency Broadcast System alert on his car radio.
Dec 4, 2023 · ABC’s 1983 film 'The Day After' not only blew America’s (and Ronald Reagan’s) mind, but it may also have changed the course of human history.
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The Day After 1983 2h 6m Drama List 86% Tomatometer 14 Reviews 69% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war.
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On Nov. 20, 1983, almost 100 million terrified Americans were watching the horror of a nuclear war in the historic TV movie “The Day After,” shown on ABC. I...
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