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May 16, 1982 · Yet in the audience, youngsters and adults alike are convulsed with laughter. Burt the Turtle, a cartoon figure from the 1950's, is demonstrating what to do in the event of a nuclear explosion ...
Disturbing collection of 1940s and 1950s United States government-issued propaganda films designed to reassure Americans that the atomic bomb was not a threat to their safety. Directors: Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty, Pierce Rafferty | Stars: Paul Tibbets, Harry S. Truman, W.H.P. Blandy, Brien McMahon. Votes: 4,527 | Gross: $0.02M.
Aug 26, 2015 · Even the relatively goofy post-apocalyptic thrillers of the '80s hinged on the devastation of nuclear war.In 1979, Mad Max roamed a desert wasteland in a world destroyed by nukes. The popularity ...
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- Dr. Strangelove. No other movie could top this list; Stanley Kubrick’sDr Stranglove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is the de facto film about nuclear war.
- The Hunt for Red October. John McTiernan’s submarine thriller The Hunt for Red October, adapted from Tom Clancy’s novel of the same name, stars Sean Connery as Marko Ramius, the Soviet Union’s most decorated submarine captain, and commander of Red October, a technologically-superior sub that is invisible to sonar.
- Thirteen Days. Roger Donaldson’s Thirteen Days is a historical political thriller that dramatizes the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, as seen from the perspective of the US political leadership in charge of defusing the situation.
- Watchmen. Alan Moore’s seminal graphic novel was long-considered unfilmable; ever since its publication in 1987, Watchmen had been stuck in production hell.
Jul 21, 2023 · The top 10 movies about nuclear war: 10. Miracle Mile (Steve De Jarnatt, 1988) From the lighthearted, if outdated, laughs of Revenge of the Nerds to Steve De Jarnatt’s bleak drama Miracle Mile, lead star Anthony Edwards proved his acting range throughout the 1980s. Taking on the role of Harry Washello, a young man who takes a chance phone ...
Aug 9, 2023 · Gregory Peck, Fred Astaire (no tapping here) and Ava Gardner were the stars of this drama, which introduced many to the idea of radioactive climate change. “Dr. Strangelove” (Columbia Pictures ...
Jan 6, 2021 · Enter David Lightman (Broderick), computer nerd. When David hacks WOPR to play a game called Global Thermonuclear War, he inadvertently takes the world to the brink of nuclear disaster. The computer’s creator, Professor Falken (John Wood), designed WOPR – or Joshua, as he calls it – to learn from itself.
