Before it was broadcast by ITV in Britain. The Day After made headline news for its record breaking viewing audiences in America.
Jason Robards was the main star who plays a Doctor caught up in a Kansas city community after a nuclear attack.
We are introduced to a myriad of characters before the attack, the nuclear bombs going off and then the aftermath. The fabric of society starts to fall apart and people are affected by radiation sickness.
The opening is very much a soap opera melodrama and rather slow to get going. The special effects of the nuclear explosions look rather cheesy.
There is nothing cheesy about the aftermath. It is grim and dark.
I remembered being disturbed when watching it, especially to see the characters poisoned by radiation.
After the movie was broadcast, the BBC announced that they were going to show their own version called Threads in 1984. It was no contest, Threads was bleak as nuclear black rain.
Jason Robards was the main star who plays a Doctor caught up in a Kansas city community after a nuclear attack.
We are introduced to a myriad of characters before the attack, the nuclear bombs going off and then the aftermath. The fabric of society starts to fall apart and people are affected by radiation sickness.
The opening is very much a soap opera melodrama and rather slow to get going. The special effects of the nuclear explosions look rather cheesy.
There is nothing cheesy about the aftermath. It is grim and dark.
I remembered being disturbed when watching it, especially to see the characters poisoned by radiation.
After the movie was broadcast, the BBC announced that they were going to show their own version called Threads in 1984. It was no contest, Threads was bleak as nuclear black rain.