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The Day After (1983)
Posted on 11/22/18 at 6:11 pm
Posted on 11/22/18 at 6:11 pm
I’m watching an 80s documentary now and it brought me back to this movie. It was an EVENT. Hundred million people watched and it was a made-for-TV movie about nuclear war. They hit the schools pretty hard nationwide to watch it and talk about it afterwards. It was sort of like a movie we were obliged to watch as citizens.
I was 12 at the time anyone remember this?
I was 12 at the time anyone remember this?
This post was edited on 11/22/18 at 10:57 pm
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Posted on 11/22/18 at 6:13 pm to Morty
I wasn’t born yet but isn’t this the movie where the person like melts haha?
Posted on 11/22/18 at 6:13 pm to Morty
I remember it well. I was a freshman in high school. Pretty disturbing tv movie.
Posted on 11/22/18 at 6:17 pm to Morty
Used to scare the shite out of me as a kid. The movie and the idea long after the movie was over.
Posted on 11/22/18 at 6:21 pm to Morty
I remember my parents debating whether or not they'd let us watch it. Genius marketing.
Jason Robards was brilliant in it. Aside from that, it was kind of a letdown. How could it not be?
Jason Robards was brilliant in it. Aside from that, it was kind of a letdown. How could it not be?
Posted on 11/22/18 at 6:56 pm to Morty
I live in the town that got nuked in the movie.
Posted on 11/22/18 at 7:15 pm to cable
John Lithgow. Steve Gutenberg, when he was just about to be the next big thing which never happened.
Posted on 11/22/18 at 7:17 pm to Morty
Robards really was great. Young Lithgow, Guttenberg and powermilf JoBeth Williams.
Even though I was a kid, it’s hard to forget what it felt like living under the very real specter of Nuclear war.
There was also the duality of what a blast it was growing up in the 80’s. This movie did a good job of throwing an ice bucket over everyone.
It’s on youtube
Even though I was a kid, it’s hard to forget what it felt like living under the very real specter of Nuclear war.
There was also the duality of what a blast it was growing up in the 80’s. This movie did a good job of throwing an ice bucket over everyone.
It’s on youtube
Posted on 11/22/18 at 7:36 pm to Morty
I was in middle school & it was disturbing as shite. There was another equally disturbing TV movie shortly after called Threads (UK based).
Posted on 11/22/18 at 7:51 pm to Morty
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It was sort of like a movie we were obliged to watch and citizens.
It was.
Everyone was supposed to watch it so we could talk about it in grade school.
We wanted to talk about V but the teachers wanted to talk about The Day After, how did it make you feel?, etc.
This post was edited on 11/22/18 at 7:52 pm
Posted on 11/22/18 at 7:53 pm to Morty
A beautiful propaganda piece brought to you by the Hollywood left.
Posted on 11/22/18 at 10:35 pm to Morty
Remember it well. There were all kinds of warnings about how depressing it was and there was a serious concern that there would be a spike in suicides after it aired because of the very real scenario it presented. Pastor at my church told the congregation not to watch it. Can't remember the exact reasoning but that was enough to convince my parents not to let me watch it. I was 12 at the time as well. Only saw it many years later. Well worth the watch and quite the time capsule.
Posted on 11/22/18 at 10:42 pm to Morty
Oh yeah, I remember it like yesterday and all the hoopla that surrounded it ... the about to get married gal who ended up dying from radiation poison with her hair falling out. Jason Robard's daughter in the movie.
It scared the heck out of the civilians at the time.
It was one of the first sorta POV movies ever done because they wanted to make it as realistic as possible.
Watching the missile launches scared people ... none of those siloes remain in our repitoir. They were all decommissioned shortly after that film came out. We're almost completely mobile strike here in the U.S. now although we have some static sites still operational in Europe.
It scared the heck out of the civilians at the time.
It was one of the first sorta POV movies ever done because they wanted to make it as realistic as possible.
Watching the missile launches scared people ... none of those siloes remain in our repitoir. They were all decommissioned shortly after that film came out. We're almost completely mobile strike here in the U.S. now although we have some static sites still operational in Europe.
Posted on 11/22/18 at 11:16 pm to udtiger
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A beautiful propaganda piece brought to you by the Hollywood left.
I barely survived that war that Reagan started.
Posted on 11/22/18 at 11:28 pm to scrooster
I've seen parts of this movie over the years. I imagine it scared the shite out of everyone.
This post was edited on 11/22/18 at 11:44 pm
Posted on 11/23/18 at 2:08 am to Morty
Great movie, suitably bleak. See also "Day One" from 1989 for the best treatment of the development of the atomic bomb aside from the BBC mini-series "Oppenheimer". Oh, and the BBC did their own "Day One" around the same time called "Threads." It's a good watch, too.
The shite to avoid is "Fat Man and Little Boy" and that horrible TV series "Manhattan" that was on a few years ago. Christ, they were awful.
The shite to avoid is "Fat Man and Little Boy" and that horrible TV series "Manhattan" that was on a few years ago. Christ, they were awful.
Posted on 11/23/18 at 3:21 am to Morty
There's a great episode of the Goldbergs about it called, 'The Day After the Day After,'and all the kids are freaking out in school.
Posted on 11/23/18 at 9:08 am to Morty
I remember being a kid watching it. There was a discussion panel TV show after it.
Posted on 11/23/18 at 9:11 am to Morty
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anyone remember this?
Yes. In hindsight, it seems like they were trying to scare us about Reagan's military buildup prior to the 1984 election.
But, a reasonably well done "What if" story with fairly high level directing (Nicholas Meyer also directed arguably the greatest Science Fiction and one of the best films ever - The Wrath of Khan) and acting (Jason Robards, JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg, John Lithgow and Amy Madigan constitutes a pretty good cast for a made-for-tv film of that era).
This post was edited on 11/23/18 at 9:12 am
Posted on 11/23/18 at 11:08 am to Morty
My mom was in x-ray school at the time, and had to watch the whole thing as homework. It was a scary time. My wife and I often discuss that millennials don't have a concept as looming and sinister as the threat of nuclear war with the USSR.
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