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The Day After (1983)
Perhaps
The Most Important Film Ever Made.
Director: Nicholas Meyer, rated TV-PG
  Starring:
Jason Robards, Georgann Johnson, JoBeth Williams, Steve
Guttenberg, John Lithgow, Amy Madigan, Bibi Besch, John Cullum,
Calvin Jung, Lin McCarthy, Rosanna Huffman, George Petrie
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★☆☆☆
- good
"You can't see it...
you can't feel it... and you can't taste it. But it's here,
right now, all around us! It's goin' through you like an X-ray!
Right into your cells! What do you think killed all these
animals?" -
Stephen Klein
Why watch this?
There are no winners in a nuclear war.
Plot Summary:
This film explores the terrifying escalation of a fictional
nuclear war between NATO and the Warsaw Pact. It follows
ordinary residents in the American Midwest as their peaceful
daily routines are violently shattered by an apocalyptic nuclear
strike. Ultimately, the survivors are left to endure the brutal
horrors and physical ravages of the post-blast radioactive
fallout.
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Dad's Preview:
The most daunting fear that loomed ever-present during
the Cold War was the idea of a nuclear exchange
between the USA and the Soviet Union - one launches
their ICBM missiles, then the other is forced to launch
theirs - Both sides would incur equal losses. This
thought-provoking, anti-nuclear film attempts to show
the devastating impact to America's cities, towns and
innocent people. The result is disturbing beyond words.
After the bombs explode, millions are killed
instantly... then hours become days and radiation
sickness starts its process of slowly killing the rest.
It is a nightmare. Director Nicholas Meyer fought
censors to keep the film's original hard-biting script,
insuring it would not become a standard Hollywood
disaster film. Then President Ronald Reagan was impacted
by this film, and he would go onto sign, along with
Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev, the
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, which
reduced both country's nuclear arsenals.
Watch the full movie free
HERE on YouTube. |
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Robert
Papazian, ABC Circle Films; ABC Television |
