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| View Larger Image | The Day After
by Gayne Rescher, Robert Florio, William Paul Dornisch, Robert Papazian, Stephanie Austin, Edward Hume
Directed by Nicholas Meyer
Starring Jason Robards, JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg, John Cullum, John Lithgow
MGM (Video & DVD)
| | List Price: | $14.98 | | Price: | $8.99 | | You Save: | $5.99 (40%) |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 4892 | | Release Date: | May 18, 2004 | | Rated: | | | Running Time: | 127 minutes | | Theatrical Release: | November 20, 1983 | | Studio: | MGM (Video & DVD) |
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The countdown has begun! Against the real-life backdrop of the U.S. deployment of WMDs in Europe during the escalating Cold War, this "dramatically involving [and] agonizingly graphic film" (The Hollywood Reporter) about nuclear holocaust detonated a direct hit into the heartland of America.Starring Jason Robards, JoBeth Williams, Steven Guttenberg, John Cullum and John Lithgow, this "controversial, potent drama" (Leonard Maltin) remains "one of the most talked-about programs in history"(Newsweek)! When Cold War tensions reach the ultimate boiling point, the inhabitants of a small town in Kansas learnalong with the rest of Americathat they have fewer than 30 minutes before 300 Soviet warheads begin to appear overhead! Can anyone survive this ultimate nightmare...or the nuclear winter that is sure to follow? |
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Few American movies have dealt as graphically with nuclear holocaust as The Day After, which accounted for the controversy that surrounded the telefilm at the time of its initial network broadcast. In previous films, nuclear warfare was a matter for crusading politicians or military might, but here, both are kept in the background (the airman played by William Allen Young is more concerned with returning to his new wife than his duties) and the focus is fixed firmly on middle America--literally so, as the setting is Lawrence, Kansas, the near-center of the country. Audiences are briefly introduced to a representative cross-section of American life, including a doctor (Jason Robards), a young bride-to-be (Lori Lethin), a graduate student (Steve Guttenberg), and an academic (John Lithgow), before the Bomb hits nearby Kansas City. The ensuing destruction is utterly horrific, but a few manage to survive to struggle vainly with rising radiation levels and the slow, inevitable collapse of society. As a protest vehicle, The Day After is a triumph--its scenes of nuclear devastation remain the most powerful statements against nuclear armament ever depicted. It's buoyed by strong direction from Nicholas Meyer, who previously specialized in fantasy (Time After Time), and a capable cast who weather the material with grim determination. Edward Hume's script occasionally stumbles into sudsy territory, but the end result compares with equally moving British efforts like The War Game and Threads. The original network broadcast ran 120 minutes (edited from three hours); this is the 126-minute European theatrical cut. --Paul Gaita |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 130 reviews)
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The Truth and Will Happen 
Though this senario in the movie happened back in the late Carter or early Reagan Presidencies, It could happen any day now. Americans, as a majority, are totally unprepared and unaware of the seriousness of our present day situation on a global scale. The destruction shown in the movie, IS NOT indicative of the real horror that will be when the US is hit with atomic weapons. This movie is a fictional senario of what will happen in the fairly near future and was fairly well made. It is a must see. Russia's Putin is, today, preparing for this very thing, coming to pass, along with his buddies in Iran, Syria and most of the muslum countries.
Lyle Braae
December 15, 2008 | |
Review of the movie The Day After
Great Movie! At this time in our lives..it may be more true than we'd like to think.
December 06, 2008 | |
Great early tv movie 
This film is revolutionary in my opinion, because it broke the boundaries of the televised film at a time when tv storytelling technique was quickly evolving. The subject matter seems to have pushed the format forward and what results is a strange hybrid of tones. The performances are both smoothed for the medium and roughed up for the content. This was before editing for television so aggressively engaged the audience, but the subtlety of the acting choices seems to presage that. Characters are battling insanity, in a mainstream tv context, so the challenge is particularly high. It is almost theatrical in the use of stock footage. I'm especially impressed that they didn't sink into a morass of moralism with the script. The spare quality of the third act is almost like a classic foreign film, and the unfinished feeling in many of its plot elements is a relief rather than a disappointment.
October 01, 2008 | |
A unique movie of historical reach!!
Quite simply, only a handful of movies have given me more chills down the spine than this one. The Day After accurately and intimately depicts the tragedy of a nuclear holocaust. Viewers end up thinking that the lucky ones are those that were killed immediately by the blast and, in no case, the actual survivors...
The story is quite simple: a group of US citizens go through their daily occupations in a Mid-West city while, at the same time, political and military escalation between Russia and the US builds up. What must happen finally happens and, guess what, the nukes fly off and cross each other in the sky on their way to their respective targets.
The movie goes on in its depiction of the war after the nukes actually detonate. The fate of the survivors is therefore shown in graphic, vivid and utterly realistic details. Each and every viewer is therefore capable of identifying him/herself to any of the featured characters, making for a closer personal proximity to the movie action and unfolding drama.
The main originality and interest of this movie is that, first, unlike its predecessors and successors, this end-of-the-world tale goes beyond the actual act of the ICBM's lifting off their launch pads. It's like the movie finally dares lifting some veil off the real mystery and horror of the survivors' conditions and struggle to remain alive. The survivors are just human beings that constantly have to fight their radioactive "illness". We all know how futile and useless such a struggle is...
Second, this movie was of almost historical reach when it was first released in 1983. Its shock-wave in the media and public opinion was so powerful that it made the headlines of newspapers back then. People talked about it with fear in their heart and mind. It certainly played a great role in making people accutely aware of the end results of a nuclear conflict, whereas most of them had never questioned its necessity until then. I have no doubt that this movie led to a greater level of awareness on this subject in the West and ultimately helped in negotiating the non-proliferation of nuclear WMD's treaties between the US and Russia throughout the 80's and early 90's.
A must-see movie about what nukes can do and the conditions they would leave us in as a species -should they ever take to the skies...
September 18, 2008 | |
Very Happy to find this....
I remember watching this movie on tv when it came out. I was telling someone about it and decided to look it up...thanks amazon...now I can share this great movie with everyone.
August 06, 2008 | |
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