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20 November 1983 (USA) moreTagline:
The day before. The day of. The Day After. morePlot:
A graphic, disturbing film about the effects of a devastating nuclear holocaust on small-town residents of eastern Kansas. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 3 wins & 10 nominations moreNewsDesk:
Inside The Business: Nicholas Meyer on The Day After(From Daily Film Music Blog. 13 April 2009, 12:10 PM, PDT)
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Appropriately Bleak moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jason Robards | ... | Dr. Russell Oakes | |
| JoBeth Williams | ... | Nurse Nancy Bauer | |
| Steve Guttenberg | ... | Stephen Klein (as Steven Guttenberg) | |
| John Cullum | ... | Jim Dahlberg | |
| John Lithgow | ... | Joe Huxley | |
| Bibi Besch | ... | Eve Dahlberg | |
| Lori Lethin | ... | Denise Dahlberg | |
| Amy Madigan | ... | Alison Ransom | |
| Jeff East | ... | Bruce Gallatin | |
| Georgann Johnson | ... | Helen Oakes | |
| William Allen Young | ... | Airman Billy McCoy | |
| Calvin Jung | ... | Dr. Sam Hachiya | |
| Lin McCarthy | ... | Dr. Austin | |
| Dennis Lipscomb | ... | Reverend Walker | |
| Clayton Day | ... | Dennis Hendry |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
127 minCountry:
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EnglishColor:
ColorAspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoCertification:
Canada:14A | Australia:PG | South Korea:All | Netherlands:12 | Finland:K-14 | France:-12 | Norway:12 (1984) | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | UK:12 | USA:Unrated | West Germany:12 (w) | Singapore:PG | Brazil:18Fun Stuff
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The nuclear missile launch code, sent to the Minuteman silos to fire their missiles at the Soviet Union, was portrayed in the film as "Alpha-7-8-November-Foxtrot-1-5-2-2" with an authentication of "Delta-Xray" moreGoofs:
Continuity: Just after Steven Klein is dropped off on the country road, there a car is coming, but it never passes him and disappears in the next shot. moreQuotes:
Stephen Klein: Well... I don't know what happened at Lawrence. I was pretty close to Harrisonville when it all started. There must have been five or six of them to the north, and... a whole string of them to the south.Jim Dahlberg: They must have hit every missile silo from Sedalia to Eldorado Springs.
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I, like many of my age, saw this when it originally aired as a class assignment. It had a great impact on me, as the cold war was still going strong and the threat of a nuclear war was something that people still thought about. The movie may not be the greatest ever made, but the acting is more than adequate, especially from Jason Robards, and the script was far better than any other movies made for television at that time. I recommend it to anyone, even those with a low tolerance for grossness (radiation sickness is shown in progressive stages, and it is not pretty). It's dark, depressing, and if you get into it you will definitely need to follow it up with a musical or cartoons just to lift your spirits again. Still, the subject matter is not something that can be portrayed positively even at a tv-movie level of realism.