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Director:
Mick Jackson
Writer:
Barry Hines (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
23 September 1984 (UK) more
Genre:
Drama | Sci-Fi | War more
Plot:
Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run affects of nuclear war on civilization. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
4 wins & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(6 articles)
10 Most Fascinating 'End of the World' Movies
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10 Most Fascinating 'End of the World' Movies
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User Comments:
Never far from my thoughts... more (172 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Karen Meagher ... Ruth Beckett
Reece Dinsdale ... Jimmy Kemp
David Brierly ... Mr. Kemp (as David Brierley)
Rita May ... Mrs. Kemp
Nicholas Lane ... Michael Kemp
Jane Hazlegrove ... Alison Kemp
Henry Moxon ... Mr. Beckett
June Broughton ... Mrs. Beckett
Sylvia Stoker ... Granny Beckett
Harry Beety ... Clive Sutton
Ruth Holden ... Marjorie Sutton
Ashley Barker ... Bob
Michael O'Hagan ... Chief Supt. Hirst
Phil Rose ... Medical Officer
Steve Halliwell ... Information Officer
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Additional Details

Runtime:
Brazil:110 min
Country:
UK | Australia | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:M (video rating) | UK:15

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
According to the films end credits, Carl Sagan was one of the consultants used during production. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The title of the first scene says the date is March 5. Later in that same scene, the radio announces the date is March 20. more
Quotes:
Public Information Film Announcer: If you leave your home, your local authority may take it over for homeless families. And, if you move, the authorities in the new place will not help you with food, accomodation or other essentials. You are better off in your own home. Stay there. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Time Shift: Apocalypse Now... and Then (#3.5)" (2003) more

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28 out of 31 people found the following comment useful.
Never far from my thoughts..., 6 July 2005
10/10
Author: Chris2006 from United States

The first and only time I saw Threads was when it aired on PBS in 1985 or 1986, at 15 or 16 years old. It came near the end of my childhood obsession with world war III, in which I terrified myself to sleep many nights worrying about it.

Like no other movie Threads has, in the last 20 years, popped back in my thoughts on occasion. I remember many scenes vividly, and through the magic of IMDb, I've learned that some things that I thought I saw, but couldn't believe, actually did occur in the film. (I'm referring specifically to the "ET" scene that was mentioned in the message boards.) Having grown up in the strategic target city of Chicago, I thought: Okay, this is what I could expect if it does happen. I kept me awake into my 20's, when the cold war ended, and the threat was minimized.

There truly is no more frightening a movie ever made.

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