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Overview
Release Date:
23 September 1984 (UK) morePlot:
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 synopsisPlot Keywords:
Nuclear Attack | Nuclear Holocaust Aftermath | Armageddon | Apocalyptic | Nuclear Bomb moreAwards:
4 wins & 3 nominations moreUser Comments:
Possibly the grimmest movie ever made moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Karen Meagher | ... | Ruth Beckett | |
| Reece Dinsdale | ... | Jimmy Kemp | |
| David Brierly | ... | Mr. Kemp | |
| 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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According to the films end credits, Carl Sagan was one of the consultants used during production. moreGoofs:
Continuity: Just after the policeman delivers the secret letter to Clive Sutton, he calls his secretary and starts to read off the names of the people he wants to see in his office. The piece of paper in the close-ups is different from the one we see in the long shot. moreQuotes:
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. moreFAQ
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I first saw "Threads" in high school, and saw it again recently as a grown adult. It does make a measure how old you are when viewing this movie; you take the actions on screen more seriously.
"Threads" plays like BBC documentary about a catastrophic nuclear war, interjecting live scenes with a bland monologue and various statistics, although one wonders what audience would be viewing this documentary.
Since it does play like a documentary, it feels no need to either overplay events or sugarcoat things for our sensibilities. There's no speeches or heroic actions, everything occurs as it happens, no matter how horrifying.
The gore is moderate (it was a TV movie after all) but is unsettling because it's taken to be real. Throughout you look for some hopeful thought to intrude, even comic relief, but "Threads" stares you down, making you watch the horror and woe to the bitter end. There is no hope or salvation, only despair.
It's worth seeing a movie like this as a reminder of the horrors of nuclear war; the threat of a mututal destruction by superpowers seems to be fast fading, but there's always the possibility of terrorists or new enemies.
"Threads" is to nuclear war what "Saving Private Ryan" is to war movies, a landmark film that delivers a strong political message without ever really mentioning it.