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The Day After

They told us it would be impossible to make this movie. They told us it would be impossible for you to watch it. We hope nothing is impossible.

6.8(469)19832h 7m5

In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war. This shadow looms over the residents of a small town in Kansas as they continue their daily lives. Dr. Russell Oakes maintains his busy schedule at the hospital, Denise Dahlberg prepares for her upcoming wedding, and Stephen Klein is deep in his graduate studies. When the unthinkable happens and the bombs come down, the town's residents are thrust into the horrors of nuclear winter.

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Released
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Language
English
  • high school
  • environmental protection agency
  • nuclear war
  • isolation
  • darkness
  • radiation
  • chaos
  • refugee
  • refugee camp
  • cold war
  • insanity
  • post-apocalyptic future

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TVNRABC20 Nov 1983
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1210 Dec 1983
  • AustraliaAU

    • TV18 Feb 1985
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical18IMDB19 Jan 1984
  • GermanyDE

    • TV1217 May 1984

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The Day After was released on 10 December 1983.

Audience reviews

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    talisencrw

    7/3/2016

    9/10

    This was solid and, considering its epoch, scary. I remember being a teen when this came up, and with U.S./Soviet relations at a nadir, nuclear war films were just starting to appear on the cinephile's radar once again, after taking a breather from their 60's heyday for the sake of the glut of natural disaster films that hit theatres in the interim. This was one of the first and best, simply because director Nicho…

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    znapper

    2/21/2017

    8/10

    Well worth the view and it's surprisingly hard-hitting, for an American movie. TDA depict the full nuclear exchange between NATO and the Warsaw-pact and how this affect the population in and around Kansas. I think TDA really works better as a pure movie, because it is. Compared to the UK-made "Threads", which is more of a docudrama, TDA sets the scene and develop the characters. Many of the characters also s…

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    Nutshell

    8/3/2019

    7/10

    James Robards is exceptional in this sad nuclear holocaust fable, made for TV but a top notch production in most all respects.

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