The Day After
The Day After is an American television movie. It was first shown on ABC on November 20, 1983. Over 100 million people watched the movie when it was first shown.[1] When it was first shown, it caused a lot of controversy and discussion due to what it was about and what it showed.
| The Day After | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Science fiction Postapocalyptic |
| Distributed by | ABC |
| Directed by | Nicholas Meyer |
| Produced by | Stephanie Austin (associate producer) Robert Papazian (producer) |
| Written by | Edward Hume |
| Starring | Jason Robards JoBeth Williams Steve Guttenberg John Cullum John Lithgow Amy Madigan |
| Music by | David Raksin Virgil Thomson |
| Cinematography | Gayne Rescher |
| Editing by | William Paul Dornisch Robert Florio |
| Production company | ABC Circle Films |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Original channel | ABC |
| Release date | November 20, 1983 |
| Running time | 126 minutes |
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| Followed by | |
The movie is about a fictional nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union. It follows several citizens and the people they see after a nuclear attack on Lawrence, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri.
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After seeing the film, Ronald Reagan wrote that the film had been very effective and left him depressed.
References
- ↑ Tipoff. January 20, 1989. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8rROAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BvwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1194,1429539&dq=jobeth+williams+tv+movie+nielsen+ratings&hl=en. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
