The Day After

Name: The Day After
Genre: Science Fiction, Drama, TV Movie
Released: 1983-12-10
Duration: 127 min
Rating: 6.791

★ 6,8 /10 (452 Votes)

1983 EN 127 min

Overview

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.

Stream

Release date

10/12/1983

Votes

452

Popularity

5.4

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.

Genres

Science Fiction Drama TV Movie

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

127 min

Jason Robards

Dr. Russell Oakes

JoBeth Williams

Nurse Nancy Bauer

Steve Guttenberg

Stephen Klein

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 Hachya

Lin McCarthy

Dr. Austin

Dennis Lipscomb

Reverend Walker

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Clayton Day

Dennis Hendry

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Doug Scott

Danny Dahlberg

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Ellen Anthony

Joleen Dahlberg

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Kyle Aletter

Marilyn Oakes

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Alston Ahern

Cynthia

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William Allyn

Professor

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Antonie Becker

Ellen Hendry

Pamela Brown

Nurse

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Jonathan Estrin

Julian French

Stephen Furst

Aldo

Arliss Howard

Tom Cooper

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Rosanna Huffman

Dr. Wallenberg

Barbara Harris

TV Host

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Bob Meister

Cody

Vahan Moosekian

Mack

George Petrie

Dr. Landowska

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Glenn Robards

Barber #2

Tom Spratley

Barber #1

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Stan Wilson

Vinnie Conrad

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Arthur Ashe

TV Newscaster (uncredited)

Billy Beck

Dying Old Man Squatter (uncredited)

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Brian Beltran

College Student (uncredited)

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Bill Baker

College Student (uncredited)

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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 Nicholas Meyer was so good at sci-fi. I fervently wish he had made a lot more movies.

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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 survive the initial attack and we follow them 2-4 weeks after the initial attack. Even though TDA was both politically incorrect at the time and is also pretty bleak and scary, i…

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