The Day After
Appearance
The Day After | |
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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 |
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 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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