Film

The Day After

Name: The Day After
Director: Nicholas Meyer
Released: 1983
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Jason Robards, John Cullum, JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg, John Lithgow

1983 · 127 min · ★ 6.7 · Dir. Nicholas Meyer

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.

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.