One of the bleakest, most affecting and most expertly directed movies ever made for television arrives on Blu-ray this week in the form of Kino Lorber's special edition of Nicholas Meyer's The Day After. When it first aired on ABC on November 20, 1983, Meyer's harrowing vision of the impact of a nuclear war on a Kansas town was a phenomenon — over a hundred million people tuned in, making The Day After the highest rated TV-movie in history. It also happened to be one of the most powerful and s...
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Filmmaker Magazine - 10 Aug 2018 20:48
One of the bleakest, most affecting and most expertly directed movies ever made for television arrives on Blu-ray this week in the form of Kino Lorber's special edition of Nicholas Meyer's The Day After. When it first aired on ABC on November 20, 1983, Meyer's harrowing vision of the impact of a nuclear war on a Kansas town was a phenomenon — over a hundred million people tuned in, making The Day After the highest rated TV-movie in history. It also happened to be one of the most powerful and s...
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