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respiridus
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cannedmoose
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Crash Test Dummy
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garbitsch
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Crash Test Dummy
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| Thanks for telling the end. |
true point. good call stel |
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brother
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| Hmmmmm....is it an old movie or recently released on rental or just out at cinema. |
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cannedmoose
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| Hmmmmm....is it an old movie or recently released on rental or just out at cinema. |
It's a 50's film if I remember correctly, so reflects the 'hot' Cold War sentiment of that time. Some of the acting is 50's wooden, but it's a brilliant anti-war film and depicts the catastrophe that awaited the planet in the event of a nuculer (in George Bush terms) war.
A better and more evocative film if you can get hold of it is 'Threads'. It was made by the BBC in the mid-1980s and was a depiction of the lead-up and aftermath of a nuclear attack on the UK. By all accounts when it was first released (I was only 8 so don't really remember), it caused one heck of a stir and scared a lot of people. I first saw it aged 11 and it certainly gave me nightmares for a while (this was towards the end of the Cold War). Highly recommended, no glamourous actors, just gritty realism. |
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brother
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| brother wrote: |
| Hmmmmm....is it an old movie or recently released on rental or just out at cinema. |
It's a 50's film if I remember correctly, so reflects the 'hot' Cold War sentiment of that time. Some of the acting is 50's wooden, but it's a brilliant anti-war film and depicts the catastrophe that awaited the planet in the event of a nuculer (in George Bush terms) war.
A better and more evocative film if you can get hold of it is 'Threads'. It was made by the BBC in the mid-1980s and was a depiction of the lead-up and aftermath of a nuclear attack on the UK. By all accounts when it was first released (I was only 8 so don't really remember), it caused one heck of a stir and scared a lot of people. I first saw it aged 11 and it certainly gave me nightmares for a while (this was towards the end of the Cold War). Highly recommended, no glamourous actors, just gritty realism. |
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respiridus
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| Hmmmmm....is it an old movie or recently released on rental or just out at cinema. |
There was a similar movie from the 50s. The one I watched was a 2000 remake for Australian TV, though. Did not have a big budget or big name actors, but the actual filming and emotional interaction between the characters is superb nevertheless. |
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brother
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| Hmmmmm....is it an old movie or recently released on rental or just out at cinema. |
There was a similar movie from the 50s. The one I watched was a 2000 remake for Australian TV, though. Did not have a big budget or big name actors, but the actual filming and emotional interaction between the characters is superb nevertheless. |
I wonder if you can rent it in the UK, time to check online blockbusters.  |
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respiridus
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| Hmmmmm....is it an old movie or recently released on rental or just out at cinema. |
There was a similar movie from the 50s. The one I watched was a 2000 remake for Australian TV, though. Did not have a big budget or big name actors, but the actual filming and emotional interaction between the characters is superb nevertheless. |
I wonder if you can rent it in the UK, time to check online blockbusters. |
You can get it from Amazon for $9, re.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007N1JNM/qid=1134042989/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/103-2899231-7007818?s=dvd&v=glance&n=130 |
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