Threads
(1985)
Overview
Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.
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znapper
⭐ 10/10February 20, 2017
This film was, for many, a turning-point regarding nuclear weapons, the cold war and nuclear-politics.
Set in a 1984 UK industrial-suburbia, as the cold war gets hot, we follow regular people in their daily lives and how they prepare for the coming apocalypse.
Barry Hines and Mick Jackson explains and shows us how the world is interconnected and woven together, each strand in this web is dependent on the others and when the threads start to…
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Rodney Wollam
⭐ 9/10March 17, 2018
Once again, I struggled to understand the British English. At least this time, I didn't really need to. Not a word needed to be spoken to convey the very real horror we might all be subjected to. Now, closer to that armageddon than ever before in our history. I just hope I die in the initial blast. The after is actually worse than the blast itself. God help us all.
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$420,000
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