The Day After
by Nicholas Meyer
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Actor: Jason Robards, JoBeth Williams, John Cullum, John Lithgow, Steve GuttenbergDirector: Nicholas Meyer
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
Cinematographer: Gayne Rescher
Editor: Robert Florio
Editor: William Paul Dornisch
Producer: Robert Papazian
Producer: Stephanie Austin
Writer: Edward Hume
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 127 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-05-18
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
DVD Reviews of The Day After
DVD Review: WHERE WAS THE NAACP??????????????
Summary: 3 Stars
FIRST I WANT TO SAY THAT I DO LIKE THE MOVIE, BUT THE THEME OF THE MOVIE IS "BETTER RED & DEAD THAN FIGHT" DESPITE A CAST OF CHARACTERS THAT CONSISTED MOSTLY OF DOCTORS AND COLLEGE PROFESSORS AND SOME COLLEGE STUDENTS THE CHARACTERS WERE INCREDIBLY UNAWARE OF RADIATION & FALLOUT EFFECTS. FROM THE ADS AT THE TIME OF THE ORIGINAL BROADCAST THE VIEWER WAS SUPPOSED TO WRITE THEIR CONGRESSMAN TO DEMAND DISBANDING OUR ARMED FORCES
ONE STRANGE THING ABOUT A PROGRAM DESIGNED BY FAR LEFT LIBERALS; THE PROTRAYAL OF BLACKS. THERE ARE ONLY 3 BLACKS IN THE MOVIE. A USAF MISSILE MECHANIC AND HIS WIFE WHO NEVER FIGURE OUT THAT THE MILITARY'S JOB IS TO FIGHT WAR AND IS NOT JUST A GOVERNMENT WELFARE/SCHOLARSIP PROGRAM. WHEN THE SHOOTING STARTS AND EVERYBODY ELSE IS TRYING TO SAVE LIVES THE BLACK USAF MECHANIC INCITES THE REST OF THE USAF TO MUTINY AND FAILLING THAT HE DESERTS HIS POST. THE THIRD BLACK IS A HOSPITAL ORDERLY PROTRAYED LIKE AN UNEDUCATED 1930's MISSISSIPPI SHARECROPPER ON "AMOS & ANDY" EXCEPT HE WAS FAR TOO STUPID TO BE AN "A&A" CHARACTER. PERHAPS HE WAS TUTORRED BY JETHRO BODINE, EXCEPT HE LACKED THE INTELLECT TO LEARN UP TO JETHRO;S LEVEL. IN THE 1980'S A BLACK CHARACTER THIS DUMB WOULD BE TOO POLITICALLY INCORRECT FOR A MISSISSIPPI REDNECK BACKWOODS BAR..
DVD Review: Pffft.
Summary: 2 Stars
The self-serious hype surrounding the original ABC broadcast of this bloated mediocre potboiler was something to behold. At the time, and especially after seeing the thing, I was convinced that it was driven less by a sense of social responsibility than by the opportunity to create a panic-induced ratings blockbuster event. (Mission accomplished.) This is an overlong conventional disaster picture / social issue movie of the week hybrid with a superiority complex. At the time it was something of a feat to manage to sensationalize something while at the same time going soft on it (this was supposed to be unflinchingly, horrifyingly graphic in its realism, but it was made for TV, so no peeling skin or melting eyeballs), but Hollywood has perfected the more-sizzle-less-steak approach in later years, beginning with a string of "erotic thrillers" that were neither erotic nor thrilling, and continuing presently with a genre of films known as "torture porn," all with safe 'n cuddly R ratings.
Not very interesting, but at least it's nowhere NEAR as silly as 'Red Dawn' - so, with that comparison in mind, it's hard to give it one star when there are no screamingly idiotic scenes of teenagers visiting their parents in prison camp.
Interestingly, PBS produced a vastly superior film in the same vein that year called 'Testament' - far more restrained, emotional and personalized, and infinitely more effective. Nothing but nothing in 'The Day After' is as moving and memorable as the scene in 'Testament' where the teenage girl asks her mother (dad is missing, certainly dead) what it's like to make love because they both know she'll be dead from radiation sickness before she ever has the opportunity to experience it herself.
Another superior treatment of the same topic would be Shohei Immamura's gut-wrenching 'Black Rain' (a very serious film, not to be confused with the Michael Douglas piffle of the same name). 'Black Rain' actually manages to have it both ways, effectively depicting the awesome horror of what happened at Hiroshima, then reducing to an intimate scale with a story of a young girl who is unmarriageable because she might become sick at any time. And then.... It is a triumph of the film that it's hard to say which story thread is more devastating - but, THAT movie was made by an acknowledged master of world cinema.
Of course, we all know that no movie can give more than a shadow of a sense of the real thing, I hope.
DVD Review: "Day After" is a great flick!
Summary: 5 Stars
A dynamite film, really makes you think about what COULD have happened. I always wondered why the network never re-ran this movie. My wife missed it in '83 because of a night class she had. She only had to wait 26 years to finally see it. It was just as good the second time around. The impact of these images is almost too intense to describe. You really have to see it to appreciate it.DVD Review: 3 stars out of 4
Summary: 4 Stars
The Bottom Line:
The first half of the Day After sometimes feels hokey and dated, but the powerhouse second hour does a very good job dealing with the aftermath of nuclear war in small town America; helped by solid turns by Jason Robards and John Lithgow, it's a good choice if you like post-apocalyptic scenarios.
DVD Review: The Truth and Will Happen
Summary: 4 Stars
Though this senario in the movie happened back in the late Carter or early Reagan Presidencies, It could happen any day now. Americans, as a majority, are totally unprepared and unaware of the seriousness of our present day situation on a global scale. The destruction shown in the movie, IS NOT indicative of the real horror that will be when the US is hit with atomic weapons. This movie is a fictional senario of what will happen in the fairly near future and was fairly well made. It is a must see. Russia's Putin is, today, preparing for this very thing, coming to pass, along with his buddies in Iran, Syria and most of the muslum countries.
Lyle Braae
Description of The Day After
The countdown has begun! Against the real-life backdrop of the U.S. deployment of WMDs in Europe during the escalating Cold War, this "dramatically involving [and] agonizingly graphic film" (The Hollywood Reporter) about nuclear holocaust detonated a direct hit into the heartland of America.Starring Jason Robards, JoBeth Williams, Steven Guttenberg, John Cullum and John Lithgow, this "controversial, potent drama" (Leonard Maltin) remains "one of the most talked-about programs in history"(Newsweek)! When Cold War tensions reach the ultimate boiling point, the inhabitants of a small town in Kansas learn along with the rest of America that they have fewer than 30 minutes before 300 Soviet warheads begin to appear overhead! Can anyone survive this ultimate nightmare...or the nuclear winter that is sure to follow?Few American movies have dealt as graphically with nuclear holocaust as The Day After, which accounted for the controversy that surrounded the telefilm at the time of its initial network broadcast. In previous films, nuclear warfare was a matter for crusading politicians or military might, but here, both are kept in the background (the airman played by William Allen Young is more concerned with returning to his new wife than his duties) and the focus is fixed firmly on middle America--literally so, as the setting is Lawrence, Kansas, the near-center of the country. Audiences are briefly introduced to a representative cross-section of American life, including a doctor (Jason Robards), a young bride-to-be (Lori Lethin), a graduate student (Steve Guttenberg), and an academic (John Lithgow), before the Bomb hits nearby Kansas City. The ensuing destruction is utterly horrific, but a few manage to survive to struggle vainly with rising radiation levels and the slow, inevitable collapse of society. As a protest vehicle, The Day After is a triumph--its scenes of nuclear devastation remain the most powerful statements against nuclear armament ever depicted. It's buoyed by strong direction from Nicholas Meyer, who previously specialized in fantasy (Time After Time), and a capable cast who weather the material with grim determination. Edward Hume's script occasionally stumbles into sudsy territory, but the end result compares with equally moving British efforts like The War Game and Threads. The original network broadcast ran 120 minutes (edited from three hours); this is the 126-minute European theatrical cut. --Paul Gaita
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