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The Day After

The Day After
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The Day After DVD cover
Written by Edward Hume
Directed by Nicholas Meyer
Starring Jason Robards
JoBeth Williams
Steve Guttenberg
John Cullum
John Lithgow
Amy Madigan
Theme music composer David Raksin
Virgil Thomson
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
Production
Producer(s) Robert Papazian (producer)
Stephanie Austin (associate producer)
Cinematography Gayne Rescher
Editor(s) William Paul Dornisch
Robert Florio
Running time 126 minutes
Production company(s) ABC Circle Films
Distributor ABC Motion Pictures
Release
Original network ABC
Original release
  • 20 November 1983 (1983-11-20) (USA)

The Day After is an American television film that first aired on November 20, 1983, on the ABC television network. More than 100 million people, in nearly 39 million households, watched the program during its initial broadcast. With a 46 rating and a 62% share of the viewing audience during its initial broadcast, it was the seventh highest rated non-sports show up to that time and set a record as the highest-rated television film in history—a record it still held as recently as a 2009 report.

The film postulates a fictional war between NATO forces and the Warsaw Pact that rapidly escalates into a full-scale nuclear exchange between the United States and the Soviet Union. The action itself focuses on the residents of Lawrence, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri, as well as several family farms situated near nuclear missile silos.

The cast includes JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg, John Cullum, Jason Robards, and John Lithgow. The film was written by Edward Hume, produced by Robert Papazian, and directed by Nicholas Meyer. It was released on DVD on May 18, 2004, by MGM.

The story follows several citizens – and people they encounter – in and around Kansas City, Missouri and the college town of Lawrence, Kansas, 40 miles (64 km) to its west.

The film's narrative is structured as a before-during-after scenario of a nuclear attack: the first segment introduces the various characters and their stories; the second shows the nuclear disaster itself, and; the third details the effects of the fallout on the characters.


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