Anyone else remember this movie? It was released in 1983. Here's the Netflix description:
This stirring made-for-TV movie depicts the aftermath of nuclear disaster as it follows the lives of a handful of residents of Lawrence, Kan., including a professor (John Lithgow), a doctor (Jason Robards), a young woman (Lori Lethin) and a college student (Steve Guttenberg). Tension rises as radiation levels increase and Americans must find ways to survive against all odds -- physically, mentally and emotionally.
I remember being really afraid to watch it--there was a lot of hype around it and I remember other kids being really shocked by it.
I rented it; I wanted to watch it as part of my research for my memoir-thingy that I'm writing (it's a bit undefined right now).
The aftermath it shows, while grim, is I'm sure much better than it would be in reality, especially today. For that, The Road by Cormac McCarthy seems more realistic. Or any zombie movie, really.
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