Today’s movie is a drama with a scene that happens on February
24. Watch it tonight and enjoy.
TESTAMENT
The Wetherly family lives in
Hamelin, California 90 miles from San Francisco. One day nuclear war breaks
out. Tom Wetherly was in San Francisco, leaving his wife Carol, sons Brad and
Scottie and daughter Mary Liz at home. On February 24, 19___ [24:15 - 26:50]
the Wetherlys adopt an orphan child, Larry, but Henry Abhart, a ham radio
operator can’t learn how the war started or what is happening in the outside
world. The town escaped blast damage, but not radiation. Eventually both
Scottie and Mary Liz die from this. As society breaks down, Carol decides to
kill herself and her surviving family, but in the end she can’t bring herself to
do so.
The date is given in the film at 24:26-27
Director - Lynne Littman
Producer - Jonathan Bernstein
Screenplay - John Sacret Young
Awards – Jane Alexander was
nominated for the Best Actress Oscar at the 56th Academy
Awards
Released - November 4, 1983
Runtime – 1 hour 30 minutes
Starring –
Jane Alexander as CarolWetherly
William Devane as Tom Wetherly
Ross Harris as Brad Wetherly
Roxana Zal as Mary Liz Wetherly
Lukas Haas as Scottie Wetherly
Leon Ames as Henry Abhart
Mako as Mike
Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2015
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