Today’s movie is a drama with scenes that occur on September 16. Watch it tonight.
THE DAY AFTER
Amid growing East-West tensions, Marilyn Oakes, daughter of Dr. Russell Oakes of Kansas City, Mo. announces she’s moving to Boston, Denise Dahlberg prepares to get married and Airman Billy McCoy goes on alert with the rest of the force. A ground war breaks out in Germany, on September 16, 1989 [26:32 to 1:11:57]. Dr. Oakes happens to be in Lawrence, Kansas at the time of the attack. Stephen Klein, a University of Kansas student starts to hitchhike home. Mrs. Dahlberg continues with her wedding preparations in spite of the looming crisis. A full nuclear exchange happens. The Dahlberg’s son, Danny is blinded looking at a nuclear blast. Dr. Oakes makes it back to the hospital at the University of Kansas. Steven Klein makes it to the Dahlberg’s house. Stupid Denise runs outside and gets contaminated with radiation. Billy McCoy starts out on foot on a cross country odyssey to find his family, but eventually dies of radiation sickness. Stephen eventually takes Eve and Danny Dahlberg to Lawrence. Jim Dahlberg is killed by looters, and Eve and Steven develop terminal radiation sickness. Dr. Oakes develops radiation sickness and returns to the remains of his home and dies there.
The date is given in the film at 27:03-04
A very bleak film, but we can all be glad it’s just fiction and not real history.
Awards - This film won the Outstanding Film Sound Editing for a Limited Series or a Special and Outstanding Achievement In Special Visual Effects Emmys. It was also nominated for the Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling, Outstanding Achievement in Makeup, Outstanding Art Direction for a Limited Series or a Special, Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or a Special, Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series or a Special, Outstanding Made for Television Movie, Outstanding Film Editing for a Limited Series or a Special, Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or a Special, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special (Lithgow) and Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or a Special awards at the 36th Primetime Emmy Awards.
Producer - Robert Papazian Director - Nicholas Meyer Screenriter - Edward Hume
Runtime – 2 hours 6 minutes Released - November 20,
1983
1983
Starring – Jason Robards as Dr. Russell Oakes, Georgann Johnson as Helen Oakes, Kyle Aletter as Marilyn Oakes, John Cullum as Jim Dahlberg, Bibi Besch as Eve Dahlberg, Lori Lethin as Denise Dahlberg, Doug Scott as Danny Dahlberg, Ellen Anthony as Joleen Dahlberg, JoBeth Williams as Nurse Nancy Bauer, Steve Guttenberg as Stephen Klein, John Lithgow as Joe Huxley, Amy Madigan as Alison Ransom, Calvin Jung as Dr. Sam Hachiya, William Allen Young as Airman First Class Billy McCoy, Lin McCarthy as Dr. Austin,Rosanna Huffman as Dr. Wallenberg, George Petrie as Dr. Landowska, Jonathan Estrin as Julian French, Jeff East as Bruce Gallatin, Dennis Lipscomb as Rev.Walker, Clayton Day as Dennis Hendry, Antonie Becker as Ellen Hendry, Stephen Furst as Aldo, Arliss Howard as Tom Cooper, Stan Wilson as Vinnie Conrad, Janet Reutter as survivor
Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2015
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