threads 1980s nuclear war film

[jonny2mad]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2023790698427111488

[dapablo]

Blimey that is a blast from the past, remember it from first time around, cheers Jonny.

[Roffa]

Before Threads there was The War Game (http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0059894/) by Peter Watkins, made for the BBC in 1965 but subsequently banned from being shown on TV.

[lithium]

Yes, The War Game is fantastic and well worth tracking down - made for TV but deemed by the government of the day too unsettling to be shown, it did get a cinema release in the 80s and was eventually shown on the BBC 20 years after it was made...:)

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[jonny2mad]

the war game online

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxKkLsYICYY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WyJ6PPeYqU&mode=related&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK_dN8__kD8&mode=related&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoZict8CThg&mode=related&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Trc1lJAH0lA&mode=related&search=

[Roffa]

Quite a few of us did get to see The War Game at special showings in the 70s or 80s. I remember one line from the film was actually referenced by Neil in the Young Ones, and they must have expected that a sizeable proportion of the audience would get it.