Threads / by Barry Hines ; Severin Films ; a BBC TV production in association with Western-World Television, Inc. and the Nine Network (Australia) ; directed by Mick Jackson ; produced by Mick Jackson [and 3 others].
Reece Dinsdale, Karen Meagher, David Brierley, Rita May ; narrator, Paul Vaughan. Originally broadcast on television by the BBC in 1984. Full screen (1.33:1). Special features: audio commentary with director Mick Jackson, moderated by film writer Kier-La Janisse and Severin Films' David Gregory ; Audition for the apocalypse: interview with actress Karen Meagher ; Shooting the annihilation: interview with director of photography Andrew Dunn ; Destruction designer: interview with production designer Christopher Robilliard ; interview with production designer Stephen Thrower ; US trailer ; re-release trailer.
Summary:
Presents a documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long range affects of nuclear war on civilization.
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