Threads

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Directed by: Mick Jackson
Overview
Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.
Reviews (3)
znapper (Rated: 10)
This film was, for many, a turning-point regarding nuclear weapons, the cold war and nuclear-politics.
Set in a 1984 UK industrial-suburbia, as the cold war gets hot, we follow regular people in their daily lives and how they prepare for the coming apocalypse.
Barry Hines and Mick Jackson expl...
Rodney Wollam (Rated: 9)
Once again, I struggled to understand the British English. At least this time, I didn't really need to. Not a word needed to be spoken to convey the very real horror we might all be subjected to. Now, closer to that armageddon than ever before in our history. I just hope I die in the initial blast. ...
TkA (Rated: 9)
Hauntingly Grim.
Threads is a hauntingly grim, yet important film that portrays the devastating effects of a nuclear war. Set in the UK during the 1980s, it follows the lead up to a worldwide nuclear crisis and the aftermath of the bombs wiping out most of the country. The film paints a bleak...
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