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13/04/1966 War, TV Movie 0h 48m
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BBC TV's film about a nuclear attack on Britain

Overview

A docudrama depicting a hypothetical nuclear attack on Britain. After backing the film's development, the BBC refused to air it, publicly stating "the effect of the film has been judged by the BBC to be too horrifying for the medium of broadcasting." It debuted in theaters in 1966 and went on to great acclaim, but remained unseen on British television until 1985.

  1. Peter Watkins

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Michael Aspel

    Commentator

  2. Kathy Staff

    Interviewee (uncredited)

  3. Peter Watkins

    Documentist (uncredited)

  4. Peter Graham

    Commentator

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Reviews

A review by Gimly
Written by Gimly on 2020-04-05
Great, genuinely hard to watch, eminently memorable and absolutely no fun at all. But that's really important I think, so much media really tries to sort of paint this candy-coated filter over subjects like war, when in reality, war, especially nuclear war, is pretty fucked. There's nothing wrong with making those other movies, the ones where the heroes win the day and good guys triumph, those will never go away, nor should they, but every now and then, some hard truths need to be confronted too, and _The War Game_ is **very** confronting.

_Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would persona...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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