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Threads (1985)

★ 7.6 · 399 ratings on TMDB

The closest you'll ever want to come to nuclear war.

Threads poster★ 7.6

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.

DirectorMick Jackson
CastDavid Brierly, Harry Beety, Henry Moxon, Jane Hazlegrove, June Broughton, Karen Meagher
GenresDrama, Science Fiction, War
The emergence reading

Threads keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E12/E13 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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