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The War Game( 1966)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Michael Aspel

      Commentator

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      Kathy Staff

      Interviewee (uncredited)

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      Peter Watkins

      Documentist (uncredited)

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      Peter Graham

      Commentator

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    A review by Gimly

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    Written by Gimly on Sun Apr 05 2020
    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 personally rec...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
    • nuclear war
    • cold war
    • nuclear radiation
    • nuclear missile
    • state of emergency
    • riot
    • survival
    • nuclear holocaust
    • nuclear bomb
    • docudrama
    • struggle for survival
    • nuclear weapons
    • fake documentary
    • mondo
    • firestorm
    • hypothetical
    • war
    • pseudo-documentary
    • docufiction
    • cold war era
    • tactical nuclear warfare
    • nuclear deterrent policy
    • nuclear holocaust fiction
    • survival film
    • fallout shelters
    • civil defence
    • mondo film
    • voice-over
    • panic buying
    • nuclear strikes
    • hunger riots
    • armed police
    • v bombers
    • countervalue
    • vulcan mk ii
    • nuclear war aftermath
    • deterrence theory