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NR·1984·117m

Summary

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.

Cast

Karen Meagher

Karen Meagher

Ruth Beckett

Reece Dinsdale

Reece Dinsdale

Jimmy Kemp

David Brierly

David Brierly

Mr. Kemp

Rita May

Rita May

Mrs. Kemp

Nicholas Lane

Michael Kemp

Jane Hazlegrove

Jane Hazlegrove

Alison Kemp

Henry Moxon

Mr Beckett

June Broughton

Mrs Beckett

Sylvia Stoker

Granny Beckett

Harry Beety

Clive Sutton

Ruth Holden

Marjorie Sutton

Ashley Barker

Bob

Michael O'Hagan

Michael O'Hagan

Chief Supt. Hirst

Phil Rose

Phil Rose

Medical Officer

Steve Halliwell

Steve Halliwell

Information Officer

Brian Grellis

Brian Grellis

Accommodation Officer

Peter Faulkner

Transport Officer

Anthony Collin

Food Officer

Michael Ely

Scientific Officer

Sharon Baylis

Manpower Officer

David Stutt

Works Officer

Phil Askham

Mr Stothard

Anna Seymour

Mrs Stothard

Fiona Rook

Carol Stothard

Christine Buckley

Woman in Supermarket

Joe Belcher

Shopkeeper

David Major

Boy in Supermarket

Maggie Ford

Peace Speaker

Mike Kay

Trade Unionist

Richard Albrecht

Officer at Food Depot

Ted Beyer

Policeman

Dean Williamson

Policeman

Joe Holmes

Mr Langley

Andy Fenn-Rodgers

Patrol Officer

Graham Hill

Soldier

Nigel Collins

Soldier

Jerry Ready

Looter

Dennis Conlon

Looter

Greta Dunn

Woman at Hospital

Nat Jackley

Nat Jackley

Old Man at Graveyard

John Livesey

Street Trader

Victoria O'Keefe

Victoria O'Keefe

Jane

Lee Daley

Spike

Marcus Lund

Gaz

Lesley Judd

Newscaster

Colin Ward-Lewis

Newscaster

Paul Vaughan

Paul Vaughan

Narrator (voice)

Ingrid P. Frehley

Woman with dead baby (uncredited)

Michael Shale

Man who has leg amputated (uncredited)

Anne Sellors

Woman who urinates herself (uncredited)

Lee Cambell

Dead Boy Under Gate (uncredited)

Jonathan Harston

Survivor on the Moors (uncredited)

Patrick Allen

Patrick Allen

Public Information Film Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Ed Bishop

Ed Bishop

US President (voice) (uncredited)

Crew

Director

Mick Jackson

Writer

Barry Hines

Reviews

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znapper

February 20, 2017

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 explains and shows us how the world is interconnected and woven together, each strand in this web is dependent on the others and when the threads start to break, the webbing that hold society together, unravel and we are quickly left with hardship and irreparable loss.

There is no help from the outside, as most places are left in the same sorry state.

With the lingering pollution from the war, there is only one way human kind can go from there.

This film has no high-notes and there are no cheesy Hollywood-lines to comfort you during the viewing, just cold-hard facts and statistic.

When the inevitable starts, we follow Ruth in particular, the main character, on her journey, 13 years into the future. We see how she tries to cope, as the remnants of the industrial world and human kind slowly crumble and whither around her.

The film use simple effects and has a natural gritty style. This prevents the film from looking too dated. In addition, most of the film work with limited sets and scenes, so the time-period it is shot in, is somewhat removed from the story and experience.

The acting is real and very good, they are real people, playing real people, 'no time for plastic Hollywood-figures here'.

What we are left with, is most likely one of the bleakest, grimmest and most depressing film, that everyone needs to see at least once.

It will remain a testament to the cold war, but as long as there are nuclear weapons, it will continue to be an ever-relevant warning.

It will stick with you indefinitely.

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$420,000.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Keywords

great britain
northern england
despair
yorkshire
nuclear holocaust
disaster
nuclear fallout
radiation sickness
aggressive
grim
nuclear winter
sheffield, england
societal collapse
sinister