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- 1984
- TV-MA
- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
- 1 h 52 m
- 1984
- TV-MA
- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
- 1 h 52 m
Summary Documentary-style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England, and the eventual long-term effects of nuclear war on civilization.
Directed By: Mick Jackson
Written By: Barry Hines
- 1984
- TV-MA
- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
- 1 h 52 m
- 1984
- TV-MA
- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
- 1 h 52 m
Threads
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Summary Documentary-style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England, and the eventual long-term effects of nuclear war on civilization.
Directed By: Mick Jackson
Written By: Barry Hines
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
92
100% Positive
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0% Mixed
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0% Negative
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It wasn’t until I saw Threads that I found that something on screen could make me break out in a cold, shivering sweat and keep me in that condition for 20 minutes, followed by weeks of depression and anxiety.
Horrifying, moving and powerful. Watch it by yourself, late at night and never sleep again. Not a good date movie.
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Universal Acclaim
Based on 19 User Ratings
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84% Positive
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Clearly, Threads is not a balanced discussion about the pros and cons of nuclear armaments. It is a candidly biased warning. And it is, as calculated, unsettlingly powerful. [12 Feb 1985, p.42]
The British crew here, headed by writer Barry Hines and producer/director Mick Jackson, accomplish what would seem to be an impossible task: depicting the carnage without distancing the viewer, without once letting him retreat behind the safe wall of fictitious play. Formidable and foreboding, Threads leaves nothing to our imagination, and Nothingness to our conscience. [02 Mar 1985]
Nuclear war is brutal, ugly, and piss-yourself terrifying, Threads argues. Why should its movie depiction be anything different?
Awards
BAFTA Awards
• 4 Wins & 7 Nominations
Television Critics Association Awards
• 1 Nomination
