Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Karen MeagherRuth Beckett
- Reece DinsdaleJimmy Kemp
- David BrierlyMr. Kemp
- Rita MayMrs. Kemp
- Nicholas LaneMichael Kemp
- Jane HazlegroveAlison Kemp
- Henry MoxonMr Beckett
- June BroughtonMrs Beckett
- Sylvia StokerGranny Beckett
- Harry BeetyClive Sutton
Recommendations
- 100
Empire
Horrifying, moving and powerful. Watch it by yourself, late at night and never sleep again. Not a good date movie. - 100
The Guardian
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. - 90
The New York Times
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] - 88
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
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] - 80
The A.V. Club
Nuclear war is brutal, ugly, and piss-yourself terrifying, Threads argues. Why should its movie depiction be anything different?
