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Summary
An archive-based feature documentary viewing the dramatic climax of the Cold War through the lens of the ABC network, as it narrowly succeeds in producing the most watched, most controversial made-for-TV movie, THE DAY AFTER (1983).
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Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+15)
Critics 88Audiences 73GoodWatch 68
Tomatometer88%
IMDb7.3
Running time
1 h 31 min
A typical length for documentaries, −5 min on the typical 96
typical 9691Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries, rent or buy in 5 more
Released
2020
November 11, 2020
6 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- Australia
- United States
and 2 moreDirecting · 1
- Jeff Daniels Director, Producer
Production · 8
- Jenny Raskin Executive Producer
- Geralyn White Dreyfous Executive Producer
- Katrina vanden Heuvel Executive Producer
- Dan Cogan Executive Producer
- Leslie Berriman Executive Producer
- Nion McEvoy Executive Producer
Camera · 1
- Nick Higgins Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- Aaron Wickenden Editor
- Eileen Meyer Editor
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