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The War Game

BBC TV's film about a nuclear attack on Britain

7.6 / 10

48 minutes

1966-04-13

English

GB

Actors :

Michael Aspel, Kathy Staff, Peter Watkins, Peter Graham

Description

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.

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Reviews

Gimly

Gimly

6/23/2021, 3:58:36 PM

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 wil...