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Television Event is an 2020 American-Australian documentary film, directed and produced by Jeff Daniels. It follows the making and release of The Day After, a film directed by Nicholas Meyer, which revolved around a nuclear war and was controversial upon release. It had its world premiere at DOC NYC on November 11, 2020.
Nov 11, 2020 · With Tom Hanks, Liza Minnelli, Penny Marshall, Ronald Reagan. 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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- Documentary
- Jeff Daniels
- 2020-11-11
Jun 28, 2022 · Watch Television Event: https://geni.us/televisionevent Witness 1980s Cold War tensions and the threat of a global nuclear apocalypse through the lens of the ABC network, as it narrowly...
- 2 min
- 4.2K
- Giant Pictures
Nov 15, 2020 · “Television Event” hails “The Day After” as the rare case of a TV network not just pushing the envelope but bursting it, making the rare TV-movie that shook people to their souls.
With irreverent humor and sobering apocalyptic vision, this film reveals how a commercial broadcaster seized a moment of unprecedented television viewership, made an emotional connection with an audience of over 100 million and forced an urgent conversation with the US President on how to collectively confront and resolve the most pressing ...
- Jeff Daniels
- 91 min
- 8
TELEVISION EVENT is an archive-based feature documentary that views the dramatic climax of the Cold War through the lens of a commercial television network, as it narrowly succeeds in producing...
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- Documentary
Witness 1980s Cold War tensions and the threat of a global nuclear apocalypse through the lens of the ABC network, as it narrowly succeeds in producing the most watched, most controversial TV movie ever made, THE DAY AFTER (1983).
