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The War Game is a BBC television film directed by Peter Watkins. Produced in the United Kingdom, the work explores themes of nuclear war, the Cold War, nuclear radiation, and nuclear missiles. Its narrative addresses the impact of a nuclear attack on Britain, including post-traumatic stress disorder. The film has a runtime of 48 minutes and was released on April 13, 1966.
The production was recognized in the Academy Award Best Documentary collection. It has been associated with release dates in 1966, 1967, and 1985. On TMDb, the film holds a vote average of 7.672. The tagline describes the work as BBC TV's film about a nuclear attack on Britain.
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7.7A 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.
Cast
- Michael Aspel as Commentator
- Kathy Staff as Interviewee (uncredited)
- Peter Watkins as Documentist (uncredited)
- Peter Graham as Commentator
Themes
- post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
- nuclear war
- cold war
- nuclear radiation
- nuclear missile
- state of emergency
- riot
- survival
- nuclear holocaust
- nuclear bomb
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Internet Archive
audioEp 87 Playing the Long Game, Fighting the Long War
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- television film
- Genre
- docudrama
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- nuclear warfare
- Director
- Peter Watkins
- Screenwriter
- Peter Watkins
- Cast member
- Peter Watkins
- Producer
- Peter Watkins
- Production company
- BBC
- Duration
- 48
- FilmAffinity ID
- 190937
- Image
- The War Game Logo.jpg
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- publication date
- 1967-03-19
- title
- The War Game
- distributed by
- BBC
- color
- black-and-white
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- 4:3
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