What is The Day After?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox Television film | name = The Day After | image = thedayafter.jpg | caption = ''The Day After'' DVD cover | format = [[Science fiction]]<br />[[Postapocalyptic]] | runtime = 126 minutes | creator = | director = [[Nicholas Meyer]] | producer = [[Stephanie Austin]] (associate producer)<br>[[Robert Papazian]] (producer) | writer = [[Edward Hume]] | starring = [[Jason Robards]]<br />[[JoBeth Williams]]<br />[[Steve Guttenberg]]<br />[[John Cullum]]<br />[[John Lithgow]]<br>[[Amy Madigan]] | editing = [[William Paul Dornisch]]<br>[[Robert Florio]] | music = [[David Raksin]]<br />[[Virgil Thomson]] | cinematography = [[Gayne Rescher]] | distributor = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] | studio = [[ABC Circle Films]] | country = United States | language = English | network = ABC | released = November 20, 1983 }} '''''The Day After''''' is an [[United States|American]] [[television movie]]. It was first shown on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] on November 20, 1983. Over 100 million people watched the movie when it was first shown.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tipoff|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8rROAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BvwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1194,1429539&dq=jobeth+williams+tv+movie+nielsen+ratings&hl=en|accessdate=October 11, 2011|newspaper=The Ledger|date=January 20, 1989}}</ref> When it was first shown, it caused a lot of [[controversy]] and discussion due to what it was about and what it showed. The movie is about a fictional [[nuclear war]] between the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]]. It follows several [[citizen]]s and the people they see after a nuclear attack on [[Lawrence, Kansas]] and [[Kansas City, Missouri]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb title|id=0085404|title=The Day After}} {{film-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Day After}} [[Category:English-language movies]] [[Category:1983 science fiction movies]] [[Category:Television movies]] [[Category:Disaster movies]] [[Category:American television movies]] [[Category:American science fiction movies]] [[Catego