Television event

Television event

DVD - 2024

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 the most watched, most controversial made-for-TV movie, The Day After (1983). 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 issue of the time - nuclear proliferation.

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Subjects
ABC Television Network > History > 20th century.
Day after (Motion picture)
Apocalypse in motion pictures.
Motion pictures > Influence > Case studies.
Science fiction films > History and criticism.
Cold War.
Nuclear nonproliferation > History > 20th century.
Fin du monde au cinéma.
Cinéma > Influence > Études de cas.
Films de science-fiction > Histoire et critique.
Guerre froide.
Non-prolifération nucléaire > Histoire > 20e siècle.
documentary film.
Feature films.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.
Genres
documentary film
Feature films
Documentary films
Nonfiction films
Documentaires
Films autres que de fiction
Published
Northampton, MA : Media Education Foundation [2024]
Language
English
Corporate Authors
Impact Partners (Firm), Common Room Productions
Corporate Authors
Impact Partners (Firm) (presenter), Common Room Productions (production company)
Other Authors
Jeff Daniels, 1955- (film director), Ozzy Inguanzo (film producer), Amanda Spain
Edition
Feature-length and abridged versions
Item Description
Originally produced as a documentary film in 2020.
Wide screen.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (91 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD; NTSC; all regions; widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo.
Production Credits
Director of photography, Nick Higgins ; music, T. Griffin ; editors, Eileen Meyer, Aaron Wickenden.
ISBN
9781893521162
  • [disc 1] Feature-length version (91 min.)
  • [disc 2] Abridged version (59 min.).

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