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Hela

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13. Testament?

Reply to Kajun Gal (Original post)

Sun Aug 19, 2018, 01:20 AM

Aug 2018

Does anybody remember the movie, Testament, with Jane Alexander and William Devane?

That one hit home for me much more than The Day After. The scene where Kevin Costner is walking down the street in a daze with a dresser drawer to use as a burial box for his baby really got to me at the time.

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Watching The Day After on AMC. It was scary when it first came out. It's scarier now. [View all] Kajun Gal Aug 2018 OP

... Anon-C Aug 2018 #1

I remember watching that as a tween.... Delarage Aug 2018 #2

+1 dewsgirl Aug 2018 #3

Watch BBC's "Threads" from 1984. roamer65 Aug 2018 #4

'Threads' was scary as hell. samir.g Aug 2018 #9

Just watched the trailer. I pray this never happens! Kajun Gal Aug 2018 #10

Office story the next day after it's first showing benld74 Aug 2018 #5

I live less than ten miles from the base xmas74 Aug 2018 #6

Yes, I was in college when "The Day After" aired Va Lefty Aug 2018 #7

PBS has a 2 hour documentary called Command and Control. Ilsa Aug 2018 #8

Here ya go TexasBushwhacker Aug 2018 #11

I remember the hype leading up to The Day After and vividly recall making sure Grammy23 Aug 2018 #12

Testament? Hela Aug 2018 #13

I just read the long synopsis on IMDB. Ilsa Aug 2018 #15

They made a big deal about it in the tv show, The Americans. Ilsa Aug 2018 #14

I live in a town with a large air force base dsc Aug 2018 #16