The Day After

The Day After is an American television movie. It was first shown on ABC on November 20, 1983. Over 100 million people watched the movie when it was first shown.^[1] When it was first shown, it caused a lot of controversy and discussion due to what it was about and what it showed.

The Day After
Genre	Science fiction Postapocalyptic
Distributed by	ABC
Directed by	Nicholas Meyer
Produced by	Stephanie Austin (associate producer) Robert Papazian (producer)
Written by	Edward Hume
Starring	Jason Robards JoBeth Williams Steve Guttenberg John Cullum John Lithgow Amy Madigan
Music by	David Raksin Virgil Thomson
Cinematography	Gayne Rescher
Editing by	William Paul Dornisch Robert Florio
Production company	ABC Circle Films
Country	United States
Language	English
Original channel	ABC
Release date	November 20, 1983
Running time	126 minutes

The movie is about a fictional nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union. It follows several citizens and the people they see after a nuclear attack on Lawrence, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri.