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Radiation Sickness | Great Britain
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Best Single Drama | 1985 | Mick
Best Film Cameraman | 1985 | Andrew
Best Film Editor | 1985
Best Design | 1985 | Christopher
Outstanding Achievement in Specials | 1985
Budget 420,000 USD
In the aftermath of the nuclear blast, footage of a cat supposedly "suffocating" outside in the extreme heat is shown. This is actually footage of a cat enjoying a hefty dose of catnip, then they just reversed the film to give the impression of the cat suffocating (the way the cat is rolling on the ground is the giveaway).
While shooting the movie, the BBC got in trouble with local police when they detonated a large smoke bomb in order to simulate a nuclear explosion. Members of the public, who were not aware that a movie was being shot, panicked and thought that a real explosion had occurred.
US television magnate Ted Turner wanted to air this film on TBS, his cable TV network, but couldn't find a sponsor. He decided to broadcast the film out of his own pocket.
In the film a Salvation Army brass band is seen marching down a street during a demonstration. This was not scripted,the band was returning from an "open air" service and had unexpectedly marched in on the filming. The director loved the unexpected interruption and kept the cameras rolling.
Findings from the 1980 British Government exercise "Square Leg" were used as the basis for projecting the level of destruction and number of casualties in the movie. "Square Leg" was a government project that estimated what would happen in Britain in the event of an actual attack. It projected the mortality rate at 29 million, serious injuries at 7 million and short term survivors at 19 million.
"[first lines] Narrator: In an urban society, everything connects. Each person's needs are fed by the skills of many others. Our lives are woven together in a fabric. But the connections that make society strong also make it vulnerable."
"Peace Speaker: This time, they are playing with at best the destruction of life as we know it, and at worst total annihilation. You cannot win a nuclear war! [amid cheers] Peace Speaker: Now just suppose the Russians win this war... What exactly would they be winning? What would they have conquered? Well, I'll tell you: all major centres of population and industry would have been destroyed... Heckler #1: Industry? What industry? We ain't got no industry in Sheffield! Peace Speaker: [trying to make herself heard amongst the jeers] Yes, and if the money hadn't - if the money hadn't - if the money hadn't been spent on nuclear weapons, you would have built up industry. Heckler #2: Get back to bloody Russia! Where you belong! Heckler #3: Where's your red flag? Peace Speaker: We would have put money into welfare, we would have found alternative sources of energy. Industry... [pauses for applause] Peace Speaker: Industry will have been destroyed. Oil refineries will have been destroyed, all our water will have been polluted, the soil will have been irradiated. Farmstock will be dead, diseased or dying. The Russians would have conquered a corpse of a country."
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