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Originally Posted by Stealhead
Ronald Regan watched an advanced viewing of TDA and it had a profound effect on him it furthered his resolve to support SDI and to try to eliminate all nukes.Reagan and Gorbachev came close to pulling it off but they could not work out a deal.
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I read that when Reagan saw the movie he had a stack of corrections he sent to ABC.
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All of the extras in the city and town scenes are real Missourians.
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Makes it all the more powerful for me.
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TDA did a pretty good job portraying an attack and all of the SAC and Navy guys at the start those where not actors that was real footage filmed for a documentary and later used in TDA.
Here is the original documentary the military men where "acting" it is called "First Strike" watch it and then recall the scenes in TDA then you'll see which parts are real (training footage).
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"Threads" is a bit more dramatic and better written and has less special effects but they are still well done.I like both for different reasons."Threads" also shows more the longer term effects of the attack while TDA focuses more short term.
There is an animated film called "When the Wind Blows" about nuclear war that you might want to watch.
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I'll check those out.
Depending on what I'm doing tomorrow I'll watch Threads and First Strike and track down When The Wind Blows.