Show more

Threads

Summary: The effects of a nuclear holocaust on the working class city of Sheffield, England and the eventual long-term effects of nuclear war on civilization.

Release Date: September 23, 1984

Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi, War

Director: Mick Jackson

Writer: Barry Hines

Runtime: 1 h 52 min

MPAA: TV-MA

Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Nine Network Australia, Western-World Television Inc.

Distributor: Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Severin Films, Turner Broadcasting System (TBS)

Countries: United Kingdom, Australia

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 400,000

Cast

Stars:

Supporting cast:

Other Cast, Production

Other cast:

Production:

Representation

Tags / Keywords

1980s air base air raid siren airplane apocalypse armageddon atomic bomb baby barn bed wetting bicycle birth blind eye blonde child bomb britain british military brunette building collapse bunker calling parent by first name car crash cash register casualties cat catastrophe cautionary tale cemetery childbirth cigarette smoking collapsing building controversy corpse covering a dead body day date on screen death death of daughter death of father death of grandmother death of mother death of son decay destruction detention camp detonation disaster disaster film dog doom doomsday drinking drinking beer drinking tea dying dying young end of life end of the world ends with death ensemble cast eradication euphemism expectant father expectant mother extermination f word fallout family dinner firing squad flashback food crisis food shortage gamma ray gloom gloomy grim headphones hopelessness hospital hospital bed icbm independent film isolation kent cigarettes killed with a gun lack of perspectives leg amputation listening to a radio looter lying on bed man and woman share a bed man made disaster man wears eyeglasses map mass death mass grave mass killing mass murder mass panic megaphone mockumentary murder murder of parents mushroom cloud newspaper night nightmare becomes reality no music no music during end credits no survivors no way out nuclear nuclear attack nuclear bomb nuclear explosion nuclear fallout nuclear holocaust nuclear holocaust aftermath nuclear radiation nuclear war nuclear winter one word title only child opening a door pessimism police pollution post apocalypse post nuclear prayer pregnancy pregnant teen pregnant teenager pregnant woman produced by director pub radiation radiation sickness radio reference to an abortion running sheffield england shopkeeper single mother siren soviet union starvation starving stillbirth supermarket talking in bed talking on phone telephone telephone call torch tragic event trapped under debris tubi tv tv news two brothers typewriter unfaithful boyfriend urinating in fear urination ussr violence visit vomiting war violence warehouse watching tv wetting pants wmd woman wears eyeglasses world war three yorkshire

Similar Movies

Parental Guide

Global Consensus

Audience Reviews:

Critic Reviews:

Internet Zeitgest:

Comments:

Your Name:

Password:

Cancel Comment

Feedback