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Michael Beecroft in Threads (1984)

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Threads

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Featured in

    • "Secret Society" In Time of Crisis (TV Episode 1987)

      Clips shown
    • "Screenwipe" Episode #1.3 (TV Episode 2006)

      Clips shown.
    • The Martians and Us (TV Series 2006– )

      Clips shown and discussed.
    • "How TV Ruined Your Life" Fear (TV Episode 2011)

      Clip shown
    • "WatchMojo" Top 10 Nuclear Bomb Scenes in Movies (TV Episode 2015)

      The nuclear bomb scene in Threads is #4.

Features

    • Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

      Played on a television set in one scene, in which a character switches channels to distract from the depressing news about the increasing threat of military tension and attack.
    • Words and Pictures (TV Series 1970–2001)

      Showing on a TV powered by a generator in an orphanage
    • Protect and Survive (1976)

      footage shown
    • "Q.E.D." A Guide to Armageddon (TV Episode 1982)

      : A few of the shots in the initial attack sequence such as the bottles and bus windows melting, are reused footage or B-Rolls.

Follows

    • "Q.E.D." A Guide to Armageddon (TV Episode 1982)

Referenced in

    • "Bottom" Carnival (TV Episode 1995)

      'Should Traffic Wardens be armed?'
    • "Timeshift" Apocalypse Now... and Then (TV Episode 2003)

      Footage is shown and dicussed.
    • Be Kind Rewind (2008)

      DVD and video case are shown.
    • Yes Man (2008)

      DVD is shown in a video store.
    • "Film Junk Podcast" Episode 413: The Place Beyond the Pines and Trance (Podcast Episode 2013)

      Discussed during the "Other Stuff We Watched" segment

References

    • The War Game (1966)

    • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

      An ET doll gets burned up in the nuclear bomb blast.

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