A naive elderly British rural couple survive the initial onslaught of a nuclear war.
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Title: When the Wind Blows (1986)
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With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II. Written by Andy Bogursky <[email protected]>
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24 October 1986 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$3,597, 13 March 1988, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
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Jim: Oh no Dear, that's old-fashioned, with modern scientific methods you just use doors with cushions on top.
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Written by Roger Waters
Performed by Roger Waters and The Bleeding Heart Band
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The film was part of a 1980s cycle of films about nuclear warfare and the risks of nuclear energy which had started in 1979 with The China Syndrome (1979). The films included Silkwood (1983), Testament (1983), Threads (1984), WarGames (1983), The Day After (1983), The Atomic Cafe (1982), The Manhattan Project (1986), Whoops Apocalypse (1982), Special Bulletin (1983), Ground Zero (1987), Barefoot Gen (Hadashi no Gen (1983)), Rules of Engagement (1989), When the Wind Blows (1986), Letters from a Dead Man (Pisma myortvogo cheloveka (1986)), Memoirs of a Survivor (1981) and The Chain Reaction (1980). See more »Quotes
Hilda: Will we have an Anderson, like in the last war?Jim: Oh no Dear, that's old-fashioned, with modern scientific methods you just use doors with cushions on top.
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When the film opened in Denmark the voices were dubbed by Ghita Nørby and Ove Sprogøe. Simply awful. See more »Soundtracks
Towers of FaithWritten by Roger Waters
Performed by Roger Waters and The Bleeding Heart Band
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This is a film you will never forget. I watched it as a teenager expecting something soppy and sentimental (it was made by some of the same people who made the Snowman, a Christmas tale featuring the chorister Aled Jones).
John Mills is superb as the male character, his voice carries the echoes of his former glories as hero, officer type and all round good guy. With lavish casting, animation and soundtrack the plot is given a painful intensity.
Instead my family were treated to horror of the worst kind. A horror that deals with ordinary comfortable society. The two lovely elderly characters are my grandparents, my neighbours. We see them crumble and disintegrate in the nuclear aftermath. They prepare cheerfully for a nuclear war and wait helplessly in the fallout for a rescue which will never come.
Don't watch it with your parents, you will cry and be reminded about it for years afterwards.