Kino Lorber have detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of Nicholas Meyer's film
The Day After (1983), starring Jason Robards, JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg, John Cullum, and John Lithgow. The release will be available for purchase on August 7.
Synopsis: The countdown has begun! Against the real-life backdrop of the US deployment of WMDs in Europe during the escalating cold war,this dramatically involving and agonizingly graphic film about nuclear holocaust detonated a direct hit into the heartland of America. Starring Jason Robards, JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg, John Cullum and John Lithgow, this controversial, potent drama remains one of the most talked-about programs in television history. When cold-war tensions reach the ultimate boiling point, the inhabitants of a small town in Kansas learn — along with the rest of America — that they have less than 30 minutes before 300 Soviet warheads begin to appear overhead! Can anyone survive this ultimate nightmare...or the nuclear winter that is sure to follow?
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- TWO-DISC SET WITH BRAND NEW REMASTERS of the Original 122-Minute TV Cut (1.33:1) and the 127-Minute Theatrical Cut (1.78:1)
- Interview with star JoBeth Williams
- Interview with director Nicholas Meyer
- Audio Commentary by Film Historian Lee Gambin and Comic Artist/Writer Tristan Jones
- Reversible Blu-ray Art
- Optional English SDH subtitles