Threads (Blu-ray)

Tensions between America and Russia over the Middle East finally culminate in an exchange of atomic weaponry... and for the working-class community of Sheffield, England, the immediate horrors of the global warfare would become outstripped by the devastation of over a decade's nuclear winter to follow. Sobering BBC docudrama marked by it's groundbreaking depiction of thermonuclear war's aftermath stars Reece Dinsdale, Karen Meagher, David Brierley, June Broughton; Mick Jackson directs. 117 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English; audio commentary; featurettes; theatrical trailer.