Forty years ago tonight, the harrowing and grimly realistic nuclear war drama “Threads” first aired in the United States on cable superstation WTBS, thanks to station owner and concerned citizen Ted Turner III. The unforgettable film is currently streaming for free in the United States on Kanopy. - ThreadSky

atomicanalyst.bsky.social • 51 days ago

Forty years ago tonight, the harrowing and grimly realistic nuclear war drama “Threads” first aired in the United States on cable superstation WTBS, thanks to station owner and concerned citizen Ted Turner III. The unforgettable film is currently streaming for free in the United States on Kanopy.

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gabriellanonino.com•51 days ago

Reminds me of 60's movie The War Game by Peter Watkins, so realistic that's it's almost unbearable to watch.

alagai.bsky.social•51 days ago

I watched that. That's the reason I won't watch Threads. It took me a long time and a lot of reconing to get over War Game.

dadscargojorts.bsky.social•51 days ago

It is also on Youtube!

hurricanebobm.bsky.social•51 days ago

This film made "The Day After" look like Disneyworld. Absolutely harrowing, perfectly scarring. It was a "watch once, and nevermore" for me.

conelrad6401240.bsky.social•51 days ago

conelrad6401240.bsky.social•51 days ago

The Lansing, MI paper tried to both sides it. lol.

conelrad6401240.bsky.social•51 days ago

Ted Turner III. So formal. lol.

conelrad6401240.bsky.social•51 days ago

atomicanalyst.bsky.social•51 days ago

Here is Ted Turner’s original introduction to “Threads,” first broadcast in the United States tonight in 1985:

“It is not our intention to frighten, but to inform. Because the more we know about what could happen, the less chance it is that it will happen.”

255.bsky.social•51 days ago

Supposedly 'The Day After' had a strong effect on Reagan. I wonder if he ever saw 'Threads'?

conelrad6401240.bsky.social•51 days ago

I have looked into this and there is zero evidence he ever saw THREADS.

fry69.dev•51 days ago

Seeing either of those should be enough for clearing your mind from any notion that there might be such a thing as a winnable nuclear war.

"Threads" is IMHO even darker/grittier than "The Day After"

stateofthecity.bsky.social•51 days ago

Now I know I'm old

jimsdouglas.bsky.social•51 days ago

FWIW, also on Tubi. (I've been wanting to watch it since Tom Nichols mentioned it years ago, and I happened to notice it on Tubi over the holidays).

https://tubitv.com/movies/531445/threads

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