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Testament starring: Jane Alexander, William Devane, Rossie Harris, Roxana Zal, Lukas Haas directed by: Lynne Littman  List Price: $14.95 Price: $13.34 You Save: $1.61 (11%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786300214576 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC ISBN: 6300214575 Label: Paramount Manufacturer: Paramount Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Paramount Release Date: January 01, 1998 Running Time: 90 minutes Studio: Paramount Theatrical Release Date: 1983-12 Sales Rank: 15557 Related Items: Editorial Review: Amazon.com: There seemed to be a particular spike in nuclear-war paranoia in the early 1980s, probably having to do Reagan's finger being on the trigger. Whatever the cause, it resulted in two particularly powerful 1983 films on the subject: the made-for-TV The Day After and Lynne Littman's Testament, which had a theatrical release before playing on PBS's American Playhouse. Starring Jane Alexander (and Kevin Costner in a cameo), the film shows what happens to a suburban family in the Pacific Northwest after a nearby nuclear attack. As it turns out, those killed by the initial blast are the lucky ones; Alexander and her family must suffer through radiation poisoning and sickness, the daily diminution of life this causes, and, for Alexander, the eventual deaths of those around her. Quietly powerful and never overstated. --Marshall Fine Average Rating:
 Rating:  - UnderratedSimply put, I knew of this movie for awhile but never watched it. I saw Threads, The Day After and such many years ago but always put this movie on the back burner. This movie did not have the graphic nature of many nuclear war movies, and that is what made it work. It didnt need it. One's own imagination of the breaking down of society and the bleak future was troubling and made me a little sick. Definatley watch this movie. Rating: - Still makes senseI know this was made in the early 80's, and I was born in the late 70's. The cold war was pretty much over by the time i was in grade school. I heard good things about this movie over at imdb, and too a chance renting it, and I'm glad I did. The story is pretty straightforward, and it leaves out info like what country did the attack, which would have made no difference to them anywhow. A nice, normal family goes about it's day, Dad heads to the city for work, Mom helps at son's preschool, ... Read More Rating:  - She smiled all through the showI used to work for Lurene Tuttle, an actress in this movie. She played the wife of Leon Ames, who has the only working ham radio in town. There's a scene at their home and Lurene says something about reaching a man in Oklahoma, I think. I haven't seen the movie in years. The only time I watched it was with Lurene, and even tho the subject matter is so terribly sad and disturbing, she smiled all through the show. When it was over, I was ready to cry, but she looked at me and chattered away about the wonderful ... Read More Rating:  - Whoops apocalypse!I must have radiation poisoning as this pile of over-sentimental schmaltz had me feeling nauseous and reaching for the sick bag for it's entire length. I cannot believe the 50 five-star reviews - there's a part of me that's convinced everyone was viewing a different movie. I watched the entire thing waiting for the film that everybody seems to have rated so highly to arrive, sadly it never happened. I know this review will not make me Mr. Popular, but please, even Hallmark would be embarrassed to ... Read More Rating:  - Pretty good considering it was 1983...Early in the film, I got the impression that this could've been taken seriously upon it's release but may be kind of a joke now in 2008 (like 'The Net' for example). Anyway, it got morbidly bizarre as it progressed on. It wasn't what they showed, but what they didn't show that made some of that laughter turn to serious and puzzling thoughts. *Spoiler warning* The movie takes a turn when people begin dying from not-so-obvious signs of radiation poisoning, and they die by the thousands. By the time the shocking ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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