The Atomic Cafe
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Product Description
A dark comedy in the truest sense, this timeless classic took the nation by storm when it first debuted in 1982. On its 20-year anniversary, and not a moment too soon, THE ATOMIC CAFE is back to provide us with a much-needed release of comic energy. The
--Robert J. McNamara Atomic Cafe is at once clever and poignant, a canny and offbeat look at a significant period in American history. The footage, much of it produced as government propaganda, follows the story of the bomb through the two atomic attacks on Japan that ended World War II to the bomb's central role in the cold war. Atomic Cafe is a brilliant compilation of archival film clips beginning with the first atomic bomb detonation in the New Mexico desert. Shown along with the famous "duck and cover" Civil Defense films are lesser-known clips, many of which possess a bizarre black humor when seen today, and it's easy to see why this film, which was produced in the early 1980s, became a cult classic sometimes referred to as the "nuclear Reefer Madness." Bellicose congressmen are shown advocating a freewheeling policy of nuclear strikes against China during the Korean War, suburban families are shown enjoying the comforts of their bomb shelters, and footage of a boy trying to bicycle to a bomb shelter in a "bomb survival suit" his father designed is priceless. The atomic bomb changed the world forever, and this wonderful film shows how Americans expressed wonder over atomic weapons and then suffered from the pervasive fear that America would be on the receiving end of a Soviet nuclear attack.
Product Info
- Actor
- Paul Tibbets, J. Edgar Hoover, Hugh Beaumont, George Molan, William H. Peterson
- Aspect Ratio
- 1.33:1
- Audience Rating
- Binding
- DVD
- Brand
- New Video
- EAN
- 9780767043373
- EAN List
- Format
- Color, DVD, NTSC
- ISBN
- 0767043375
- Label
- New Video Group
- Manufacturer
- New Video Group
- MPN
- 767685949634
- Number Of Discs
- 1
- Original Release Date
- 1982-01-01
- Package Quantity
- 1
- Part Number
- 767685949634
- Product Group
- DVD
- Product Type Name
- ABIS_DVD
- Publisher
- New Video Group
- Region Code
- 1
- Release Date
- 2002-03-26
- Running Time
- 86
- SKU
- 348037
- Studio
- New Video Group
- Theatrical Release Date
- 1982
- Title
- The Atomic Cafe
- UPC
- 767685949634
- UPC List
- UPCListElement: 767685949634
- ASIN
- B000060MW1
- Sales Rank
- 24480
