Day After

Day After1983

Director: Nicholas Meyer
Stars: Jason Robards, JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg, John Cullum, John Lithgow
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Rating: Unrated
Runtime: 127 minutes

Supreme silliness doesn't stop The Day After Tomorrow from being lots of fun for connoisseurs of epic-scale disaster flicks. After the blockbuster profits of Independence Day and Godzilla, you can't blame director Roland Emmerich for using global wa… more »



Julian French:
We tried hooking up an auxiliary pump up to a backup generator, and we're still only getting a trickle.

Dr. Sam Hachiya:
I don't understand. Did they burn out?

Dr. Austin:
They could have been subject to the EMP effects.

Dr. Russell Oakes:
What's that?

Dr. Austin:
'Electro-Magnetic Pulse.' When a large nuclear device is airburst at high altitude, a lot of electrical disruption can be created, principally with radios, communication systems, electrical wires, computers, cars, transistors. Of course, it's all theoretical. It's never happened before. In short, very little electricity.

Dr. Sam Hachiya:
Forever?

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