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A Balasaur Score of 79 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 88%. Scores higher than 88% of the 206 1980s animation movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 24m. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
Synopsis
With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
352 audience votes
Key crew
- Jimmy T. MurakamiDirector
- Roger WatersOriginal Music Composer
- Raymond BriggsScreenplay
Cast
- John MillsJim Bloggs (voice)
- Peggy AshcroftHilda Bloggs (voice)
- Robin HoustonRadio Announcer (voice)
- James RussellRussian submariner (voice)
- David DundasAdditional Voices (voice)
- Matt IrvingAdditional Voices (voice)
- Bernard MontgomerySelf (archive footage)
- Harry S. TrumanSelf (archive footage)
- Joseph StalinSelf (archive footage)
- Winston ChurchillSelf (archive footage)
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Themes
husband wife relationshipcountrysidenuclear warenglandworld war iibased on comicbased on graphic novelnuclear falloutadult animationisolated houseradiation sicknessbomb shelter
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