The Day After (1983 film) Quotes
1983 films, 1980s American films, Television films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about World War III, Films about nuclear war and weapons
Top Quotes
“Lori Lethin - Denise Dahlberg”
“No one is going to tune it to two nights of Armageddon.”
“I wonder who was spared. I wonder if New York, Paris, Moscow... are just like Kansas City now.”
“Bibi Besch - Eve Dahlberg”
“John Lithgow - Joe Huxley”
“John Cullum - Jim Dahlberg”
“Amy Madigan - Alison Ransom”
“Calvin Jung - Dr. Sam Hachiya”
“Jason Robards - Dr. Russell Oakes”
“Steve Guttenberg - Stephen Klein”
“JoBeth Williams - Nurse Nancy Bauer”
“William Allen Young - Airman Billy McCoy”
“Internet Movie Database (IMDb): The Day After (1983)”
“You know what Einstein said about World War III? He said he didn't know how they would fight World War III, but he knew how they would fight World War IV: with sticks and stones.”
“Confidence is high. I repeat, confidence is high. Roger, we've got 32 targets in track and 10 impacting points. I want it confirmed... is this an exercise? Roger, copy. This is not an exercise!”
“[speaking into his shortwave radio] This is Lawrence. This is Lawrence, Kansas. Is there anybody there? Anybody at all?”
“Disclaimer: The catastrophic events you have just witnessed are, in all likelihood, less severe than the destruction that would actually occur in the event of a full nuclear strike against the United States…”
“Roger, understand. Major Reinhardt, we have a massive attack against the U.S. at-at this time. ICBMs...numerous ICBMs...Roger, understand. Over 300 missiles inbound now.”
“Some of the survivors of Hiroshima had their eyeballs literally melted out of their heads. Even if we were doing a feature film, that would have been too strong to show. We wanted to create reality, but not horror. My purpose was not to make viewers sick.”