RPG Posted February 6, 2004 Author Share Posted February 6, 2004 Merged Threads Threads is great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rarstar Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 Apparently, there was public outrage at the time it was released, because Sheffield Council spent millions of pounds doing-up the Manor for the post-bomb scenes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellis Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 Originally posted by rarstar Apparently, there was public outrage at the time it was released, because Sheffield Council spent millions of pounds doing-up the Manor for the post-bomb scenes. sounds about right ........and they wonder why sheffield council as a bad reputation ...........oh btw the films not very good either:mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duffman Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 I first saw Threads in my media class at school for a project, then a few months later we watched it in english for some reason. Didn't realise you could get hold of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angel_b Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 It was shown on BBC 3 a few months ago, and I watched it for the first time. I can't imagine the BBC showing something like that... not exactly shocking by today's standards, but definitely would have been then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackthedog Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 Is this the low-budget nuclear fallout thing shot in Hillsborough? I like the shot of Regent Court exploding. And the shot of the family in the car disappearing off down Cheadle Street on their way to Wales. (It's a dead end) Apparently my auntie auditioned for it as 'crying kid no 7' or something, but didnt get picked cos she was over-acting! Anybody seen Among Giants? That had loads of local shots too. Decent film, that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPG Posted February 6, 2004 Author Share Posted February 6, 2004 Originally posted by duffman I first saw Threads in my media class at school for a project, then a few months later we watched it in english for some reason. Didn't realise you could get hold of it. LOL! same here!! bizzare! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duffman Posted February 6, 2004 Share Posted February 6, 2004 The thing is I was late into class (damn buses) and I though it was one of those warning documentries on the cold war and what will happen to us should it go to a nuclear war, my dad was in one for the BBC years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmine Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 When I was at junior school in the height of the Cold War, I remember they showed us a film set in Sheffield which followed the aftermath of a Soviet nuclear attack against the UK called "Threads". Apart from scaring the **** out of me and scarring me for life, the film seems to predate "The Full Monty" as a film showing the wonder of the steel city off to the movie-going public. Can anyone else recall this film? And am I alone in thinking that it was a silly idea to show it to kids as we'd more than likely have been dead before we knew what was going on if the Russians had nuked us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayne Posted February 9, 2004 Share Posted February 9, 2004 we got shown this at school too. the lesson should have been called "how to frighten a 13 year old" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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