Lawrence and "The Day After" - 20 years ago today.

Rooster_Ties · Post by **Rooster_Ties** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 2:13 pm

Link: http://lawrence.com/news/movie_specials/story/124521

Go to the link above, and on the far left-hand side of the page are clips of Lawrence, as it appeared in the original made-for-TV movie. Interesting article too.

I grew up in the St. Louis area, but my wife grew up in KCK, and she said the fact that much of this movie was set in Lawrence was (I guess) somewhat of a big deal around here. (She was in high-school at the time.)

Anyway, interesting article...

Journal-World File Photo

Photo caption: "The TV movie "The Day After," which aired 20 years ago this week, portrayed the destructive result of a nuclear attack on Lawrence. In this downtown scene west of the intersection of Ninth and Massachusetts streets, Weaver's Department Store is visible at far left."

Rooster_Ties · Post by **Rooster_Ties** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 2:17 pm

Also, scroll down a bit in the article, and there's a sidebar with some audio-clips -- from an interview with the director...

Jon Niccum talks with director Nicholas Meyer, 11.03

Link: Why was Lawrence selected as the site for 'The Day After'
Link: How do you rate the film in retrospect? (part 1 of 2)
Link: How do you rate the film in retrospect? (part 2 of 2)

I'm not gonna try to reproduce the links here in this post. Just look for them in the article (see first post in this thread for the link).

scooterj · Post by **scooterj** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 3:04 pm

One thing I always wondered about that movie was that, if we assume the warheads were of similar strength, why was Kansas City completely obliterated from downtown clear out to the Plaza while the one that hit Lawrence left damage only comparable to a powerful windstorm?

phxcat · Post by **phxcat** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 8:04 pm

Well, if you want to get nitpicky, how di people manage to survive? Much less a functional hospital? 20 years- makes me feel old!

Brooksider · Post by **Brooksider** » Thu Nov 20, 2003 10:02 pm

I was at KU then and was an extra for a day with all of my friends. We skipped classes for a day and had a lot of fun. They ripped up and dirtied our clothes and put makeup wounds on us and we studied during the breaks in shooting. We got to see ourselves for a split second on TV.

Good2Great · Post by **Good2Great** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 9:45 am

It's hard to believe those images weren't taken last week at Indian Springs Mall.

trailerkid · Post by **trailerkid** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 2:50 pm

Good...LOL

But hey now!...The Dotte shall rise again!!

Post by **dangerboy** » Fri Nov 21, 2003 3:55 pm

Damn that movie still creeps me out. Growing up in west-central Missouri, we had a minuteman missle silo less than a mile from my house and knew many people who worked or were stationed at Whiteman Air Force Base. Very eery hearing the names of places like Sedalia and Warrensburg being destroyed. And the scene of people climbing over the fallen pieces of the Liberty Memorial with the ruined skyline in the background, that one was very powerful.

QueSi2Opie · Post by **QueSi2Opie** » Sat Nov 22, 2003 9:04 am

I was jus' a lil' kid when that movie premiered, sittin' at the laundry mat with my moms watchin' the tube in horror.

Hey G2G...that isn't Indian Springs...looks more like 10th and Minnesota Avenue.