Well before Oppenheimer, the 1983 Kevin Costner movie Testament showed the devastating effects of a nuclear holocaust on small town America.
The Big Picture As far as disaster movies go, 1983's Testament is a far cry from some of the sweeping and epic apocalyptic films that most of today's directors specialize in. It has almost no special effects and very little action, but the message that resonates is just as powerful as a massive asteroid headed for Earth or a pandemic contagion. It is a slow, gut-wrenching burn that will have you rethinking what is important to you by the time the final credits roll.
'Testament' Is a Disaster Movie Without Special Effects In the 1980s, every Tom, Dick, and Harry producer and director in Tinseltown was doing their best to capitalize on the perpetually simmering existential fear that came with the Cold War and the nuclear threat that would bring about a mutually ensured destruction between the United States and the Soviet Union. It became the theme of the decade and the looming possibility permeated the industry.
In the 1940s during World War II, a guy named J. Robert Oppenheimer made man's ability to harness the power of the atom and weaponize it a reality. Maybe you've seen an IMAX biopic on the subject recently? In the adaptation from the play The Last Testament by Carol Amen, the movie is so deftly paced and directed by Lynne Littman, that the fear actually comes more from what you don't see on screen.
Kevin Costner Plays a Supporting Role in 'Testament' Hamlin has a small population but ranges in age from the very young to the very old. Costner is a newly married man in his early 20s and a neighbor of the Weatherly family named Phil Pitkin. He and his wife Cathy have just had a baby boy.
'Testament' Is Terrifyingly Accurate There are prototypical Hollywood disaster films made by directors like Roland Emmerich including The Day After Tomorrow, 2012, and the Independence Day movies, and then there are the more realistic disaster films like Testament. With Emmerich's films, he relies on the shock and awe of CGI-crafted 300-foot tidal waves and the earth literally opening up beneath our feet.
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