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Testament
It's just another day in the small town of Hamlin until something disastrous happens. Suddenly, news breaks that a series of nuclear warheads has been dropped along the Eastern Seaboard and, more locally, in California. As people begin coping with the devastating aftermath of the attacks — many suffer radiation poisoning — the Wetherly family tries to survive.
1983 · Directed by Lynne Littman · 90 min · Drama · Science Fiction · 8 frames
Tagline
They never had a chance to see their children grow up. To watch each other grow old. To fix up the house, to take that vacation. Because it only took an instant to shatter their dreams.
Crew
- Screenplay: John Sacret Young
- Cinematography: Steven Poster
- Edited by: Suzanne Pettit
- Music: James Horner
- Production design: David Nichols
- Produced by: Lynne Littman, Jonathan Bernstein
Cast
- Jane Alexander as Carol Wetherly
- William Devane as Tom Wetherly
- Rossie Harris as Brad Wetherly
- Roxana Zal as Mary Liz Wetherly
- Lukas Haas as Scottie Wetherly
- Philip Anglim as Hollis
- Lilia Skala as Fania
- Leon Ames as Henry Abhart
- Lurene Tuttle as Rosemary Abhart
- Rebecca De Mornay as Cathy Pitkin
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: American Playhouse, Entertainment Events, Paramount Pictures
- Budget: $1,500,000
- Box office: $2,044,892
- Themes: small town, california, nuclear war, dystopia, disaster, based on short story, woman director
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