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...political implications have already been discussed, denounced and championed by proponents and opponents of the nuclear freeze. ABC executives are united and adamant about the apolitical nature of their 2-hr. 5-min. presentation. "We never intended the film to be a political statement," claims Brandon Stoddard, president of ABC Motion Pictures and the initiator of the project. "The movie simply says that nuclear war is horrible. That is all it says. That is a very safe statement." Adds the film's director, Nicholas Meyer: "The Day After does not advocate disarmament, build-down, buildup, freeze. I didn...
Television networks, which like to hear numbers like that, nevertheless give a collective corporate shudder at the slightest hint of advocacy. "ABC's responsibility is to the film itself," says Stoddard. "How it is perceived or used by other people is beyond our control." That may be, but the freeze supporters have made a strong head start. Leaked copies of The Day After are being shown at antinuke fund raisers, while the opposition has been effectively shut out. "This film has been used to generate interest and support, including financial support, for our efforts," Michaud admits...
...this, the film's beginnings were astonish ingly humble: Brandon Stoddard saw The China Syndrome and wondered what the home-front consequences of nuclear war would be. When Nicholas Meyer met Ja son Robards on an airplane and offered him the lead role of a humanistic surgeon, Robards accepted with elegant simplicity. "It beats signing petitions," he said. Now that The Day After has been temporarily positioned right at the center of the nuclear debate, there is no more room for humility or modesty. The finished film was premiered last week in Lawrence, Kans., where much...
...similarly guarded about plans for filming Herman Wouk's Winds sequel, War and Remembrance. Says ABC Entertainment President Brandon Stoddard: "No decision has been made. The sequel would take from four to six years to produce, and that's a lot more than $40 million right there." One obstacle, at least, has been removed. Wouk's "reservations about moving ahead in that direction" have been put aside by the success of Winds. "I think War and Remembrance is a more powerful story," says Wouk, "but so far no network executives have approached...
...Sunday night is the hook," says Brandon Stoddard, president of ABC Motion Pictures. "That's family night, the highest viewing night of the week. By the end of those opening three hours, people will be involved with the characters and interested in what happens to them. After that, the hook gets deeper and deeper every night. Or so I hope...