An archive-based feature documentary viewing the dramatic climax of the Cold War through the lens of the ABC network, as it narrowly succeeds in producing the most watched, most controversial made-for-TV movie, THE DAY AFTER (1983).
Director: Jeff Daniels
Cast:Nicholas Meyer , Ted Koppel , Stephanie Austin , Ellen Anthony , Stu Samuels , Robert A. Papazian , Walton Dornisch , Mikhail Gorbachev , Edward Hume , Henry Kissinger , David Longhurst , Penny Marshall , Robert McNamara , Liza Minnelli , Nancy Reagan , Ronald Reagan , Carl Sagan , Brandon Stoddard