Release Date: | Mar 17, 1982 |
Running Time: | 85 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
synopsis
A dark comedy in the truest sense, THE ATOMIC CAFÉ is a timeless classic that took the nation by storm when it first debuted in 1982. The film recounts a defining period of 20th century history and serves as a chilling and often hilarious reminder of cold-war era paranoia in the United States--artfully presented through a collage of newsreel footage, government archives, military training films, and fifties music. The film was regarded by critics as "a nuclear REEFER MADNESS" and likened to Stanley Kubrick’s DR. STRANGELOVE.