The Slender Thread - BLU-RAY

Tensions between America and Russia over the Middle East finally culminate in an exchange of atomic weaponry... and for the working-class community of Sheffield, England, the immediate horrors of the global warfare would become outstripped by the devastation of over a decade's nuclear winter to follow. Sobering BBC docudrama marked by it's groundbreaking depiction of thermonuclear war's aftermath stars Reece Dinsdale, Karen Meagher, David Brierley, June Broughton; Mick Jackson directs. 117 min. Standard; Soundtrack English; audio commentary; featurettes; theatrical trailer.

Sydney Pollack's feature-film debut deals with a woman, played by Anne Bancroft (THE GRADUATE), who takes an overdose of prescription pills and calls a crisis clinic for help. Sidney Poitier (IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT), plays a college volunteer who tries to keep the suicidal woman on the line while asking the police to trace the call. Stirling Silliphant (THE TOWERING INFERNO) wrote the screenplay based upon an actual incident reported in Time Magazine. THE SLENDER THREAD boasts a strong supporting cast featuring Telly Savalas, Steven Hill, Ed Asner and Dabney Coleman, with a rousing score by Quincy Jones (THE GETAWAY) and great black-and-white cinematography by Loyal Griggs (Shane).

An emotionally layered Scandinavian drama from director Joachim Trier, starring Renate Reinsve and Stellan Skarsgård, with Elle Fanning in a key supporting role. The film explores fractured family bonds, artistic obsession, and unresolved grief as a long estranged father attempts reconciliation while planning a deeply personal creative comeback.