The War Game is a 1965 British pseudo-documentary film written, directed and produced by Peter Watkins for the BBC, depicting the imagined aftermath of a nuclear attack on England. The BBC withdrew it from broadcast as too disturbing for television, and it was instead released theatrically, winning the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
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Original Language AwardAcademy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film 1 Release Year Connections
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Source The War Game (Wikipedia)
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Wikimedia FoundationThe War Game, lead paragraph (Wikipedia), original language
The War Game is a 1965 British pseudo-documentary film that depicts a nuclear war and its aftermath.
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Category:Best Documentary Feature Academy Award winners
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13 April 1966
In Medium: Film, Article lead sentence
The War Game is a 1965 British pseudo-documentary film that depicts a nuclear war and its aftermath.
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