Testament
Taking a hauntingly intimate approach to an often sensationalized subject, the singular Testament depicts one family’s daily life in the wake of nuclear devastation. After an atomic attack near her small California town, Carol Wetherly (Jane Alexander, in a fearlessly vulnerable, Oscar-nominated performance) must find the strength to care for her three children as the family contend with radiation sickness and the realization that their close-knit community will never be the same. With a diaristic focus on the emotional toll of unimaginable events, director Lynne Littman puts forth a wrenchingly humane vision of what it means to go on living in a shattered world.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Lynne Littman and director of photography Steven Poster, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- New conversation between Littman and author Sam Wasson
- Two documentaries by Littman, made in collaboration with anthropologist Barbara Myerhoff: Number Our Days (1976) and In Her Own Time (1985)
- “Testament” at 20 and Nuclear Thoughts, archival programs featuring interviews with cast and crew members and nuclear-science experts
- Audio recording of actor Jane Alexander reading the short story “The Last Testament,” on which the film is based
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by author and film curator Michael Koresky
New cover based on an original theatrical poster
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Lynne Littman and director of photography Steven Poster, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- New conversation between Littman and author Sam Wasson
- Two documentaries by Littman, made in collaboration with anthropologist Barbara Myerhoff: Number Our Days (1976) and In Her Own Time (1985)
- “Testament” at 20 and Nuclear Thoughts, archival programs featuring interviews with cast and crew members and nuclear-science experts
- Audio recording of actor Jane Alexander reading the short story “The Last Testament,” on which the film is based
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by author and film curator Michael Koresky
New cover based on an original theatrical poster
Cast
- Jane Alexander
- Carol Wetherly
- William Devane
- Tom Wetherly
- Ross Harris
- Brad Wetherly
- Roxana Zal
- Mary Liz Wetherly
- Lukas Haas
- Scottie Wetherley
- Philip Anglim
- Hollis
- Kevin Costner
- Phil Pitkin
- Rebecca De Mornay
- Cathy Pitkin
Credits
- Director
- Lynne Littman
- Producer
- Jonathan Bernstein
- Producer
- Lynne Littman
- Associate producer
- Andrea Asimow
- Screenplay by
- John Sacret Young
- Based on the story “The Last Testament” by
- Carol Amen
- Director of photography
- Steven Poster
- Music composed by
- James Horner
- Editor
- Suzanne Pettit
- Production designer
- David Nichols
- Costume designer
- Julie Weiss
- Casting by
- Margery Simkin
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Trailer for Testament
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