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On the beach [videorecording] / Showtime presents a Southern Star production ; Australian FIlm Finance Corporation ; directed by Russell Mulcahy.

Summary:

When the entire Northern hemisphere is destroyed in an atomic war, the residents of Melbourne, Australia, realize that it is only time keeping them safe before a cloud of radioactive materials reaches their part of the world too.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 video disc (209 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Full screen
  • Publisher: La. Crosse, Wis. : Platinum Disc, 2005.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the novel by Nevil Shute, and the screenplay by John Paxton.
Originally broadcast as a television mini-series in 2000.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Martin McGrath; production design, Roger Ford; film editor, Mark Perry; music, Christopher Gordon.
Participant or Performer Note:
Armand Assante, Rachel Ward, Bryan Brown, Jacqueline McKenzie, Grant Bowler.
Target Audience Note:
Rated 18 - Not suitable for under 18 years.
System Details Note:
DVD.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned.
Subject: Paxton, John, 1911-1985 > Film adaptations.
Paxton, John, 1911-1985 > Television adaptations.
Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 > Film adaptations.
Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 > Television adaptations.
Film adaptations.
Nuclear warfare > Drama.
Science fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

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