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Review 2DiscussionA review by John Chard
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Written by John Chard on Sun Sep 13 2015
Like watching paint dry.
Stanley Kramer and John Paxton adapt from Nevil Shute's novel. Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins and Donna Anderson star, with music by Ernest Gold and cinematography by Giuseppe Rotunno.
After a global nuclear war, the inhabitants of Australia realise that the radiation clouds are heading their way. A group of people try to come to terms with this fact.
A well regarded film by the critics, and lauded by the makers at the time as an important and potent piece of cinema, On the Beach is still a film that's not for everyone.
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Keywords
- australia
- based on novel or book
- nuclear war
- submarine
- san francisco, california
- dystopia
- nuclear radiation
- end of the world
- melbourne, australia
- nuclear holocaust
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