The read
It runs a compact 1h 26m.
Synopsis
During the 1940s, Nevil Shute had a steady job as an engineer in the British military but in his spare time, he wrote novels that were being well-received. Once the war was over, Shute choose to move to Australia and focus on writing, soon becoming an internationally acclaimed novelist. His novel On The Beach, particularly hit a chord with the international community, depicting the impact of global nuclear destruction. This documentary studies Shute's career and the adaptation of his most famous novel into a feature film in Melbourne, as his predictions of a post-Hiroshima world seem to be foreboding in their accuracy.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Lawrence JohnstonDirector
- Lawrence JohnstonWriter
- Antony PartosOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ava GardnerSelf (archive footage)
- Gregory PeckSelf (archive footage)
- Anthony PerkinsSelf (archive footage)
Themes
on the beach