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.
Genre: Documentary, History
Stars: Ava Gardner, Gregory Peck, Anthony Perkins
Crew: Lawrence Johnston (Director), Lawrence Johnston (Writer), Lawrence Johnston (Producer), Peter Kaufmann (Producer), Livia Ruzic (Sound Designer), Keith Thomas (Sound Mixer)
Country: Australia
Language: English
Studio: Film Victoria, Screen Australia, Rough Trade Pictures
Runtime: 86 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jul 26, 2013
IMDb: 4
Keywords:on the beach
