On the beach / Stanley Kramer presents a United Artists release ; screenplay by John Paxton ; produced and directed by Stanley Kramer.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: K1363 | Kino LorberLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English Publisher: [California] : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC, [2014]Distributor: New York, NY : Kino Lorber Corp. Description: 1 videodisc (134 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- On the beach (Motion picture).
- Photography, Guiseppe Rotunno, Daniel Fapp ; editor, Frederic Knudtson ; production design, Rudolph Sternad ; music, Ernest Gold.
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Main Library | DVD | DRAMA On the b | Available | 33111009925377 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Although there'd been "doomsday dramas" before it, Stanley Kramer's On the Beach was considered the first "important" entry in this genre when originally released in 1959. Based on the novel by Nevil Shute, the film is set in the future (1964) when virtually all life on earth has been exterminated by the radioactive residue of a nuclear holocaust. Only Australia has been spared, but it's only a matter of time before everyone Down Under also succumbs to radiation poisoning. With only a short time left on earth, the Australian population reacts in different ways: some go on a nonstop binge of revelry, while others eagerly consume the suicide pills being issued by the government. When the possibility arises that rains have washed the atmosphere clean in the Northern hemisphere, a submarine commander (Gregory Peck) and his men head to San Diego, where faint radio signals have been emanating. The movie's all-star cast includes: Peck as the stalwart sub captain, Ava Gardner as his emotionally disturbed lover, Fred Astaire as a guilt-wracked nuclear scientist, and Anthony Perkins and Donna Anderson as the "just starting out in life" married couple. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
From the novel by Nevil Shute.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1959.
Photography, Guiseppe Rotunno, Daniel Fapp ; editor, Frederic Knudtson ; production design, Rudolph Sternad ; music, Ernest Gold.
Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins, Donna Anderson.
A group of survivors attempt to live normal lives in post-apocalyptic Australia, waiting for the inevitable arrival of killer radiation.
MPAA rating: Not rated.
DVD, NTSC, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.66:1), Dolby digital.
English dialogue with English subtitles.