The world has finally managed to blow itself up and only Australia has been spared from nuclear destruction and a gigantic wave of radiation is floating in on the breezes. One American sub located in the Pacific has survived and is met with disdain by the Australians. The calculations of Australia's most renowned scientist says the country is doomed. However, one of his rivals says that he is wrong. He believes that 1000 people can be relocated to the northern hemisphere, where his assumptions indicate the radiation levels may be lower. The American Captain is asked to take a mission to the north to determine which scientist is right.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and epic.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Armand AssanteCmdr. Dwight Towers
- Rachel WardMoira Davidson
- Bryan BrownDr. Julian Osborne
- Jacqueline McKenzieMary Davidson Holmes
- Grant BowlerLt. Peter Holmes
- Tieghan WebberJenny Holmes
- Steve BastoniFirst Officer Neil Hirsch
- Allison WebberJenny Holmes
- David Ross PatersonChief Wawrzeniak
- Kevin CopelandSonarman Bobby Swain
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- Russell MulcahyDirector
- John PaxtonScreenplay
- Nevil ShuteNovel
- Martin McGrathDirector of Photography
- John EdwardsProducer
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