AustLit
Screen cap
Adaptation of
On the Beach
1957
single work
novel
Issue Details:
First known date:
2000...
2000
On the Beach
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.
Film Details - Southern Star Entertainment ; Edwards/Sullivan Productions , 2000
Producers:
John Edwards and Errol Sullivan.
Production Companies:
Southern Star and Edwards/Sullivan Productions, in association with Cooote/Hayes Productions.
Finance Organisations:
The Australian Film Finance Corporation.
Director of Photography:
Martin McGrath.
Editors:
Mark Perry.
Production Designers:
Roger Ford.
Music:
Christopher Gordon.
Cast:
Armand Assante (Commander Dwight Towers), Rachel Ward (Moira Davidson), Bryan Brown (Dr Julian Osborne), Jacqueline McKenzie (Mary Davidson Holmes), Grant Bowler (Lieutenant Peter Holmes), Allison Webber (Jenny Holmes), Tieghan Webber (Jenny Holmes), Steve Bastoni (First Officer Neil Hirsch), David Ross Paterson (Chief Wawrzeniak), Kevin Copeland (Sonarman Bobby Swain), Todd MacDonald (Radioman Giles), and Joe Petruzzi (Lieutenant Tony Garcia).
Release Dates:
28 May 2000 (US).
28 January 2001 (Australia).
Location:
- Filmed in Victoria, Australia (including Melbourne, Moorabool, and Talbot), with some location shooting at Twentynine Palms, California.
Awards:
- Golden Tripod, Australian Cinematographers Society, 2001.
- AFI Award, Best Mini-Series or Tele-feature, 2000.
- AFI Award, Open Craft Award (Television), 2000.
- Australian Screen Music Award, Australian Guild of Screen Composers, 2000.
- Screen Music Award, SCreen Music Awards (Australia), 2002.
