Fallout
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.
Directed by Lawrence Johnston · Written by Lawrence Johnston
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Cast
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Ava Gardner Self (archive footage) -
Gregory Peck Self (archive footage) -
Anthony Perkins Self (archive footage)
Make it a double feature
2h 47m together
Fallout
Night
Both from Lawrence Johnston.
