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Writers (WGA):
Nevil Shute (novel)
John Paxton (1959 screenplay)
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Release Date:
28 May 2000 (USA) more
Plot:
Well, the world has finally managed to blow itself up. Only Australia has been spared from nuclear destruction... more | add synopsis
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Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 7 wins & 5 nominations more
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Heartbreaker better than the original movie. more (94 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Armand Assante | ... | Cmdr. Dwight Towers |
 | Rachel Ward | ... | Moira Davidson |
 | Bryan Brown | ... | Dr. Julian Osborne |
 | Jacqueline McKenzie | ... | Mary Davidson Holmes |
 | Grant Bowler | ... | Lt. Peter Holmes |
 | Allison Webber | ... | Jenny Holmes |
| Tieghan Webber | ... | Jenny Holmes |
 | Steve Bastoni | ... | First Officer Neil Hirsch |
 | David Ross Paterson | ... | Chief Wawrzeniak (as David Paterson) |
| Kevin Copeland | ... | Sonarman Bobby Swain |
| Todd MacDonald | ... | Radioman Giles |
| Joe Petruzzi | ... | Lt. Tony Garcia |
| Craig Beamer | ... | Crewman Reid |
 | Jonathan Oldham | ... | Crewman Parsons |
| Trent Huen | ... | Crewman Samuel Huynh |
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195 min | 60 min (3 episodes)
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1.85 : 1 more
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The Los Angeles class submarine in this movie uses a "caterpillar" (silent) drive as was used by the Soviet submarine Red October in The Hunt for Red October (1990). more
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Continuity: When Moira is driving the Ferrari, the top is seen on and off in alternating scenes. more
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Moira Davidson:
Hey, I'm not blaming you. If it was one of your politicians or your military with their bloody warrior mentality, I would be. "We're protecting your freedom!"
[sarcastically]
Moira Davidson:
It really worked...
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Remake of On the Beach (1959) more
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Into My Arms more
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A little on the long side, but the impact builds to a heartbreaking finale. Rachel Ward is spectacular as the boozy spurned woman played by Ava Gardner in the original 1959 film. This film has more emotional depth and the characters are more believably human than in that classic anti-nuclear film. However, without the Cold War raging the premise seems more imaginary than it did then, when nuclear war was an all too plausible scenario. But that puts the dramatic focus on the human story rather than the propaganda. It made me choke up a few times (but I am a softie about these things).