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On the beach

Author: John PaxtonStanley KramerGregory PeckAva GardnerFred AstaireAll authors
Publisher: Santa Monica, Calif. : MGM Home Entertainment, ©2005.
Series: MGM DVD.
Edition/Format:   DVD video : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:
Radioactive fallout from a nuclear war has wiped out the entire northern hemisphere, with the exception of Australia. With fallout expected momentarily, the Australians review their lives, establish new relationships and prepare for their tragic demise.
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Genre/Form: Science fiction films
Submarine films
Fiction films
Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Film adaptations
Adaptations cinématographiques et télévisées
Drama
Teatro
Named Person: Nevil Shute; Nevil Shute
Material Type: Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material
All Authors / Contributors: John Paxton; Stanley Kramer; Gregory Peck; Ava Gardner; Fred Astaire; Anthony Perkins; Nevil Shute; United Artists Corporation.; Lomitas Productions.; MGM Home Entertainment Inc.
ISBN: 9780792843610 0792843614
OCLC Number: 43844193
Language Note: Closed-captioned ; English or French ; French and Spanish language subtitles.
Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture by Lomitas Productions and released by United Artists in 1959.
Based on: On the beach / Nevil Shute.
Credits: Photography, Guiseppe Rotunno, Daniel Fapp; production design, Rudolph Sternad; music, Ernest Gold.
Cast: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins, Donna Anderson.
Target Audience: Not rated.
Description: 1 videodisc (134 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Details: DVD, region 1, wide screen letterbox (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Series Title: MGM DVD.
Other Titles: On the beach (Motion picture)
On the beach
Responsibility: Stanley Kramer presents a United Artists release ; Lomitas Productions, Inc. ; screenplay by John Paxton ; produced and directed by Stanley Kramer.
Local System Bib Number:
207412

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Radioactive fallout from a nuclear war has wiped out the entire northern hemisphere, with the exception of Australia. With fallout expected momentarily, the Australians review their lives, establish new relationships and prepare for their tragic demise.
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