On the Beach

Based On the book by Nevil Shute

On the Beach is a 2000 apocalyptic drama television film directed by Russell Mulcahy and starring Armand Assante, Bryan Brown, and Rachel Ward. In America, it aired on Showtime on 28 May 2000 and in Australia it aired on Channel 7. The film is a remake of a 1959 film, which was also based on the 1957 novel by Nevil Shute, but updates the setting of the story to the film's then-future of 2006, starting with placing the crew on a fictional Los Angeles-class submarine, USS Charleston (SSN-704).

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Release date:

2000

Director:

Russell Mulcahy

Cast:

Armand Assante, Rachel Ward, Bryan Brown, Grant Bowler, Jacqueline McKenzie

Genre:

Romance, Science Fiction, Drama, Dystopian

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Year page:

2000 in adaptations