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The Red Box (2000)

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 2000
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DIRECTION

A film by Digby Rumsey

CREW

PRODUCTION
Copyright: © 2000
Production Company: An Auteur Film production
Producer: Digby Rumsey (uncredited)

SCRIPT
Based on the novel 'On the Beach' by Nevil Shute

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Digby Rumsey (uncredited)

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Digby Rumsey (uncredited)

MUSIC
Music by: Nick Smith

CAST

John Penman (Peter Holmes)
Libby Werthein (Mary Holmes)
Angus Cummings (Dwight Towers)
John F. Howard (John Osborne)
Kathryn Battaglene (Moira)
(Jeff Lang (tram driver)

PLOT SUMMARY

A group of survivors in Melbourne, Australia await their fate in the aftermath of a nuclear war.

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SEE ALSO
On the Beach (1959)
On the Beach (2000)

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KEYWORDS

book into film, nuclear war

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009