The Quiet Earth
Summary:
In a tour-de-force sci-fi story with only three main characters, Kiwi director Geoffrey Murphy creates an interesting dynamic nuanced with shades of mysticism. When scientist Zac Hobson (Bruno Lawrence) experiments with a radical new power source -- a band of energy that would circle the planet -- the project goes awry and apparently wipes out all living creatures (they vanish with... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Bruno Lawrence - (Zac Hobson)
Alison Routledge - (Joanne)
Anzac Wallace - (Api's Mate)
Norman Fletcher - (Perrin)
Pete Smith - (Api)
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Review:
With a premise that invariably recalls the various screen incarnations of Richard Matheson's novel -I Am Legend, Geoff Murphy's The Quiet Earth (originally released in New Zealand in 1985) also concerns the unraveling routines of a single human living among the suddenly abandoned remains of society, but it follows its doomsday logic to a... Continue >>
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