Events

Based on Nevil Shute’s 1957 best-selling novel of the same name, socially conscious producer-director Stanley Kramer (JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG, GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER) has assembled an important and prestigious cast to depict a nuclear war and its aftermath . During 1964, in the months following World War III, the conflict has devastated the Northern Hemisphere, polluting the atmosphere with nuclear fallout and killing all life there. Air currents are slowly carrying the fallout south; the only areas still habitable are in the far reaches of the Southern Hemisphere and Australia…where they await their destiny. The final shot is devastating and 57-years later still will leave a lump in your throat!

Starring: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins. Music by Ernest Gold, effectively employing the melody “Waltzing Matilda”.