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The Quiet Earth

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Original title: The Quiet Earth
Year: 1985
Running time: 91 min.
Country: New Zealand
Director: Geoff Murphy
Screenwriter: Sam Pillsbury, Bill Baer, Bruno Lawrence. Novel: Craig Harrison
Cast: Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge, Pete Smith, Anzac Wallace, Norman Fletcher, Tom Hyde
Music: John Charles
Cinematography: James Bartle
Producer: Cinepro
Genre: Sci-Fi. Mystery | Post-apocalyptic Future
Synopsis: Scientist Zac Hobson wakes up one morning to find himself completely alone. As he searches it becomes increasingly apparent that he is the only man left alive in the world. Everybody else has just vanished, even in the midst of activity – jugs left boiling, vehicles still running, a plane crashed with all the seatbelts still done up. Investigating he finds the activation of Operation Flashlight, a project he was working on to set up a worldwide energy grid, has caused a fundamental change in the basic structure of matter. Wandering alone, his sanity travels between euphoria and despair at his isolation. But then he meets another survivor – a girl, Joanne – and they become lovers. That is until the appearance of a third survivor, Api, an aggressive Maori, which creates a triangle of tensions.

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#35 Best New Zealand Movies

Awards: 1986: Avoriaz International Fantastic Film Festival: nominated to Grand Prix (Best Film).

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"It has the usual huggermugger about tremors and grids and the sun acting peculiarly, plenty of computer screens and significant beeps..."

Walter Goodman: The New York Times
"The story's nuts and bolts need drastic tightening"

Geoff Brown: The Times

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