Set mainly in Melbourne, Australia where the winds were slowly bringing death from the northern hemisphere, On the Beach was a frightening and dire warning that hiding in a hole wouldn't save you from the effects of a nuclear cloud of radioactivity.

On the Beach was a huge story, written by someone whose name guaranteed that it would be widely read. It caught the eye of Sydney Kramer who decided to bring a group of Hollywood stars (including Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner and Fred Astaire) to Melbourne to shoot the film.

Fallout is about the fallout of the film-making process. It is about the media frenzy, added to my antagonistic comments by Gardner, about Shute's disaffection with the script and about the arrogance of Hollywood, including Mrs Kramer who claimed it was the first feature film made in Australia totally ignoring the vigorous and ground-breaking film pre-war Australian film industry.

Fascinating, it reminded me of how powerful the euthanasia scenes were in the original novel, it may bring On the Beach back onto the screens for a reappearance. Fallout is a reminder that we have, surprisingly, learned to live with the bomb and radioactive fallout that scientists and politicians and professional war-makers have unleashed upon our world.

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Just the facts: Title: Fallout (2013) Written by: Directed by: Lawrence Johnston Running time: 86 min Rating: CTC IMDb entry For session times of current films, use the cinema listings on the Movie links page. For scheduled release dates, see the coming attractions section. For more information about this movie, check out the internet movie database. For the latest additions to Festivale, check out the change history section.