The Quiet Earth

In director Geoff Murphy's cult sci-fi feature a global energy project has malfunctioned and scientist Zac Hobson (Bruno Lawrence) awakes to find himself the only living being left on earth. At first he lives out his fantasies, helping...
New Zealand Production
Feature 1985 Sci-Fi & Fantasy 90.00 minutes
67670031
After a top-secret experiment misfires, a scientist may be the only man left alive in the world. The Quiet Earth centres around a scientist called Zac (BRUNO LAWRENCE) who wakes one morning to discover he is alone in the world. The global top-secret energy project (OPERATION FLASHLIGHT) which he has been working on for a year, has changed the world. Humanity seems to have been wiped out.
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Best Director
Rome
Best Director

Directors

Geoff Murphy

Producers

Sam Pillsbury
Don Reynolds

Screenplay Writers

Sam Pillsbury
Bruno Lawrence
Bill Baer

Cast

Bruno Lawrence
Zac Hobson
Alison Routledge
Joanne
Peter Smith
Api

Crew

James Bartle | Director of Photography
Michael Horton | Editor

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