1 option
On the beach / United Artists ; Lomitas Productions, Inc. ; screenplay by John Paxton ; produced and directed by Stanley Kramer.
LIBRA DVD 011 617
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960--Film adaptations.
- Shute, Nevil.
- Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960.
- Nuclear warfare--Australia--Drama.
- Nuclear warfare.
- Australia.
- Genre:
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Feature films.
- Drama.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (134 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Edition:
- Widescreen format.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, [2000]
- Language Note:
- In English or French with optional French and Spanish subtitles.
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- DVD; Dolby Digital.
- digital
- optical
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Radioactive fallout from a nuclear war has wiped out the entire northern hemisphere. Australia survives. With fallout expected momentarily, the Australians review their lives, establish new relationships and prepare for their tragic demise.
- Participant:
- Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins, Donna Anderson.
- Credits:
- Photographer, Giuseppe Rotunno ; editor, Frederic Knutson ; lyrics, A. B. Paterson ; music, Ernest Gold.
- Notes:
- Originally produced as a motion picture by Lomitas Productions and released by United Artists in 1959.
- Based on the novel by Nevil Shute.
- ISBN:
- 0792843614
- OCLC:
- 43844193
- Publisher Number:
- 027616837226
- 908372 MGM Home Entertainment
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.