Episode 209 · Film year 1985
The Quiet Earth (1985)
- Special Guests
- Geoff Murphy, Sam Pillsbury, Jonathan Rayner
- Guest Co-Host
- Keith Gordon
Show notes
Zac Hobson (Bruno Lawrence) wakes at 6:12 one sunny morning to find that he may be the last man on Earth in The Quiet Earth, a compelling Kiwi film from director Geoff Murphy and writer/producer Sam Pillsbury.
We're joined by actor/writer/director Keith Gordon to discuss this post-Apocalyptic film.
We're joined by actor/writer/director Keith Gordon to discuss this post-Apocalyptic film.
Labels: Geoff Murphy Jonathan Rayner Keith Gordon Post-Apocalyptic Sam Pillbury
Watch
Music credits
- "Zac Takes Over" - John Charles
- "The Effect Continues" - John Charles
- "Last Love Scene" - John Charles
- "Preaching The End Of The World" - Chris Cornell
- "Sunrise" - John Charles
Links & resources
- Buy The Quiet Earth on Blu-ray (opens in a new tab)
- Buy The Quiet Earth by Craig Harrison (opens in a new tab)
- le" Buy Cinema Journeys of the Man Alone: The New Zealand and American Films of Geoff Murphy by Jonathan Rayner (opens in a new tab)
- Buy more of Jonathan Rayner's books (opens in a new tab)
- Learn more about Geoff Murphy's films (opens in a new tab)
- Read more about Utu Redux (opens in a new tab)
- Visit the Pillsbury Wine Company website (opens in a new tab)
- Visit the New Zealand Film Commission website (opens in a new tab)
- Hear more Jonathan Rayner on our Manhunter episode (opens in a new tab)
- Hear more Keith Gordon on our Mother Night episode (opens in a new tab)
- Hear our Freejack episode (opens in a new tab)
Related episodes
Episodes that share keywords with this one.
Freejack (1992)
Shared: Director Geoff Murphy, Post-Apocalyptic, Geoff Murphy
The Cars that Ate Paris (1974)
Shared: Jonathan Rayner
Jonathan Rayner, Hal McElroy, Terry Camilleri, Bruce Spence and others
The Mad Max Series
Shared: Post-Apocalyptic
Roger Ward, Vernon Wells, Virginia Hey, Bruce Spence and others
Comments (1)
Anonymous I look forward to rewatching this. Glad I bought the DVD years ago, had no idea it became an OOP collector's item till I checked Amazon now. Unfortunately, a lot of cult/genre films from New Zealand are extremely hard to come by in North America at the moment. They're either OOP (this, Peter Jackson's early films) or have never gotten a Region 1 release to begin with (NEXT OF KIN; the one featured in NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD, not the Patrick Swayze one).