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Alternative title: Chain Reaction
Issue Details: First known date: 1980... 1980 The Chain Reaction
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Film Details - Palm Beach Pictures , 1980

Producers:

David Elfick (producer).
Ross Matthews and George Miller (associate producers).

Production Companies:

Palm Beach Pictures.

Director of Photography:

Russell Boyd.

Editors:

Tim Wellburn.

Music:

Andrew Thomas Wilson.

Cast:

Including Steve Bisley (Larry), Arna-Maria Winchester (Carmel), Ross Thompson (Heinrich), Ralph Cotterill (Gray), Hugh Keays-Byrne (Eagle), Lorna Lesley (Gloria), Richard Moir (Jr. Const. Pigott), Patrick Ward (Oates), and Laurie Moran (Police Sgt. McSweeney).

Release Dates:

25 September 1980 (Australia).

Location:

  • Filmed in New South Wales, including Sydney and Glen Davis (in the Central Tablelands).

Awards:

  • Saturn Award (Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA), Best International Film (nominated), 1983.
  • AFI Award, Best Actress in a Supporting Role (nominated), 1980.
  • AFI Award, Best Achievement in Costume Design (nominated), 1980.
  • AFI Award, Best Achievement in Editing (nominated), 1980.
  • AFI Award, Best Achievement in Production Design (nominated), 1980.
  • AFI Award, Best Achievement in Sound (nominated), 1980.
  • AFI Award, Best Achievement in Cinematography (nominated), 1980.

Notes:

As well as being credited as associate producer, George Miller was the uncredited second-unit director on this film, along with David Elfick (also uncredited.

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