Deadline (1982 film)
Deadline | |
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Directed by | Arch Nicholson |
Written by | Walter Davis |
Produced by | Hal McElroy |
Starring | Barry Newman Bill Kerr Trisha Noble Alwyn Kurts Bruce Spence |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | Worldvision Enterprises |
Release date | 30 December 1981 (Sydney)[1] |
Running time | 94 minutes |
Countries | Australia United States |
Language | English |
Budget | A$750,000[2] |
Deadline (stylized as ..Deadline..) is a 1981 Australian-American made-for-television thriller drama film directed by Arch Nicholson and co-produced by Hanna-Barbera Australia and New South Wales Film Corporation.
Plot
Journalist Barney Duncan (Barry Newman) discovers that an earthquake on the Australian outback was found to be a small nuclear detonation, and the work of an extortionist who vowed to detonate more devices unless his conditions for blackmail are met.
Cast
- Barry Newman
- Trisha Noble
- Bruce Spence
- Alwyn Kurts
Production
It was originally known as Shadow Effects and was shot on location in Sydney, Canberra and the mining town of Broken Hill. It was a pilot for an unmade TV series which was to be called Foreign Correspondent.[3][4]
At one stage Graham Kennedy was going to play a priest.[5]
Production was held up due to protests from Actors Equity.[6]
"I like the concept, it's a contemporary issue," said Newman during filming in December 1980. "I'm a news nut; my favorite actor is Walter Cronkite."[7]
References
- ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 27 December 1981. p. 44.
- ^ "Production Survey", Cinema Papers, May–June 1981 p170
- ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p39-40
- ^ "Pete Smith". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 48, no. 37. Australia. 11 February 1981. p. 40 (TV WORLD). Retrieved 25 November 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "TIMESTYLE TELEVISION". The Canberra Times. Vol. 55, no. 16, 432. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 21 September 1980. p. 15. Retrieved 25 November 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "timestyle". The Canberra Times. Vol. 55, no. 16, 502. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 30 November 1980. p. 16. Retrieved 25 November 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Groves, Don (7 December 1980). "Inhibitions don't curb barry". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 44.
External links
- 1982 television films
- 1982 films
- Australian television films
- Television films as pilots
- Television pilots not picked up as a series
- Films about nuclear war and weapons
- Australian films
- Hanna-Barbera films
- Australian thriller films
- Thriller television films
- 1980s Australian film stubs
- Thriller television film stubs