The Quiet Earth

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The Quiet Earth ★★★ 1985 (R)

Serious science fiction film about a scientist who awakens to find himself seemingly the only human left on earth as the result of a misfired time/space government experiment. He later finds two other people, a girl and a Maori tribesman, and must try to repair the damage in order to save what's left of mankind. 91m/C VHS, DVD . NZ Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge, Peter Smith, Norman Fletcher, Tom Hyde; D: Geoff Murphy; W: Sam Pillsbury, Bill Baer, Bruno Lawrence; C: James Bartle; M: John Charles.

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