Themes: Amateur Sleuths, Political Corruption, Conspiracies
Main Cast: Colin Friels, Jack Thompson, Donald Pleasence, Natalie Bate, Simon Chilvers
Release Year: 1987
Country: AU
Run Time: 109 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Ground Zero details a governmental cover-up as seen through the eyes of commercial photographer Colin Friels. Tipped off to the possibility that the death of his father was tied in with radioactive contamination, Friels runs into several official brick walls as he presses his investigation. At the root of everything is a hush-hush nuclear radiation test, conducted in Australia in the mid-1950s. With the help of a slightly-addled survivor (Donald Pleasence) of those tests, Friels uncovers the truth. Ground Zero was inspired by the real-life nuclear testings at Maralinga. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Neil Fitzpatrick - Hooking; Bob Maza - Wallemare; Peter Cummins - Ballantyne; Steve Dodd - Freddy Tjapalijarri; Kim Gyngell - Detective; Alan Hopgood - Commisioner #2; Mark Mitchell - Detective; Brian James - Vice-Admiral Windsor; Burnham Burnham - Charlie
Credit
Bruce Myles - Casting, Stuart Freeman - First Assistant Director, Bruce Myles - Director, Michael Pattinson - Director, David Eggby - Second Unit Director, David Pulbrook - Editor, Stuart Freeman - Line Producer, Tom Bahler - Composer (Music Score), Chris Neal - Composer (Music Score), Brian Thomson - Production Designer, Stephen Dobson - Cinematographer, David Eggby - Cinematographer, John Kearney - Producer, Michael Pattinson - Producer, Dennis Wright - Producer, Gary Wilkins - Sound/Sound Designer, Mac Gudgeon - Screenwriter, Jan Sardi - Screenwriter
