UK, 1984
97m, 3500 feet
16mm film, colour
mono, English
A British science fiction film directed by Colin Finbow.
Plot Summary
In the aftermath of a nuclear war, a group of children survive in a remote farmhouse and wonder what it must be like in the outside world. One of them works up the courage to leave the safety of the house to find out – but things aren’t quite what the children imagined…
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Colin Finbow
© [not given on screen]
A Children’s Film Unit production [opening titles]. A Children’s Film Unit production in association with Goldcrest and Channel Four [closing credits]
1st Assistant [Director]: David Weeks
Continuity: Tom Cleary
Camera: Amos Richardson
Assistant [Camera]: Clive Fleury
Lighting: Andrew Fleury
Assistant [Lighting]: Daniel Hooke
Stills: Ben Guest
Editing Assistants: Matthew Landauer, Charles Robertson
Music by: Dave Hewson
Sound: Rober Farr [real name: Robert Farr]
Assistant [Sound]: Charles Robertson
Costume/Makeup: Griselda Wallace
Assistants [Costume/Makeup]: Karen Ford, Susan Payne
Sets & Props: Bec Knight, Dan Knight
Production Assistant: Louise MacDonald
Special thanks: Forest Hill School; David Stanbury; Llew Williams; Dai Jones & Queenie; Elved Jones; Gwylm Evans; Mrs Humphries; Church Farm Weavers; Diane Bassett; Willis Faber & Dumas; Economic Forestry Ltd.; Forestry Commission; Aberllefenni Slate Quarries Ltd.; Thames Television; Robert Stigwood; Barclays Bank; Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation; British Council; Roger Cherrill Ltd.; Samuelson Film Service Ltd.; Hutchings Magnetics; Kodak Ltd.; Filmatic Labs; Prevew [sic] Two
Cast
Most Elders
David Haig (Ash)
Douglas Storm (Ezra)
Elders
Martin Laing (Barnaby)
Christopher Chescoe (Garth)
Jennifer Harrisson (Ruth)
Helen Mason (Rosemary)
Middleones
Rory MacFarquhar (Aron)
Cerian Van Doorninck (Beth)
James Guest (Tod)
Isobel Mason (Hazel)
Youngers
Oliver Hicks (Jay)
Bethan Van Doorninck (Dill)
James Mills (Midge)
Philip Dragoumis (Frog)
Mark Wallace (Grub)
Moonchildren
Elissa Phipps
Alan Chapman
Goats
Flower
Juniper
References
Periodicals
- City Limits no.164 (23 November 1984) p.24 – review (by Kim Newman)
- Films and Filming no.364 (January 1985) p.36 – credits, review (by Vanessa Miles)
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.52 no.612 (January 1985) pp.19-20 – credits, synopsis, review (by Robert Brown)
- Television Weekly no.91 (19 October 1984) p.16 – illustrated article (Children of the nuclear aftermath)
- Variety 28 November 1984 p.21 – credits, review (by Strat)
Books
- English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby p.351
- Film Review 1985-1986 by F. Maurice Speed pp.58-59 – illustrated credits, synopsis, review
- The Films of the Eighties by Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan p.127 – credits, synopsis
- Horror and Science Fiction Films IV by Donald C. Willis p.109
- Nuclear Movies: A Filmography by Mick Broderick p.98
