Ground Zero (1987 film)

Ground Zero
Directed byBruce Myles
Michael Pattinson
Written byMac Gudgeon
Jan Sardi
StarringColin Friels
Jack Thompson
Donald Pleasence
Music byChris Neal
Production
company
Distributed byHoyts Distribution
Release date
  • 1 October 1987 (1987-10-01)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$7 million[1]
Box officeA$178,576 (Australia)

Ground Zero is a 1987 Australian action thriller film about a cinematographer who, prompted by curiosity about some old film footage taken by his father, embarks on a quest to find out the truth about British nuclear tests at Maralinga. It stars actors Colin Friels, Jack Thompson and Indigenous activist Burnum Burnum.

  1. ^ "Australian Productions Top $175 million", Cinema Papers, March 1986 p64