On the Beach - crew, film crew

The entire team, the film crew of the film "On the Beach"
On the Beach (1959)
Timing: 2:14 (134 min)
On the Beach - TMDB rating
6.6/10
199
On the Beach - Kinopoisk rating
7.088/10
2859
On the Beach - IMDB rating
7.1/10
16000

Film crew

Director

Producer

Editor

Frederic Knudtson
Editor

Art Direction

Fernando Carrere
Art Direction

Production Design

Makeup Artist

John O'Gorman
Makeup Artist
Frank Prehoda
Makeup Artist

Original Music Composer

Photo Ernest Gold #74807

Ernest Gold

Ernest Gold
Original Music Composer

Director of Photography

Photo Giuseppe Rotunno #92796

Giuseppe Rotunno

Giuseppe Rotunno
Director of Photography

Camera Operator

Ross Wood
Camera Operator

Property Master

Art Cole
Property Master

Script Supervisor

Sam Freedle
Script Supervisor

Hairstylist

Jane Shugrue
Hairstylist

Screenplay

Novel

Special Effects

Lee Zavitz

Lee Zavitz
Special Effects

Gaffer

Allen Grice
Gaffer

Music

Sound Engineer

Hans Wetzel
Sound Engineer

What's left behind the scenes

  • Based on the novel "On the Beach" by Nevil Shute.
  • Some streets in the Australian suburb of Berwick, where filming took place, were subsequently named after members of the project: Gardner Street, Schute Avenue, Kramer Drive.
  • The Strugatsky brothers mention this film in their "A Tale of Three" and "Distant Rainbow."
  • The film is also mentioned in Stephen King's novel "Needful Things." It is playing on television when one of the characters, Netty Cobb, is posting notes in Danforth Keaton's house. Another character, Wilma Jerzyk, also wants to watch the film after Sunday service.
  • The film is mentioned in the first volume of Haruki Murakami's novel "1Q84."
  • With this film, Fred Astaire began his non-dancing career in cinema. Director Stanley Kramer couldn't decide who to give the role to, and Kramer's wife, who was watching one of Astaire's films on television at the time, suggested Astaire to him.
  • This was Ava Gardner's first film after completing her 20-year contract with MGM, during which she worked for a weekly salary and received nothing if she was 'loaned' to other studios. After fulfilling her contract with MGM, she was able to choose her own roles and negotiate fees.
  • The US Department of Defense and the US Navy refused to assist the filmmakers with the project. They also denied the filmmakers access to a nuclear submarine, so they had to film with the non-nuclear British submarine 'HMS Andrew'. (Until 1967, submarines of the Royal Navy were based in Australia, after which the Australians acquired their own submarine fleet.) Scenes at the naval base were filmed at the Williamstown Naval Dockyard in the Australian state of Victoria.
  • Director Stanley Kramer was greatly inconvenienced by the thousands of onlookers who watched the filming, wading into the water up to their shoulders and applauding the actors after each take. The audience's enthusiasm was often frankly irritating, especially when they constantly wandered into the frame, wanting to get a closer look at Ava Gardner.
  • Before filming the finale, Stanley Kramer appealed to the city's residents via radio and local publications, asking them to stay home to capture footage of deserted streets.
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