The Quiet Earth (film)
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| Directed by | Geoff Murphy |
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| Based on | The Quiet Earth by Craig Harrison |
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| Cinematography | James Bartle |
| Edited by | Michael J. Horton |
| Music by | John Charles |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Language | English |
| Box office | NZ$600,000 (New Zealand) |
The Quiet Earth is a 1985 New Zealand post-apocalyptic science fiction film directed by Geoff Murphy and starring Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge and Peter Smith as three survivors of a cataclysmic disaster. It is loosely based on the 1981 science fiction novel of the same name by Craig Harrison. Other sources of inspiration have been suggested: the 1954 novel I Am Legend, Dawn of the Dead, and especially the 1959 film The World, the Flesh and the Devil, of which it has been called an unofficial remake.