A gentle romantic comedy about the end of the world.

This genial Australian coming-of-age film is based on the experiences of its narrator, writer and director Bob Ellis. The first part of the film covers the difficulties teenaged Ken (Noah Thomas) has at a church summer camp run by the Seventh Day Adventists; he is not 'with the program,' and consistently asks heretical questions during prayer meetings. Also, he can't help keeping a watchful, admiring eye on a visiting preacher's pretty daughter. He gets to ditch his ultra-religious background when he goes to work at a university newspaper some six years later and, despite (or perhaps because of) his scruffy appearance, he finds himself attractive to girls. One legacy of his years at church is a pervading sense that the world may end soon, and when he insists that his new girlfriend drive him away from Sydney in her father's car because he anticipates nuclear war as a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis, it is the last straw in their relationship.

Cast & Crew

•       Noah Taylor. Miranda Otto
•       Arthur Dignam
•       Peter Gwynne
•       Jack Campbell
•       Erick Mitsak
•       Loene Carmen
•       Alice Garner
•       Lucy Bell

Director: Bob Ellis

Producer: Terry Jennings

Additional Details

Label: Televista

Genre: Comedy

Run Time: 120 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 04/28/09

UPC: 018619654224