Michael Pattinson - director (with Bruce Myles)
Ground Zero - feature film
watch scenes below with commentary by director Michael Pattinson (duration 5.11)
Synopsis
A second generation cameraman finds evidence that his father had filmed a nuclear test that allowed aborigines to be exposed to and killed by radiation. He begins a search for a secret that if true, his government has already killed people to keep quiet.Starring Colin Friels, Jack Thompson and Donald Pleasance
Nominated 9 Australian Film Institute Awards Including Best Director - Michael Pattinson, Best Film - Michael Pattinson (producer), Best Original Screenplay, Best Achievement in Cinematography, Best Achievment in Sound, Best Achievement in Editing, Best Achievement in Production Design, Best Actor in a Leading Role - Colin Friels, Best Supporting Actor - Donald Pleasance
Winner 4 Australian Film Institute Awards; Best Achievement in Cinematography, Best Achievment in Production Design, Best Achievement in Editing, Best Achievement in Sound
Nominated; Golden Berlin Bear - 38th Berlin International Film Festival
Avenue Pictures
Producer: Michael Pattinson
Writers: Jan
Sardi & Mac Gudgeon
Read Janet Maslin's review New York Times here:
http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=940DE4D9173DF930A1575AC0A96E948260
Ground Zero was shown on Indigenous television station Imparja 'as a tribute' to Burnum Burnum after his death in 1997.
A "taut, clever conspiracy-theory thriller, of which the new
Australian film Ground Zero is a prime example"
Janet Maslin, The New York Times
