Zone 39

Zone 39 (1996)

In a time of misery and fear two enemies come together to prevent an apocalypse conspired by their leaders. 40 years of war between the Federated Republics and the New Territories Union has taken its toll. The cities are overcrowded, farming land is riddled with unexploded mines -- and still there is no hope of peace. In this hostile, decaying world of the future on thing remains constant for Lieutenant Leo Megaw; his love for his pregnant wife. Her access to classified information makes her an increasing liability for the government. When she's ambushed, Leo is forced into exile. As a border patrolman on the isolated outpost of Zone 39, ordered to kill anyone that tries to cross the border, he comes to understand that ultimate catastrophe forced upon his world by his government. The real enemy is not looming across the border but standing right behind him. Now he must reach across the border into enemy territory and form an alliance to save his world.

Date of release
1996-05-04
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (14)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Science Fiction
Director
John Tatoulis

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: A$22K

Zone 39 is a 1996 Australian science fiction psychological drama film directed by John Tatoulis. It stars Carolyn Bock, Peter Phelps and William Zappa, and runs for 93 minutes.

Production

The film was based on an idea by John Tatoulis, which he first came up with eight years prior to filming. He said he was "concerned with questions of technology and politics in their current state, and how they’re going to affect society... I think people who do control communications have

a lot of money and will start to influence the political system as we know it, if they don’t- already." Tatoulis added "The primary story is how an individual copes with

his condition within such an environment and, espcially, how an individual copes with a certain sense

of loss and aloneness." He hired Deb Parsons to write it into a script and obtained investment from Roadshow. The movie was the first in what was meant to be a three-picture deal with German company Foxton which made The Silver Brumby.

In Zone 39, I was exploring a couple of things. One was the way in which a person deals with grief, the loss of a loved on. I truly believe that someone doesn't die until we stop thinking about that person. I think once we forget that person, once that person ceases to live in our memories, then that person is truly dead. Often it takes a long time for that person to truly die in people's hearts.

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