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Radiation | Australia
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Best International Film | 1983
1981 | Ian
Best Achievement in Cinematography | 1980 | Russell
Best Achievement in Editing | 1980 | Tim
Best Achievement in Costume Design | 1980 | Norma
Best Achievement in Production Design | 1980 | Graham 'Grace'
Best Achievement in Sound | 1980
Best Actress in a Supporting Role | 1980 | Lorna
This movie's working titles were 'The Man at the Edge of the Freeway' and 'Nuclear Run'. The longer of these titles was considered too long and pretentious. Moreover, producer David Elfick did a manual search of film titles starting with the wording 'The Man' and found them to be box-office disappointments. Elfick also suggested 'Contaminated' to be this movie's title. In the end, the title was changed to 'The Chain Reaction' in order to have a title with more impact. This title was apparently conceived by Hans Pomeranz.
George Miller was originally scheduled to direct this movie but Miller withdrew from the project but ended up directing (uncredited) stunt sequences and second unit only. Miller is credited as an associate producer on the film. Miller ended up directing the second-unit and stunt sequences more out of necessity than invention as this was because the production was running over schedule and running out of money.
A number of production personnel who worked on this movie also worked on the classic Australian cult movie Mad Max (1979) which had been released about a year earlier. These included actors Steve Bisley, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Roger Ward, Tim Burns, David Bracks and Mel Gibson as well as producer-director George Miller.
The movie was notable for its very 1970s electronic score. The film's Australian movie poster emphasized its soundtrack, plugging it in bold letting at the bottom saying: "Soundtrack available on [Channel] 7 Records".
This film is considered an Ozploitation picture, an Australian exploitation movie.
"Eagle: Listen, WALDO isn't exactly human. WALDO is a multinational corporation, working the ass-end of the nuclear cycle. Professor Heinrich and I once conjected the possibility of a high-level nuclear excursion, thats a link! Now, last night, he reversed charged a call from here, and he was cut-off before I could get the details, but it was quite obvious that he was in BIG TROUBLE! Larry: Do me a favor mate, I've got enough trouble of my own! Eagle: [Points outside to plane flying over] Thats trouble laddy! And whether you like it or not, we are all aboard!"
"Larry: Settle down? This guy comes burstin in here in the middle of the night from the middle of nowhere lookin like a... a front row ford spat out of a grand final scrum - and he won't tell us the score - and you tell me to settle down..."
