Zone 39

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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. Industrialists from both sides have met in secret to form Central Union. Central Union has succeeded where Government has failed. It has negotiated peace; in exchange it has taken control of communication and set up a series of joint venture projects between the two former enemy nations...

SYNOPSIS

In the isolated, hostile and decaying world of the future one thing remains constant for Lieutenant Leo Megaw (Peter Phelps): his relationship and love for his wife Anne (Carolyn Bock). In a few months Anne will deliver their first child...despite Megaw's misgivings about bringing any child into a world as hopeless as this. At the same time, Anne continues her work as a talented security coder for Central Union, the 'peacekeepers'.

While proving to her autocratic superior, Tito, (Alex Menglet) that she can crack his supposedly-impervious security screen, Anne stumbles upon classified information revealing a bungle which threatens the entire populace. Anne's knowledge makes her a liability. Caught in the apparent crossfire of a subway mugging, she is killed.

Megaw, forced to deal with his grief and loneliness, runs foul of the authorities and risks being reduced in status to a 'classified', a low-caste worker whose life is considered worthless. He is saved by his friend, Seton Sharp (William Zappa), who arranges for Megaw to 'volunteer' for solitary service as a border patrolman, on duty across the desolate ZONE 39. Here, Megaw's orders are to eliminate anyone who enters his territory, and he experiences both inner and outer conflicts as he plays cat-&-mouse with his lone adversary from the Feds, Pagett (Jeff Kovski), while maintaining a constant watch for stray 'classifieds'.

Although lonely in ZONE 39, Megaw isn't entirely alone. There is Anne. At a time when alcohol and luxuries are contraband, Megaw has managed to smuggle 'Novan' into his life. The drug Novan enables him to bring back the illusion of his dearly beloved Anne. The Anne he sees is a creation of his own mind, but Novan enables him to see, hear, and touch her as if she were real.

Together they battle against unseen enemies, analysing clues concerning the hidden agenda of the totalitarian government in whose army Megaw serves. As the truth behind Megaw's posting, Anne's death, and the nature of the catastrophe looming over their society slowly unravels, Megaw begins to see that he is fighting the wrong foe: the real enemy is not facing him across the border, but standing right behind him.

Meanwhile, Megaw's adversary, Pagett, has gone, and a new young Fed has taken his place. Boas (Brad Byquar) becomes at first Megaw's deadly enemy across the zone, then his only hope of an ally in his desperate struggle to tell the people what is really going on. A bureaucracy which has such Orwellian control over all communications, however, is unlikely to let Megaw's warning slip by unnoticed.

ZONE 39 . Trust no one.

CAST AND CREW

AUSTRALIAN FILM FINANCE CORPORATION PRESENTS

A MEDIA WORLD FEATURES PRODUCTION

ZONE 39

CASTING
PROTOTYPE - GREG APPS

SCREENPLAY
DEBORAH PARSONS

BASED ON AN IDEA BY
JOHN TATOULIS

COSTUME DESIGNER
CLARE GRIFFIN

DIGITAL EFFECTS DESIGN
DAVID NELSON

PRODUCTION DESIGN
PHILIP CHAMBERS
STAN ANTONIADES

COMPOSER
BURKHARD DALLWITZ

EDITOR
PETER BURGESS

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
PETER ZAKHAROV

ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS
PETER BAIN-HOGG
JUDY MALMGREN

PRODUCERS
COLIN SOUTH
JOHN TATOULIS

DIRECTOR
JOHN TATOULIS

LIEUTENANT LEO MEGAW
PETER PHELPS

ANNE/NOVAN ANNE
CAROLYN BOCK

SHARP
WILLIAM ZAPPA

BOAS
BRAD BYQUAR

TITO
ALEX MENGLET

PAGETT
JEFF KOVSKI

COMPUTER VOICE
MARG DOWNEY

SOLDIER #1
WARWICK SADLER

SOLDIER #2
SIMON WILTON

HANDLESS MAN
BRUNO STEPNELL

YOUNG SOLDIER
DAVID TREDINNICK

HUSTLER #1
TERRY CARTER

HUSTLER #2
RUSSELL FROST

PILOT
STEVE FIELDER

NTU MEDIC
SIMON J. HILL

CROWD CONTROLLER #1
TREVOR WELSH

CROWD CONTROLLER #2
CHRIS KEMP

NTU ARMY SOLDIER
MARCUS LOVETT

CENTRAL OFFICER
JACK FINSTERER

MEDIC
JAMES BENEDICT

LANCE CORPORAL
MARK CAMPBELL

UNKNOWN MAN
SIMON MEATES

NTU SERGEANT
JEROME PRIDE

PRISON OFFICER
PAUL MODER

TRAINEE #1
ANNIKA GLAC

SECURITY
NADJA KOSTICH

CLASSIFED #1
DEAN BENNETT

CLASSIFIED #2
RICKI VAN GUYEN

CLASSIFIED #4
DEBRA OAG

CLASSIFIED #5
LLOYD BOSTON

CLASSIFIED #7
STUART FRASER

PAGETT STUNT DOUBLE
STUART FRASER

BABY
JANE SELETTO

CODER
ROM DAULO

YOUNG CHILD
AMANDA ARP

OFFICER/TITO'S ASSISTANT
BRANDON AH CHONG

HOLOGRAM SINGER
TBA

TRAIN SAPS
JADE WEITERING
AMANDA BUCHANAN
GRAHAM JAHNE
RAINEY CARAH

SECURITY #1
IAN DIXON

SECURITY #2
JASON BLAK

PRODUCTION MANAGER
YVONNE COLLINS

PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
MAGNUS MANSIE

ASSISTANT PRODUCTION
COORDINATOR KIM TRAVIS

PRODUCTION ACCOUNTS JUDY MALMGREN

PRODUCER'S SECRETARY/ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT
FRANCES SHEPHERDSON

BASE OFFICE LIAISON/PRODUCTION RUNNER
LOUISE CHESLETT

LOCATION MANAGER
TIM SCOTT

1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
BRENDAN CAMPBELL

2ND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
CHRISTIAN ROBINSON

3RD ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
EMMA JAMVOLD

PRODUCTION RUNNERS
WOOMERA GREG CAPURSO
MICHAEL "KERBY" SCHULTZ
DANNY BROWN
SHANE MASON
STEPHEN ROEBY
GLENN KEATCH
CHRIS STEWART
CONTINUITY JULIE FEDDERSEN
UNIT MANAGER MICHAEL BATCHELOR
UNIT ASSISTANTS IAN LLOYD
MERV TUCKER
JASON DICKIE

CAMERA OPERATOR
HARRY PANAGIOTIDIS

FOCUS PULLER
PETER STOTT

CLAPPER LOADER
BRUNO DORING

MOTION CONTROL CAMERA
BRUCE PHILLIPS

MOTION CONTROL ASSISTANT
BILL LAWFORD

CAMERA ATTACHMENT
KERRI-LEE HAMMELSWANG

GAFFER
RORY TIMONEY

BEST BOY
CHRIS SHANAHAN

3RD ELECTRICS/GENERATOR OPERATOR
ROBBIE HECHENBERGER

KEY GRIP
FREDDO DIRK

GRIP
GENE VAN DAM

SOUND RECORDIST
JIM DUNWOODIE

BOOM OPERATOR
TONY DICKINSON

COSTUME SUPERVISOR
SANDI CICHELLO

STANDBY WARDROBE
RACHEL NOTT

DESIGNER HEADS UP GLASSES
PETER COOMBS

MAKEUP ARTIST/HAIR STYLIST
BILL JACKSON-MARTIN

BUYER/DRESSERS
ROLLAND PIKE
TONY XEROS
TONI FORSYTH
BARRY KENNEDY

STANDBY PROPS
BRIAN LANG

ART DEPARTMENT COORDINATOR
CHRISTOPHER GOGOS

STORYBOARD ARTIST
PAUL WILLIAMS

GRAPHICS
ANOUSHKA IBBETSON

SPECIAL EFFECTS COORDINATOR
AARON BEAUCAIRE

SPECIAL EFFECTS ASSISTANT
LLOYD FINNEMORE

SPECIAL EFFECTS ATTACHMENT
JOHN SANDERSON

MODEL HELICOPTERS
NAEL SAMAWI

MODEL HELICOPTER 2ND PILOT
PETER RIEKSTS

MODEL HELICOPTER ASSISTANT
ELDRED LIM

LIZARD WRANGLER
WARREN BLAKE

TRACUM COORDINATOR
JOHN CHASE

TRACUM MECHANICS
BARRY BELL
PETER OLIARO

CONSTRUCTION
SCREWED AND GLUED PTY. LTD.

CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS
BOB HERN
GERRY POWDERLY

CONSTRUCTION FOREMAN
PAUL POCOCK

SCENIC ARTIST
MARK STEWART

SET FINISHERS
GRAHAM MATTHEWS
STEWART BURCHEL

STUNT COORDINATOR/SAFETY SUPERVISOR
ARCHIE ROBERTS

UNIT NURSE
TRISH MacREYNOLDS

FIRST AID OFFICER
JEANETTE GREENFIELD

EMERGENCY SERVICES OFFICIALS
PAUL CLARK
CAROLINE PETRIE

ASSISTANT EDITOR
SAM VENNING

SOUND MIXER JAMES CURRIE
SOUND EDITORS LABSONICS
DIGITAL EFFECTS
UNREAL PICTURES
DAVID NELSON
BRUCE CURRIE
NICKI SANDERS
RUSHES PROJECTIONISTS
MARK FREEMAN
MARCUS JONES
FRANK BAULKS
EXTRAS CASTING BERNADETTE RYAN
CATERING
SILVER SCREEN MOBILE CATERING
STUART BRINKWORTH
DOUG COSTELLO

PUBLICITY
SANDY KAYE

STILLS PHOTOGRAPHER
BRIAN McKENZIE

COMPLETION GUARANTORS FILM FINANCES LIMITED
ADRIENNE READ

INVESTORS FILM FINANCE CORPORATION INSURANCE
H.W. WOOD AUSTRALIA
TONY GIBBS

LEGAL ADVISORS
MARSHALLS AND DENT
WILLIAM T. MARSHALL

LABORATORY
CINEVEX

LABORATORY LIASION
IAN ANDERSON

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CAMERAQUIP

MOTION CONTROL RIG SUPPLIED BY
DIGITAL ARTS, ADELAIDE

FILM STOCK SUPPLIED BY
KODAK

TRAVEL BY
SHOWTRAVEL

VEHICLES BY
HERTZ 4WD RENTALS

WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK:
DSCW WOOMERA, ELDO HOTEL WOOMERA, DAS FLEET, SPUDS ROADHOUSE PIMBA, ARCOONA STATION, WOOMERA
UNISYS
SANYO
PHM Magellan G.P.S. Systems
Artholes Frame Designers
RACAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
Woomera Board
Nalge Company
KENT ALLEN, MICRONITE FILM PRODUCTIONS

SPECIAL THANKS TO:
AIRCRAFT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT UNIT, RAAF BASE, EDINBURGH, S.A.

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