The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy | |
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Written by | David Phillips |
Directed by | Chris Thomson |
Starring | Jack Thompson Brad Davis |
Country of origin | Australia New Zealand |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 2 x 2 hours |
Production | |
Producer | Robert J Loader |
Production companies | 7 Network |
Distributor | (1989) (Greece) (1989) (Greece) (VHS) |
Release | |
Original network | Seven Network |
Original release | 9 October 1988 |
The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy is a 1988 Australian-New Zealand mini series based on the Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior.[1] It was written by David Phillips, and directed by Chris Thomson, and stars Jack Thompson, Brad Davis and Germain Houde.
Plot[]
From 1978–1985, the Rainbow Warrior was the flagship of the Greenpeace fleet, active in supporting a number of anti-whaling, anti-seal hunting, anti-nuclear testing and anti-nuclear waste dumping campaigns, during that period. In 1985 it was at the Port of Auckland in New Zealand on its way to a protest against a planned French nuclear test in Moruroa. It was sunk by a bombing operation by the "action" branch of the French foreign intelligence services, the Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure (DGSE), carried out on 10 July 1985. Fernando Pereira, a photographer, drowned on the sinking ship.
Cast[]
- Jack Thompson as Stuart Irvine
- Brad Davis as Neil Travers
- Germain Houde as Alain Mafart
- as Dominique Prieur
- Peter Carroll as Louis-Pierre Dillais
- Guy Thauvette as Manignet
- Bruno Lawrence as Terry Batchelor
- Christian Manon as French Priest
- Alex Menglet as Velche
See also[]
- The Rainbow Warrior, 1993 film
References[]
- ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford University Press, 1996 p225
External links[]
- The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy at IMDb
- The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy at screenaustralia
- The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy at BFI
- The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy at NZ Film Archive
- 1980s Australian television miniseries
- New Zealand television miniseries
- 1988 Australian television series debuts
- 1988 Australian television series endings
- Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior