Nightfall

Nightfall

83 mins | Science Fiction | April 15, 1988

The people of the planet Aeon, blessed with three suns, have never experienced night. When an archeological excavation uncovers evidence of an ancient catastrophe, all signs point towards the impending darkness of the very Nightfall. Panic erupts as the suns slowly disappear one by one. Science struggles against superstition as the people race to comprehend the approaching Nightfall... the end of the world as they know it. Based on Isaac Asimov's classic story "Nightfall" voted "The Greatest Science-Fiction Story of All Time."

Nightfall

83 mins | Science Fiction | April 15, 1988

Nightfall
The people of the planet Aeon, blessed with three suns, have never experienced night. When an archeological excavation uncovers evidence of an ancient catastrophe, all signs point towards the impending darkness of the very Nightfall. Panic erupts as the suns slowly disappear one by one. Science struggles against superstition as the people race to comprehend the approaching Nightfall... the end of the world as they know it. Based on Isaac Asimov's classic story "Nightfall" voted "The Greatest Science-Fiction Story of All Time."
IMDb rating 2.7
Producers New Horizons
Original title Nightfall
Directors Jan Rudolph, Paul Mayersberg
Writers Isaac Asimov, Paul Mayersberg

Cast

David Birney

as Aton

Sarah Douglas

as Roa

Alexis Kanner

as Sor

Andra Millian

as Ana

Chuck Hayward

as Kin

Jonathan Emerson

as Architect

Susie Lindeman

as Boffin

Larry Hankin

as Desert King

Ronald R. Burns

as Aton's Man

Bernard J. Garsen

as Aton's Man

Dan Wells

as Architect's Assistant

Bradley Reid

as Trader

Stephen D. Nathenson

as City Dweller

James Barry Blakely

as Narrator (voice)

Lee Michael Walczuk

as Nomad Dancer

Dayna Beilenson

as Nomad Dancer

Attila Bokor

as Nomad Dancer

Charles E. Carpenter

as Nomad Dancer

Beth A. Corell

as Nomad Dancer

Derek Penfield

as Nomad Dancer

Ilene Cara Zeff

as Nomad Dancer