Nightfall (2000 film)

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Nightfall
Directed by Gwyneth Gibby [1]
Written by Isaac Asimov
John William Corrington
Michael B. Druxman
Gwyneth Gibby
Produced by Roger Corman
Starring Jennifer Burns
Winsome Brown
Joseph Hodge
David Carradine
Ashish Vidyarthi
Pradeep Rawat
Tony Mirrcandani
Sushant Kumar
Smita Hai
Varun Vardhan
Lalith Sharma [2]
Edited by Robert E. Newton
Music by Brad Segal
Nic. tenBroek
Release date
  • 2000 (2000)
Running time
82 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Nightfall is a 2000 American straight-to-video science-fiction thriller film directed by Gwyneth Gibby and loosely based on Isaac Asimov's short story of the same name. [3] The film stars Jennifer Burns, Winsome Brown, Joseph Hodge, David Carradine and Ashish Vidyarthi in the lead roles. [4]

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The film was shot in India. [6]

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