Nightfall
1988 | 83m | English
Popularity: 7 (history)
| Director: | Paul Mayersberg |
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| Writer: | Paul Mayersberg, Isaac Asimov |
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| 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." | |
| Release Date: | Apr 15, 1988 |
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| Director: | Paul Mayersberg |
| Writer: | Paul Mayersberg, Isaac Asimov |
| Genres: | Science Fiction |
| Keywords | loss of eyesight, eye gouging, based on short story, cult leader, religious cult, blindness, multiple suns |
| Production Companies | New Horizons |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 29, 2026 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| David Birney | Aton |
| Sarah Douglas | Roa |
| Alexis Kanner | Sor |
| Andra Millian | Ana |
| Starr Andreeff | Bet |
| Charley Hayward | Kin |
| Jonathan Emerson | Architect |
| Susie Lindeman | Boffin |
| Russell Wiggins | Zol |
| Larry Hankin | Desert King |
| Ronald R. Burns | Aton's Man |
| Bernard J. Garsen | Aton's Man |
| Dan Wells | Architect's Assistant |
| Bradley Reid | Trader |
| Stephen D. Nathenson | City Dweller |
| James Barry Blakely | Narrator (voice) |
| Lee Michael Walczuk | Nomad Dancer |
| Attila Bokor | Nomad Dancer |
| Dayna Beilenson | Nomad Dancer |
| Charles E. Carpenter | Nomad Dancer |
| Beth A. Corell | Nomad Dancer |
| Derek Penfield | Nomad Dancer |
| Ilene Cara Zeff | Nomad Dancer |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Dariusz Wolski | Director of Photography |
| Paul Mayersberg | Director, Screenplay |
| Brent A. Schoenfeld | Editor |
| Frank Serafine | Original Music Composer |
| Carol Bosselman | Art Direction |
| Craig Felburg | Sound |
| James M. Navarra | Visual Effects |
| Jan Rudolph | Script Supervisor |
| Craig Hodgetts | Production Design |
| Stephen M. Chudej | Costume Design |
| Al Guarino | Casting |
| Mark Wolf | Visual Effects Producer |
| Isaac Asimov | Original Story |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Julie Corman | Producer |
| Lynn Whitney | Associate Producer |
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| 2025 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
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| 2024 | 12 | 180 | 389 |