Doom Runners

Doom Runners (1997) is an Australian science fiction television children's film.

Doom Runners
Written by	Barney Cohen[1] Ken Lipman
Directed by	Brendan Maher
Starring	Tim Curry Dean O'Gorman Lea Moreno Nathan Jones Bradley Pierce Rebecca Smart Paul Livingston Michael Lake David Whitney Peter Carroll Jon Pollard
Narrated by	Dean O'Gorman
Music by	Braedy Neal
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Posie Graeme-Evans
Cinematography	Steve Arnold
Editor	Henry Dangar
Running time	90 minutes
Production company	Millennium Pictures
Original release
Network	Showtime
Release	20 December 1997 (1997-12-20)

Cast

• Tim Curry as Dr Kao
• Dean O'Gorman as Deek
• Lea Moreno as Jada
• Nathan Jones as Vike
• Bradley Pierce as Adam
• Rebecca Smart as Lizzie
• Peter Carroll as William
• David Whitney as Thorne
• Putu Winchester as Danny
• Paul Livingston as Caesar Lopez
• Jon Pollard as Rule
• Ken Goodlet as Resistance Fighter
• Michael Lake as Endgame Man
• Justin Rosniak as Kid

Premise

The story concerns a group of children in a post-apocalyptic world searching for the last unpolluted place on Earth, New Eden. However, the Doom Troopers (DTs), led by Dr. Kao (Tim Curry), want to get there first and will do anything to stop the children. Prior to the film's release, Curry noted that the production resembled a "'Mad Max' for kids."^[2]

Telecast premiere

Produced in cooperation between America's Paramount-owned Showtime and Nickelodeon, the film was telecast on Showtime starting 20 December 1997.^[2][3] Later the next year, it was telecast on Nickelodeon in the US from 25 April 1998, the first original full-length feature film to air on that network.^[4]