Crash Zone – The Dream Team (1998)
Television program, Children's, Drama
Length: 22 minutes 40 seconds
Taken from the drama series Crash Zone
Synopsis
Five very different Melbourne kids, Mike (Nikolai Nikolaeff), Pi (Cassandra Magrath), Bec (Frances Wang), Marcello (Paul Pantano) and Ram (Damien Bodie) independently discover a coded message while playing games on the internet. By following the clues and playing the game, they are led to a meeting with Alexandra Davis (Nicki Wendt), head of software company Catalyst. She has a dream job – testing video games after school. But she only has one job and there are five of them. The competition is strong but they work well together and ultimately Alex offers them all a job except for Ram because he is too young. Ram sort of accepts this but hangs around anyway. Working together brings new relationships and friendships. It also brings surprises, including the discovery of Virgil (Matthew Parkinson), a strange artificial intelligence loose on the net.
Curator’s notes
At the time this was an edgy, high-tech series based on video gaming. While some of the technology now looks a bit dated, the stories remain engaging and the characters are very appealing. The look and feel of the series is still fresh and exciting and the sets are gorgeous.
Original aspect ratio: 4 x 3 (TV)
Original censorship rating: G
| Production company | The Australian Children's Television Foundation |
|---|---|
| Producer | Patricia Edgar |
| Line producer | Bernadette O'Mahony |
| Director | Esben Storm |
| Writer, script editor | Philip Dalkin |
| Composer | Chris Neal |
| Braedy Neal | |
| Cast | Damien Bodie |
| Cassandra Magrath | |
| Richard Moss | |
| Nikolai Nikolaeff | |
| Paul Pantano | |
| Matthew Parkinson | |
| Frances Wang | |
| Nicki Wendt |
Acknowledgements
Produced in association with Disney Channel Australia.
