The Last Wave
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
The Last Wave (1977, Australia) is a Drama-Fantasy-Mystery-Thriller film directed by Peter Weir.
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Main Details
- Released on December 15, 1977 (general Australian release; had been shown at film festivals in France, Iran and Australia before that)
- Color
- Running time: 106 minutes
- Production Co.: McElroy & McElroy | Derek Power | The South Australian Film Corporation | The Australian Film Commission | Last Wave Productions | Ayer Productions (uncredited)
- Distribution Co.: United Artists | World Northal
- Directed by Peter Weir
- Written by Peter Weir, Tony Morphett and Petru Popescu
- Starring: Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett and David Gulpilil
Plot Summary
- A Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal Persons in a ritualized taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing things about himself and premonitions.
Taglines
- The Occult Forces. The Ritual Murder. The Sinister Storms. The Prophetic Dreams. The Last Wave.
- From dream to nightmare - a premonition of doom!
- The dream that became a nightmare. His was a premonition of doom.
- From the makers of 'Picnic at Hanging Rock' comes another terrifying and disturbing story.
- A dream that became a nightmare. His was a premonition of doom.
- Hasn't the weather been strange...could it be a warning?