Wake In Fright
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
Wake in Fright (1971, USA/AUS) is a Psychological Thriller film directed by Ted Kotcheff.
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- Featured in: Not Quite Hollywood
- Included in: 20 Outrageous Ozploitation Classics
Main Details
- Released in 1971 | Colour
- Running time: 114 min
- Production Co: Group W, NLT
- Distribution Co: United Artists
- Directed by Ted Kotcheff
- Produced by George Willoughby
- Written by Kenneth Cook, Evan Jones
- Starring: Donald Pleasence, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay, Jack Thompson
- Cinematography by Brian West
- Original music by John Scott
- Film editing by Anthony Buckley
Also Known As
- Outback
Tagline
- Have a drink, mate? Have a fight, mate? Have some dust and sweat, mate? There's nothing else out here.
Synopsis
Wake in Fright tells the story of a young schoolteacher who descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia. For many years, the film enjoyed a reputation as Australia's great "lost film" because of its unavailability on VHS or DVD, as well as its absence from television broadcasts. In mid-2009, however, a thoroughly restored digital re-release was shown in Australian theatres to considerable acclaim. Later that year it was issued commercially on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. Wake in Fright is now recognised as a seminal film of the Australian New Wave. (Wikipedia)
