Picnic at Hanging Rock (film)
1975 film by Peter Weir / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Picnic at Hanging Rock is a 1975 Australian mystery film directed by Peter Weir and based on the 1967 novel Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay. Cliff Green adapted the novel into a screenplay. The film stars Rachel Roberts, Dominic Guard, Helen Morse, Vivean Gray and Jacki Weaver. The plot involves the disappearance of several schoolgirls and their teacher during a picnic at Hanging Rock, Victoria on Valentine's Day in 1900, and the subsequent effect on the local community.
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Directed by | Peter Weir |
Screenplay by | Cliff Green |
Based on | Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay |
Produced by | Hal McElroy Jim McElroy |
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Cinematography | Russell Boyd |
Edited by | Max Lemon |
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Distributed by | B.E.F. Film Distributors |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Budget | A$443,000[1] |
Box office | A$5.12 million (Australia) |
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Picnic at Hanging Rock was a commercial and critical success, and helped draw international attention to the then-emerging Australian New Wave of cinema.