Brutal, uncompromising and stunning Wake in Fright tells is the story of a young teacher, John Grant, who arrives in a rough outback mining town planning to stay overnight before catching the plane to Sydney. But, on this one hot night in Bundanyabba, Grant decides to go into a smoky, crowded pub... However, one night stretches to five, in which he discovers gambling, ruins himself financially and plunges headlong toward his own destruction. When the alcohol-induced mist lifts, the educated John Grant is no more. Instead there is a self-loathing man in a desolate wasteland, dirty, red-eyed, sitting against a tree and looking at a rifle with one bullet left... There is no Australian film quite like Wake in Fright. Nominated cinema's ultimate prize, the Palme d'Or, at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival and still as raw and fresh today as it was then, rediscover this lost cinematic masterpiece as it screens for the first time in over 30 years.
Product Identifiers
UPC
9322225078871
eBay Product ID (ePID)
4051087065
Product Key Features
Actor
Donald Pleasence, Chips Rafferty, Jack Thompson
Director
Ted Kotcheff
Rating
M
Format
Blu-ray
Language
English
Movie/TV Title
Wake in Fright
Aspect Ratio
1.85:1
Type
Blu-ray
Run Time
92 Mins
Genre
Thriller & Mystery
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs
1
Release Year
1973
Distributor
Madman Entertainment
Tag Line
Sweat, Dust and Beer... There's Nothing Else Out Here Mate!