Wake in fright
2017
Videos and DVDs
Find it!
Sweat, Dust and Beer... There's Nothing Else Out Here Mate! Awe-inspiring, brutal and stunning, Wake in Fright is the story of John Grant, a bonded teacher who arrives in the rough outback mining town of Bundanyabba planning to stay overnight before catching the plane to Sydney. But his one night stretches to five and he 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. Believed lost for many years, Wake in Fright has been painstakingly restored by Australia’s National Film and Sound Archive and AtLab Deluxe, and is presented in its original uncompromising form.
Main title:
Author:
Stenders, Kriv, directorIrwin, Stephen M., screenwriterBowden, Helen, producerMoliere, Kristian, producerKeenan, Sean, 1993-, actorDimitriades, Alex, 1973-, actorPistorius, Caren, actorSweet, Gary, 1957-, actorMalcolm, Robyn, actorWenham, David, 1965-, actorCook, Kenneth, 1929-1987
Imprint:
Australia, 2017. : Roadshow TV.Australia : Screen Australia, ©2017.Australia : Distributed by Roadshow Entertainment, ©2017.©2017
Collation:
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 160 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cm.
Notes:
Catalogued from container.Roadshow Entertainment : R-124108-9.Special features: Behind the scenes.Based on the 1961 novel by Kenneth Cook and the 1971 motion picture adaptation."May you dream of the Devil and..."-- Cover.In English. [CC] English Captions [descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired]. [AD] English Audio Description (Descriptive narration for the vision impaired).
Credits:
Director Kriv Stenders ; written by Stephen M. Irwin ; producers Helen Bowden and Kristian Moliere.
Performers:
Cast: Sean Keenan, David Wenham, Caren Pistorius, Gary Sweet, Alex Dimitriades, Robyn Malcolm, Lee Jones, Anna Samson, Hannah Frederiksen, Jada Alberts.
Audience:
Censorship classification : M ; for mature themes, drug use, sex and coarse language,
System details:
DVD video, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, PAL, region 4, widescreen 16:9, fullframe 1.78:1.
Dewey class:
791.4572
Language:
English
Subject:
Cook, Kenneth, 1929-1987 -- Television adaptationsTelevision series -- AustraliaTeachers -- Australia -- DramaRural conditions -- Australia -- DramaCountry life -- Australia -- DramaVideo recordings for the hearing impairedVideo recordings for people with visual disabilitiesThrillers (Television programs)Horror television programsTelevision adaptations
BRN:
368587
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | DVD | 791.4572 WAK | Censorship classification : MAvailable |
| St Marys | DVD | 791.4572 WAK | Censorship classification : MAvailable |