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A young Englishman teaching in an outback school sets off to spend his summer vacation in Sydney but doesn't make it beyond the nearby mining town known as 'the Yabba'. He is engulfed by the slightly sinister mateship of the locals with its undertow of repressed sexuality and squalid...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cook, Kenneth, 1929-1987 (Author)
Corporate Authors: Group W Productions, NLT Productions, Madman (Firm), National Film and Sound Archive (Australia)
Other Authors: Kotcheff, Ted, 1931- (Director), Pleasence, Donald (Actor), Bond, Gary (Actor), Rafferty, Chips, 1909-1971 (Actor), Willoughby, George (Producer), Jones, Evan, 1927-2012 (Screenwriter)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:English soundtrack.
Published: [Melbourne, Vic.] : [Canberra] : Madman Entertainment ; National Film and Sound Archive, [2009]
Edition:Widescreen version; [original director's cut?].
Series:National film & sound archive
Subjects:
Country life > Australia > Drama.
Feature films > Australia.
Australia > Rural conditions > Drama.
Teachers > Drama.
Gamblers > Drama.
Hallucinations and illusions > Drama.
Suicide > Drama.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Experimental films.
Motion pictures, Australian.
Foreign films.
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Summary:A young Englishman teaching in an outback school sets off to spend his summer vacation in Sydney but doesn't make it beyond the nearby mining town known as 'the Yabba'. He is engulfed by the slightly sinister mateship of the locals with its undertow of repressed sexuality and squalid violence. The excess of this alcoholic nightmare is held in check by rough humour.
Item Description:Based on the novel of the same name by Kenneth Cook.
"Based on the novel 'Wake in fright' by Kenneth Cook."
Originally released as a motion picture in 1971.
"Believed lost for many years, Wake in fright has been painstakingly restored by Australia's National Film and Sound Archive ... [and] is presented in its original uncompromising form."--Container.
Special features include: scene selection ; interview with the director ; optional audio commentary with the director and the editor ; "Who needs art?" (1971) - segment on Wake in fright ; Ken G. Hall interview about Chips Rafferty ; rediscovery and restoration of the film (ABC's 7.30 Report) ; "Not quite Hollywood" (2008) - extended scene on Wake in fright ; international theatrical trailer.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([28] pages)
Format:DVD 9; PAL, region 4; anamorphic widescreen; aspect ratio: 16:9; Dolby Digital 2.0 sound format.
Audience:Rated: M (recommended for mature audience); violence and mature scenes.
Production Credits:Cinematography, Brian West; editing, Anthony Buckley; music, John Scott.