Directed by:
Peter WeirScreenplay:
Cliff GreenCinematography:
Russell BoydComposer:
Bruce SmeatonCast:
John Jarratt, Rachel Roberts, Anne-Louise Lambert, Jacki Weaver, Margaret Nelson, Dominic Guard, Garry McDonald, Olga Dickie, Helen Morse, Karen Robson (more)Plots(1)
St Valentine's Day, 1900. On a beautiful summer's day a party of Australian schoolgirls from an exclusive finishing school giddily prepare for an excursion to Hanging Rock, a magnificent natural monument drenched in a mysterious atmosphere. Among the white-gloved pupils of Appleyard college are senior boarders Miranda, Marion, Irma and Edith. The girls gain permission to explore the upper slopes of the rock. Edith takes a nap and wakes to discover that the other three girls have removed their shoes and stockings and have resumed their trek as if in a dream, disappearing into a passageway in the rock itself. Mathematics mistress Miss McCraw goes to investigate, but neither she nor the three other girls are ever seen again. They have vanished without a trace. Based on the classic novel by Joan Lindsay, Picnic at Hanging Rock, is both sublimely spooky and majestically beautiful. Boasting visually hypnotic photography by Russell Boyd, a haunting score by Bruce Smeaton and the timeless ethereal beauty of Anne Louise Lambert as Miranda, Picnic at Hanging Rock helped revive the Australian film industry and established Director Peter Weir as a major International talent. (Umbrella Entertainment)
(more)Cast
John Jarratt
Australia
Best movies:
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Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Australia (2008)
Rachel Roberts
UK
Best movies:
Ściana (1982) (TV movie)
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Anne-Louise Lambert
Australia
Best movies:
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Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
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Jacki Weaver
Australia
Best movies:
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
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Margaret Nelson
Best movies:
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Dominic Guard
UK
Best movies:
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Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Garry McDonald
Australia
Best movies:
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Olga Dickie
India
Best movies:
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Dracula (1958)
The Far Country (1988) (TV movie)
Helen Morse
UK
Best movies:
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
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Karen Robson
Malaysia
Best movies:
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
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Vivean Gray
UK
Best movies:
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Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Peter Collingwood
UK
Best movies:
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Mad Dog Morgan (1976)
Wyn Roberts
Best movies:
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
The Man from Snowy River II (1988)
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Jane Vallis
Australia
Best movies:
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Christine Schuler
Best movies:
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)