Wake in Fright 18
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Combining the backwoods horror of Deliverance and the gritty nihilism ofStraw Dogs, Wake In Fright tells the story of a British schoolteacher's (Gary Bond) descent into personal demoralisation at the hands of drunken, deranged derelicts while stranded in a small mining town in outback Australia. Alongside Mad Max and Walkabout, Wake In Fright is widely acknowledged as one of the seminal films in the development of modern Australian cinema.
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- Director
- Ted Kotcheff
- Country
- Australia, USA
- Year
- 1971
- Duration
- 108 mins
- Cast
- Chips Raffety, Donald Pleasence, Gary Bond
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