Picnic ad Hanging Rock (1975)
Nel giorno di San Valentino del 1900, durante la gita scolastica di un collegio australiano per fanciulle, tre ragazze e l'insegnante di scienze salgono verso la sommità delle rocce vulcaniche. Soltanto una viene ritrovata nove giorni dopo, ferita e senza memoria. Le altre scompaiono. Il tema centrale è la lotta tra Natura e Cultura con la vittoria della prima e le conseguenze drammatiche del misterioso incidente. Che eleganza in questo film australiano che coniuga una sapiente rievocazione dell'epoca vittoriana con la magia di una natura selvaggia e impenetrabile. Attraverso immagini preziose passa la corrente di un'aguzza critica sociale. Da un romanzo di Joan Lindsay, sceneggiato da Cliff Green. Rieditato da Weir nel '98 con tagli per 7 minuti.
Direttore:
Peter Weir
Scrittore:
Cliff Green
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Rachel Roberts as Mrs. Appleyard |
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Vivean Gray as Miss Greta McCraw |
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Helen Morse as Mlle. Dianne de Poitiers |
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Kirsty Child as Miss Dora Lumley |
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Tony Llewellyn-Jones as Tom |
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Jacki Weaver as Minnie |
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Anne-Louise Lambert as Miranda St. Clare |
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Karen Robson as Irma Leopold |
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Jane Vallis as Marion Quade |
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Christine Schuler as Edith Horton |
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Margaret Nelson as Sara Waybourne |
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Ingrid Mason as Rosamund Swift |
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Jenny Lovell as Blanche Gifford |
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Janet Murray as Juliana |
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Wynn Roberts as Sgt. Bumpher |
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Peter Collingwood as Col. Fitzhubert |
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Olga Dickie as Mrs. Fitzhubert |
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Dominic Guard as Michael Fitzhubert |
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John Jarratt as Albert Crundall |
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Frank Gunnell as Mr. Whitehead |
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Vivienne Graves as Pupil |
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Angela Bencini as Pupil |
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Melinda Cardwell as Pupil |
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Annabel Powrie as Pupil |
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Amanda White as Pupil |
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Lindy O'Connell as Pupil |
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Verity Smith as Pupil |
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Deborah Mullins as Pupil |
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Sue Jamieson as Pupil |
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Bernadette Bencini as Pupil |
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Barbara Lloyd as Pupil |
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Kay Taylor as Mrs. Bumpher |
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Garry McDonald as Const. Jones |
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Martin Vaughan as Ben Hussey |
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John Fegan as Doc. McKenzie |
| Production | Jim McElroy | Producer |
| Directing | Peter Weir | Director |
| Editing | Max Lemon | Editor |
| Production | Hal McElroy | Producer |
| Camera | Russell Boyd | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Mark Egerton | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Kim Dalton | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Gilda Baracchi | Continuity |
| Camera | David Kynoch | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Ian Jamieson | Third Assistant Director |
| Production | A. John Graves | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Joan Lindsay | Novel |
| Art | David Copping | Art Direction |
| Production | Patricia Lovell | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Gheorghe Zamfir | Musician |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mandy Smith | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Art | Graham "Grace" Walker | Set Dresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wendy Stites | Costume Designer |
| Art | Mont Fieguth | Property Master |
| Editing | Margaret Cardin | Negative Cutter |
| Crew | Sidney L. Stebel | Script |
| Costume & Make-Up | Judith Dorsman | Costume Designer |
| Camera | David Foreman | Clapper Loader |
| Sound | Don Connolly | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Phil Smythe | Accountant |
| Art | Graham "Grace" Walker | Property Buyer |
| Lighting | Trevor Toune | Best Boy Electric |
| Art | Neil Angwin | Art Department Assistant |
| Lighting | Geoffrey Simpson | Electrician |
| Camera | Geordie Dryden | Key Grip |
| Camera | David Williamson | Focus Puller |
| Art | Christopher Webster | Assistant Art Director |
| Production | Pom Oliver | Production Secretary |
| Production | Steve Knapman | Producer's Assistant |
| Art | Bill Howe | Construction Manager |
| Sound | Sherry Bell | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Editing | Andre Fleuren | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | John Seale | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Phil Warner | Grip |
| Lighting | Tony Tegg | Gaffer |
| Sound | Joe Spinelli | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Greg Bell | Sound Editor |
| Production | Joan McIntosh | Accountant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elizabeth Mitchie | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | José Luis Pérez | Makeup Supervisor |
| Writing | Cliff Green | Screenplay |
| Sound | Bruce Smeaton | Original Music Composer |
