Picnic at Hanging Rock is a 1975 Australian drama movie.
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It was directed by Peter Weir. It stars Anne-Louise Lambert, Helen Morse, Rachel Roberts and Vivean Gray. The movie is from the book Picnic at Hanging Rock, by author Joan Lindsay.
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Directed by | Peter Weir |
Written by | Novel: Joan Lindsay Screenplay: Cliff Green |
Produced by | Executive producer: A. John Graves Patricia Lovell Producer: Hal McElroy Jim McElroy |
Starring | Anne-Louise Lambert Rachel Roberts Vivean Gray Helen Morse Kirsty Child Dominic Guard |
Cinematography | Russell Boyd |
Edited by | Max Lemon |
Music by | Non-original music: Johann Sebastian Bach Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ludwig van Beethoven |
Distributed by | Greater Union (AUS) G.T.O. Films (UK) Atlantic Releasing (US) |
Release dates | Australia: 8 August 1975 United Kingdom: 31 October 1976 United States: November 1976 (Chicago International Film Festival) 2 February 1979 (wide) |
Running time | 115 minutes |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Budget | $440,000 |
The film tells the story of the disappearance of several schoolgirls and their teacher. They disappear during a picnic to Hanging Rock, Victoria, on St. Valentine's Day in 1900. The movie shows the effect on the local community.
Picnic at Hanging Rock made $5,120,000 in ticket sales in Australia.
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