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Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)

PG 115 min  -  Drama | Horror | Mystery  -   2 February 1979 (USA)
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A story about the disappearance of several Appleyard College students, and a teacher, from Hanging Rock.

Director:

Peter Weir

Writers:

Joan Lindsay (novel), Cliff Green (screenplay)
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rachel Roberts Rachel Roberts ...
Mrs. Appleyard
Vivean Gray Vivean Gray ...
Miss McCraw
Helen Morse Helen Morse ...
Mlle. de Poitiers
Kirsty Child Kirsty Child ...
Miss Lumley
Tony Llewellyn-Jones Tony Llewellyn-Jones ...
Tom (as Anthony Llewellyn-Jones)
Jacki Weaver ...
Minnie
Frank Gunnell Frank Gunnell ...
Mr. Whitehead
Anne-Louise Lambert Anne-Louise Lambert ...
Miranda (as Anne Lambert)
Karen Robson Karen Robson ...
Irma
Jane Vallis Jane Vallis ...
Marion
Christine Schuler Christine Schuler ...
Margaret Nelson Margaret Nelson ...
Sara
Ingrid Mason Ingrid Mason ...
Rosamund
Jenny Lovell ...
Blanche
Janet Murray Janet Murray ...
Juliana
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Storyline

Three students and a school teacher disappear on an excursion to Hanging Rock, in Victoria, on Valentine's Day, 1900. Widely (and incorrectly) regarded as being based on a true story, the movie follows those that disappeared, and those that stayed behind, but it delights in the asking of questions, not the answering of them. Written by David Carroll <davidc@atom.ansto.gov.au>  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Rock | Teacher | Hanging | Student | Hanging Rock  | See more »

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Australia

Language:

English | French

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

El enigma en las Rocas Colgantes See more »

Box Office

Budget:

AUD 440,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$27,492 (USA) (28 June 1998) (5 Screens) (reissue)

Gross:

$84,744 (USA) (5 July 1998) (re-issue)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

 | Australia: (1998 director's cut)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1
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Trivia

Screenwriter David Williamson was originally chosen to adapt the film, but was unavailable and recommended TV writer Cliff Green. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: Miranda cuts the Valentine's Day cake with a clean kitchen knife. However, the next shot shows the cake cut down the middle, and the same knife lying beside it clean and bare, as if it had never been used. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Miranda: What we see and what we seem are but a dream, a dream within a dream.
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Connections

Referenced in Wolf Creek (2005) See more »

Soundtracks

"String Quartet in No 1 in D Major, 2nd Movement"
by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky See more »