The Last Wave (1977)

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106 min - Drama | Mystery | Thriller - January 1979 (USA)

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Reviews: 39 user | 50 critic | 5 from Metacritic.com

A Sydney lawyer defends five Aborigines in a ritualized taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing things about himself.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Richard Chamberlain	...	David Burton
	Olivia Hamnett	...	Annie Burton
	David Gulpilil	...	Chris Lee (as Gulpilil)
	Frederick Parslow	...	Rev. Burton
	Vivean Gray	...	Dr. Whitburn
	Nandjiwarra Amagula	...	Charlie
	Walter Amagula	...	Gerry Lee
	Roy Bara	...	Larry
	Cedrick Lalara	...	Lindsey
	Morris Lalara	...	Jacko
	Peter Carroll	...	Michael Zeadler
	Athol Compton	...	Billy Corman
	Hedley Cullen	...	Judge
	Michael Duffield	...	Andrew Potter
	Wallas Eaton	...	Morgue Doctor

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A Sydney lawyer has more to worry about than higher-than-average rainfall when he is called upon to defend five Aboriginals in court. Determined to break their silence and discover the truth behind the hidden society he suspects lives in his city, the Lawyer is drawn further, and more intimately, into a prophesy that threatens a new Armageddon, wherein all the continent shall drown. Written by David Carroll <davidc@atom.ansto.gov.au>

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Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Country:

Australia

Language:

English | Italian (only a few words) | Aboriginal (some dialogue)

Release Date:

January 1979 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Black Rain See more »

Filming Locations:

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia See more »

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Budget:

AUD 810,000 (estimated)

Gross:

AUD 1,258,000 (Australia)

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Australian Film Commission, The, Ayer Productions, Derek Power See more »

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106 min

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Mono

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1.85 : 1

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Third theatrical feature film for director Peter Weir after Weir's The Cars That Eat People and Picnic at Hanging Rock. It's Weir's fourth if you count his 50 minute short-feature Homesdale as a feature. See more »

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Charlie: Sometines I speak English. Sometines I don't.
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Referenced in "HBO First Look: The Making of 'Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World' (#10.19)" (2003) See more »

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