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Everett De Roche (written by)
Release Date:
29 March 1979 (USA)
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Their crime was against nature...Nature found them guilty. [DVD Australia] more
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When a suburban couple go camping for the weekend at a remote beach, they discover that nature isn't in an accommodating mood. | add synopsis
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5 wins
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the most remarkable unsettling film ever.
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | John Hargreaves | ... | Peter |
| Briony Behets | ... | Marcia |
| Mike McEwen | ... | Truck Driver |
| Roy Day | ... | Old Man |
| Michael Aitkens | ... | Bartender |
| Sue Kiss von Soly | ... | City girl |
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92 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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Cinematographer Vincent Monton said that the weather conditions while shooting the film were eerily co-operative. He said when the script would call for a scene with sunny skies the weather would be beautiful, but as the intensity and strangeness of the script grew the weather conditions would change to match the moody atmosphere of the scenes being filmed. Throughout the shoot the weather always seemed to change to suit the scene that was being made!
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Errors in geography: There are a couple of shots of a Tasmanian Devil shortly after the couple arrive at the campsite. As the name suggests, Tassie Devils live only in Tasmania. Yet the beach/camping scenes were filmed in Bega, NSW, which is a long way away, and separated by a large stretch of ocean.
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Featured in Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008)
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If you get a chance to watch this movie, just do it! That's an order!!!
The leading couple is simply excellent. The natural setting, at first enchanting, becomes more and more frightening. The atmosphere couldn't get more gruesome. Only Australian films succeed in creating so much thrills. You'll never go to the beach the way you used to. Jaws made you terrified at the idea of getting wet, Long Weekend will convince you in staying comfortably at home on holidays. What is the fun of getting lost in nature like that, anyway?
The ecological message of the script, pretty obvious, never interferes with the suspense of the story. The main characters, evidently archetypes of the modern couple, are apparently doomed from the very beginning. However, the audience gets a weird masochistic pleasure in witnessing their nightmarish destiny.
Long Weekend is an unknown masterpiece that must be seen urgently. Please do!