Wake in Fright

Name: Wake in Fright
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1971
Rating: 82.905
Cast: Gary Bond, Donald Pleasence, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay, Jack Thompson

1971·Movie

1h 49min

Ratings

82/100

My ScoreNot Rated

7.5

85|7.0

96|83

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About

Have a drink, mate? Have a fight, mate? Have some dust and sweat, mate? There's nothing else out here.

A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.

DNA

Genres: Psychological Thriller
Mood: DarkHauntingUnsettlingBleakTense
Themes: Click below to reveal spoilers
Loss Of InnocenceThe Human ConditionMoral AmbiguityIdentity CrisisThe Cost Of AmbitionIsolation
Plot: Click below to reveal spoilers
Small-Town SettingDescent Into MadnessAlcohol-Induced HazeGambling ObsessionCulture ShockUncontrollable Events
Pacing: FastUnrelenting
Narrative: Episodic StructureReal-Time NarrativeProgressive
Dialog: Fast-Paced ExchangesColloquial Language
Character Types: VillainInnocentEveryman
Time: 1970s
Place: Urban CityscapeRural CountrysideOutback Australia
Cinematic Style: Documentary StyleLong TakesHandheld Camera Work
Costume and Set: Rustic SettingsPeriod-Accurate Costumes

Sequels and Prequels

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Crew

Directed by:

Ted Kotcheff, Brian West, Howard Rubie

Produced by:

George Willoughby, Maurice Singer, Howard G. Barnes

Composed by:

John Scott

Cast

Gary Bond

John Grant

Donald Pleasence

Doc Tydon

Chips Rafferty

Jock Crawford

Sylvia Kay

Janette Hynes

Jack Thompson

Dick

Peter Whittle

Joe

John Meillon

Charlie

Maggie Dence

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