| Edition |
Two-disc special edition. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical rda |
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video file DVD video rda |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 29 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 29.
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| System Details |
DVD, widescreen (1.78:1, 16x9) presentation; 5.1 Surround sound. |
| Note |
Title from web page. |
| Cast |
Rachel Roberts, Jacki Weaver, Anne Lambert, Dominic Guard, Helen Morse. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Russell Boyd; edited by Max Lemon; Flüte de Pan played by Gheorghe Zamfir ; additional original music composed by Bruce Smeaton. |
| Audience |
Rating: PG. |
| Summary |
Set at the turn of the twentieth century, the film concerns a small group of students from an all-female college and a chaperone, who vanish while on a St. Valentine's Day outing. Less a mystery than a journey into the mystic, as well as an inquiry into issues of class and sexual repression in Australian society. |
| Note |
Special features: Extended interview with Weir; New piece on the making of the film; New introduction by film scholar David Thomson, author of the new biographical dictionary of film; A recollection ... ; Homesdale (1971) an award-winning black comedy by Weir; A booklet featuring an essay by author. |
| Subject |
Lindsay, Joan Weigall, Lady -- Film adaptations.
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Boarding school students -- Australia -- Drama.
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Boarding schools -- Australia -- Drama.
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Australia -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Weir, Peter, 1944- film director.
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McElroy, Hal, 1946- producer.
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McElroy, Jim, 1946- producer.
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Green, Cliff, 1934- writer.
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Roberts, Rachel, 1927-1980, actor.
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Guard, Dominic, actor.
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Morse, Helen, 1947- actor.
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Weaver, Jacki, 1947- actor.
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Smeaton, Bruce, composer.
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Zamfir, Gheorghe, 1941- composer.
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Boyd, Russell, 1944- cinematographer.
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Lemon, Max, 1936- film editor.
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Lindsay, Joan Weigall, Lady.,
writer. Picnic at Hanging Rock.
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Janus Films.
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McElroy & McElroy Productions.
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Australian Film Commission.
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Umbrella Entertainment (Firm)
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Picnic Productions Pty. Ltd.
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B.E.F Film Distributors Pty. Ltd.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
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| ISBN |
9781604658705 |
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1604658703 |
| Standard No. |
715515120319 |
| Music No. |
CC2381DDVD The Criterion Collection |
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CC-12031 The Criterion Collection |
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