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By Jason T (1,311) on 07 Dec 2013

While I can appreciate some if the cinematic aspects if the film I finally had to shut it off after An hour when it turned into drunk ass driving…

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By Bill B (2,505) on 17 Oct 2013

Gritty old Ozploitation, featuring themes from Long Weekend and Fair Game…

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By Glenn Dunks (375) for Onya Magazine (16) on 16 Oct 2013

If you have any interest whatsoever in discovering the true classics of Australian cinema, there are far worse places you could start than…

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By David P (1,645) on 01 Oct 2013

A 70's gem that finds snobby Brit teacher John Grant attempting to fit in to life in Aussie Land, whilst doing so he descends on a journey…

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By Thomas O (187) on 30 Aug 2013

One of very few ozploitation films verging on the boarder of masterpiece…

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By Matt C (2,668) on 17 Aug 2013

Disturbing tale of an educated outback teacher whose life, after losing all his money on the first night of a holiday in the Yabba, descends…

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By Gavin D (278) on 08 Aug 2013

Don't let the music at the beginning fool you- this is no pleasant film…

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By Jenna I (601) on 05 Jul 2013

Wake in Fright fits that category of horror without technically being horror when a civilized school teacher becomes stranded in a neverending…

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By Jay Stone (286) for Canada.com (402) on 26 Jun 2013

The movie is a combination of existential horror story (a man winds up in a small-town hell and can't leave) and an examination of male violence…

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By Tim W (1,375) on 07 Apr 2013

This a great movie! It's ruthless and uncompromising. True 70's cinema at its best. A true undiscovered gem of a film. I highly recommend it…

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By Jason Anderson (395) for The Grid (42) on 28 Mar 2013

This tale of sun-baked savagery has lost little of its audacity or ferocity while it languished unseen…

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By Sean Axmaker (1,564) for Parallax View (176) on 24 Mar 2013

The raw, sweaty 1971 film is not a pretty portrayal of life in the outback, where men are crude, hard-drinking mates with no ambition beyond…

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By Peter M (1,292) on 15 Feb 2013

This hard hitting trip though one man's hell is a must for fans of Australian cinema…

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By Lanky Man P (744) on 13 Feb 2013

A good example of house peers can influence person with booze…

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By Dan D (1,306) on 10 Feb 2013

This is a tough one to sit through, but it makes it's point powerfully. Wow…

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By Alec B (1,705) on 10 Feb 2013

Its full of shocking and uncompromising scenes, and given that it was made over 40 years ago that is impressive…

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By Adam K (1,533) on 06 Feb 2013

An intense, sharply directed film about one school teacher's downward descent into self-destruction and uncivilized behavior…

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By Kent D (108) on 20 Jan 2013

Wake in Fright is the story of John Grant, a bonded teacher who arrives in the rough outback-mining town of Bundanyabba planning to stay overnight…

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By Roman R (421) on 15 Jan 2013

Wake in Fright se siente como una cinta de culto perdida…

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By Dyl M (13) on 11 Jan 2013

WOW! What a gem. This is a prime example of why the The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences exists…

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