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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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By Nic H (12) on 10 Jan 2013

OVERRATED! Let me sum it up... a teacher goes to the outback, drinks with locals, kills kangaroos, nearly kills himself, then goes home…

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By Rodney S (239) on 05 Jan 2013

Crazy film about a teacher called John Grant who is trying to get to Sydney to be back with his woman but ends up getting majorly fucked up…

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By Nicholas B (317) on 30 Dec 2012

The real Australia??? We didn't think so at the time. Its more surreal than 'real' but its powerful stuff…

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By Nicki M (953) on 24 Dec 2012

Pretty grin viewing. Also a bit of animal cruelty which makes it hard to stomach. Not a bad 70's drama, but once was more than enough for me…

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By Todd G (322) on 02 Nov 2012

A genesis of drunken violence. In over his head, a teaching in the Outback suffers the hospitality of border town alcoholics and macho men…

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By Gordon B (705) on 02 Nov 2012

This sunbaked Australian thriller about a man trapped in the outback is one of the best movies about the rituals of manhood and the subtle…

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By Isaac W (70) on 02 Nov 2012

Really good outback film, I just don't like roo hunting part…

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By Molly W (36) on 27 Oct 2012

In the tradition of Walkabout, this is a great film of stepping on the slippery slope and crashing down to damnation…

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By Ubaid D (9) on 27 Oct 2012

In the tradition of Walkabout, this is a great film of stepping on the slippery slope and crashing down to damnation…

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By George H (280) on 27 Oct 2012

Unlike anything I've ever seen. This film is a total mind f***k and many of the scenes will resinate with me for a very long time…

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By Keith M (1,080) on 20 Oct 2012

I suppose this is a good specimen of the Australian new wave and if you are a professional critic then you are obliged to give this 5 stars…

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By Michael H (3,299) on 13 Oct 2012

A schoolteacher wins at gambling, loses it all, goes on a week-long bender with insane freaks in the middle of nowhere Australia and barely…

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By The Movie W (190) on 29 Sep 2012

One of the earliest entries of the Australian New Wave movement, this is a cracking tale of a middle class teacher who becomes stuck in a,…

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By Sally A (349) on 21 Sep 2012

Quite a brilliant film…

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By The Critic ( (601) on 27 Jul 2012

Not having read anything about Kotcheff's movie beforehand, I fully expected Gary Bond's fish-out-of-water teacher to be sacrificed Wicker…

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By Glenn C (227) on 24 Apr 2012

Australian cinema from the 70s really excites me and I don't think our industry has had a better era…

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