Wake in Fright (1971)
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100% of critics liked it
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83% of users liked it
(1,677 ratings)
Awe-inspiring, brutal and stunning, 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 before catching the plane to Sydney. But, as his one night stretches to five, he plunges headlong toward his own… More Awe-inspiring, brutal and stunning, 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 before catching the plane to Sydney. But, as his one night stretches to five, he plunges headlong toward his own destruction. When the alcohol-induced mist lifts, the educated John Grant is no more. Instead there is a self-loathing man in a desolate wasteland, dirty, red-eyed, sitting against a tree and looking at a rifle with one bullet left... Believed lost for many years, Wake in Fright has been painstakingly restored by Australia's National Film and Sound Archive and AtLab Deluxe, and is presented in its original uncompromising form. -- (C) Drafthouse Films
- Directed By
- Ted Kotcheff
- Written By
- Kenneth Cook, Evan Jones
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Drama
R,
- In Theaters
- Oct 5, 2012 Limited
- Studio
- Drafthouse Films
Critic Reviews
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Tirdad Derakhshani, Philadelphia Inquirer
Wake in Fright is essential viewing for anyone interested in the roots of male violence.
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Drew Hunt, Chicago Reader
A Conradian parable of a man succumbing to the wild, the film is remarkable for its raw, pointed dithe suggests, and you'll find the beast concealed behind the mask of propriety.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
It is powerful, genuinely shocking and rather amazing.
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John Hartl, Seattle Times
Several decades later, it still chills.
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Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
"Wake in Fright" is true horror.
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Cast
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Gary Bond
as John Grant
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Donald Pleasence
as Doc Tydon
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Chips Rafferty
as Jock Crawford
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Sylvia Kay
as Janette Hynes
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Jack Thompson
as Dick
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Al Thomas
as Tim Hynes
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Peter Whittle
as Joe
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John Meillon
as Charlie
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John Armstrong
as Atkins
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Slim de Grey
as Jarvis
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Maggie Dence
as Receptionist
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Norman Erskine
as Joe the Cook
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Buster Fiddess
as Charlie Jones
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Tex Foote
as Stubbs
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Nancy Knudsen
as Robyn
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Dawn Lake
as Joyce
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Harry Lawrence
as Higgins
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Bob McDarra
as Pig Eyes
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Owen Moase
as 1st Controller
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John Dalleen
as 2nd Controller
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Colin Hughes
as Stockman
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Mark "Jacko" Jackson
as Van Driver
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Carlo Marchini
as Poker Player
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Liam Reynolds
as Miner
