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Wake in Fright

1971 · 109 min

A sweltering, beer-soaked descent into psychological hell that feels like a fever dream you can't wake from.

Directed by: Ted Kotcheff
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty

Tagline: Have a drink, mate? Have a fight, mate? Have some dust and sweat, mate? There's nothing else out here.
Overview: A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.

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Directed by: Ted Kotcheff
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 3 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
addiction
madness
identity
survival
Places: small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	7
Darkness	9
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama, thriller
Directed by: Ted Kotcheff
Written by: Evan Jones, Ted Kotcheff
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay, Jack Thompson, Peter Whittle, Al Thomas, John Meillon
Music: John Scott
Cinematography: Brian West
Runtime: 109 min
Country: Australia, United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages: English

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