Picnic at Hanging Rock (film)

Picnic at Hanging Rock
Picnic at Hanging Rock
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Peter Weir
Screenplay by	Cliff Green
Based on	Picnic at Hanging Rock; by Joan Lindsay
Produced by	Hal McElroy; Jim McElroy
Starring	Rachel Roberts; Dominic Guard; Helen Morse; Jacki Weaver;
Cinematography	Russell Boyd
Edited by	Max Lemon
Production; companies	B.E.F. Film Distributors; South Australian Film Corporation; Australian Film Commission; McElroy & McElroy; Picnic Productions;
Distributed by	B.E.F. Film Distributors
Release date	8 August 1975;
Running time	115 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	A$443,000
Box office	A$5.12 million (Australia)

Picnic at Hanging Rock is a 1975 Australian mystery film directed by Peter Weir and based on the 1967 novel Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay. Cliff Green adapted the novel into a screenplay. The film stars Rachel Roberts, Dominic Guard, Helen Morse, Vivean Gray and Jacki Weaver. The plot involves the disappearance of several schoolgirls and their teacher during a picnic at Hanging Rock, Victoria on Valentine's Day in 1900, and the subsequent effect on the local community.

Picnic at Hanging Rock was a commercial and critical success, and helped draw international attention to the then-emerging Australian New Wave of cinema.

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