| Record Number |
853160 |
| Title |
The last wave [videorecording]. |
| Publisher/Date |
[Australia] : Umbrella Entertainment, 2020. |
| ©1977. |
| Pagination etc. |
1 DVD-video (105 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Contents note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1977. |
| Creation Note |
Screenplay by Peter Weir, Tony Morphett, Petru Popescu ; Produced by Hal McElroy and Jim McElroy ; Directed by Peter Weir ; Director of photography, Russell Boyd ; editor, Max Lemon ; music, Charles Wain ; production designer, Goran Warff. |
| Performer note |
Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, Nandjiwarra Amagula M.B.E., David Gulpilil, Frederick Parslow, Vivean Gray, Walter Amagula, Roy Bara, Cedric Lalara, Morris Lalara. |
| Summary Note |
The story of a lawyer defending a group of aborigines accused of murder. The lawyer feels the pull of magic forces beneath the surface of civilization. |
| Target audience note |
Rating: PG - Parental guidance recommended. |
| Language note |
In English. No subtitles. |
| Subject |
Aboriginal Australians -- Drama |
| Mythology, Aboriginal Australian -- Drama |
| Dreamtime (Aboriginal Australian mythology) -- Drama |
| Trials (Manslaughter) -- Australia -- Drama |
| Lawyers -- Australia -- Drama |
| Australia -- Race relations -- Drama |
| Feature films. |
| Fiction films. |
| Added Author |
Weir, Peter, 1944- director. |
| Chamberlain, Richard, 1935- actor. |
| Gulpilil actor. |
| Hamnett, Olivia actor. |
| Popescu, Petru, 1944- screenwriter. |
| McElroy, Hal, 1946- producer. |
| McElroy, Jim, 1946- producer. |
| Morphett, Tony screenwriter. |
| Shelf Location |
DVD F LAST |
