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Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) – extended cinema trailer
Title:
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) – extended cinema trailer
NFSA ID
18571
Year
1975
Courtesy
Picnic Productions
The original Picnic at Hanging Rock trailer which screened ahead of the film’s Australian cinema release in August 1975. It features narration by Sydney radio presenter John Laws.
Viewers are advised that this trailer contains language that may cause offence, and should be viewed in its historical context.
On Valentine's Day 1900, a party of schoolgirls went on a picnic to Hanging Rock. Some were never to return...
Read an interview with Peter Weir in which the director remembers the ‘strange, beautiful and haunting’ world of the film, and talks about how he shaped it.
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