Picnic at Hanging Rock

  • Certificate:
     PG
  • Main category:
     Feature
  • Sub category:
     Drama
  • Colour / BW:
     Colour
  • Country of origin:
     Australia

Year of Production: 
1975
Running Time: 
102
Based on: 
The novel by Joan Lindsay/true events
Starring: 
Rachel Roberts, Dominic Guard, Helen Morse, Jacki Weaver, Vivean Gray, Kirsty Child, Margaret Nelson, Anne Louise Lambert, Karen Robson, Jane Vallis, Christine Schuler
Director: 
Peter Weir
Music: 
Bruce Smeaton
Producer: 
Hal McElroy, Jim McElroy
Writer: 
Cliff Green

Peter Weir's atmospheric film is based on actual events which have never been fully explained. On St Valentine's Day 1900, a group of Australian schoolgirls set out on a picnic. Two of the girls and one of the teachers mysteriously vanish, and even an extensive search turns up nothing.


Blu-ray / Normal
Distributor nameSecond Sight
AvailabilityRetail / Rental
Release Date26/07/2010
Trade Catalogue Number2NDBR 4004
Barcode5028836040040
DVD / Deluxe Edition
Distributor nameSecond Sight
AvailabilityRetail / Rental
Release Date30/06/2008
Trade Catalogue Number2NDVD 3139
Barcode5028836031390
DVD / Normal
Distributor nameFox Pathe
AvailabilityDeleted
Release Date30/06/2003
Trade Catalogue NumberP 9104 DVD
Barcode5060002832196
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