Wake in Fright

Wake in Fright

Have a drink, mate? Have a fight, mate? Have some dust and sweat, mate? There's nothing else out here.

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Release Date

7/21/1971

Runtime

109 mins

Overview

A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$750,000

Revenue

$371,717

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A harrowing descent into moral and physical degradation set against the harsh, indifferent Australian outback. The film traps you in a claustrophobic nightmare where every encounter pushes the protagonist further into alcoholism and desperation.

Mood

BleakUnsettlingParanoidDread-soaked

Themes

AddictionSurvivalIsolationComing apart

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticHigh-contrastDocumentary-like

Structure

Single location

Heads up

AddictionGraphic violence

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