The Last Wave (1977) ( Black Rain )

The Last Wave (1977) (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Black Rain
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Australian Film Institute
Catalonian International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
Italian ( Mono )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
100 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1977 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Peter Weir

Written By:
Peter Weir (screenplay) &
Tony Morphett (screenplay) ...

Actors:
Richard Chamberlain ..... David Burton
Olivia Hamnett ..... Annie Burton
David Gulpilil ..... Chris Lee (as Gulpilil)
Frederick Parslow ..... Rev. Burton
Vivean Gray ..... Dr. Whitburn
Nandjiwarra Amagula ..... Charlie
Walter Amagula ..... Gerry Lee
Roy Bara ..... Larry
Cedrick Lalara ..... Lindsey
Morris Lalara ..... Jacko
Peter Carroll ..... Michael Zeadler
Athol Compton ..... Billy Corman
Hedley Cullen ..... Judge
Michael Duffield ..... Andrew Potter
Wallas Eaton ..... Morgue Doctor

Synopsis:

Peter Weir follows up on his critically acclaimed masterpiece Picnic at Hanging Rock with this surrealist psychological drama. The film opens with a freak hailstorm in Australia's outback. Cut to David Burton (Richard Chamberlain), a well-to-do Sydney corporate lawyer plagued by visions of impending doom who is assigned to defend five accused of murdering a fellow Aborigine. The case itself proves to be mysterious -- no exact cause of death can be determined by the pathologist, and the accused remain strangely tight-lipped about the whole affair. As his visions grow increasingly weird and intense, Burton sees in his dream one of the five Aborigines, Chris (David Gulpili of Walkabout fame), who is drenched and clutching a sacred rock. Burton's interest in the case slides into complete obsession, and he comes to believe that not only was the murder related to an underground urban tribe of Aborigines but that Australia is about to be decimated by a massive, apocalyptic tidal wave.

A Sydney lawyer has more to worry about than higher-than-average rainfall when he is called upon to defend five Aboriginals in court. Determined to break their silence and discover the truth behind the hidden society he suspects lives in his city, the Lawyer is drawn further, and more intimately, into a prophesy that threatens a new Armageddon, wherein all the continent shall drown.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 09 June, 2009.