Picnic at Hanging Rock

Theatrical - Wide 1975-09-02

Cast Jacki Weaver Anne-Louise Lambert John Jarratt
Directed by Peter Weir

Box Office Gross: $5,125,000

Running Time: 107 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: McElroy & McElroy, Picnic Productions Pty. Ltd., British Empire Films Australia, Australian Film Commission, South Australian Film Corporation

Genres: Drama Mystery

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In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine’s Day, the school’s typically strict headmistress treats the girls to a picnic field trip to an unusual but scenic volcanic formation called Hanging Rock. Despite rules against... See more it, Miranda and several other girls venture off. It’s not until the end of the day that the faculty realizes the girls and one of the teachers have disappeared mysteriously.

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