The Last Wave

Hasn't the weather been strange...could it be a warning?

The Last Wave (1977)

Timing: 1:46 (106 min)

6.7/10
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Release date

1977-12-15

Country

Australia

Production

South Australian Film Corporation, Australian Film Commission, McElroy & McElroy, Derek Power, Last Wave Productions

Genre

Mystery, Drama, Fantasy

Budget

$810 000

Revenue

$1 300 000

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Director

Peter Weir

Actors

Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, David Gulpilil, Frederick Parslow, Vivean Gray, Athol Compton, Peter Carroll, Walter Amagula, Michael Duffield, Nandjiwarra Amagula
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Scenario

Producer

Hal McElroy, Jim McElroy

Operator

Russell Boyd

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Artist

Audition

Editing

Max Lemon
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Australian lawyer David Burton agrees with reluctance to defend a group of Aboriginal people charged with murdering one of their own. He suspects the victim was targeted for violating a tribal taboo, but the defendants deny any tribal association. Burton, plagued by apocalyptic visions of water, slowly realizes danger may come from his own involvement with the Aboriginal people and their prophecies.

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