| Edition |
Director-approved, dual-format Blu-ray and DVD special edition. |
| Description |
1 Blu-ray disc (107 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 DVDs (4 3/4 in.) + 1 booklet (28 pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm) + 1 book (196 pages ; 17 cm). |
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digital optical 5.1 Dolby |
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digital optical mono |
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digital optical surround |
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NTSC |
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video file Blu-ray Region A |
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video file DVD video Region 1 |
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Motion picture |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 29
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Criterion collection ; 29.
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| Note |
One Blu-ray and two DVDs, with all content available in both formats. |
| System Details |
Blu-ray, widescreen (1.85:1); mono, Region A. |
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DVD, widescreen (1.78:1, 16x9) presentation; 5.1 Surround sound, Region 1. |
| Cast |
Rachel Roberts, Dominic Guard, Helen Morse, Jacki Weaver, Anne Lambert. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Russell Boyd; editor, Max Lemon; original music composed by Bruce Smeaton. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1975. |
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Based on the novel by Joan Lindsay. |
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Issued with accompanying book: Picnic at Hanging Rock / [by] Joan Lindsay. Published: New York : Penguin Books, 2014. |
| Summary |
Set at the turn of the twentieth century, the film concerns a small group of students from an all-female college and a chaperone, who vanish while on a St. Valentine's Day outing. Less a mystery than a journey into the mystic, as well as an inquiry into issues of class and sexual repression in Australian society. |
| Note |
Special features: Extended interview with Weir; New piece on the making of the film; New introduction by film scholar David Thomson, author of the new biographical dictionary of film; A recollection ... ; Homesdale (1971) an award-w inning black comedy by Weir; A booklet featuring an essay by author; new paperback edition of the novel. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG. |
| Subject |
Women college students -- Australia -- Drama.
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Women college students. |
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Australia. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Boarding schools -- Australia -- Drama.
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Boarding schools. |
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Australia -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Drama.
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Manners and customs. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Missing persons -- Australia -- Drama.
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Missing persons. |
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Lindsay, Joan Weigall, Lady -- Adaptations.
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Lindsay, Joan Weigall, Lady. |
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Boarding school students. |
| Genre/Form |
Adaptations.
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| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery films.
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Film adaptations.
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Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Detective and mystery films.
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Blu-ray discs.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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Adaptations.
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| Added Author |
Weir, Peter, 1944- film director.
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McElroy, Hal, 1946- film producer.
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McElroy, Jim, 1946- film producer.
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Green, Cliff, 1934- screenwriter.
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Roberts, Rachel, 1927-1980, actor.
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Guard, Dominic, actor.
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Weaver, Jacki, 1947- actor.
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Morse, Helen, 1947- actor.
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Lambert, Anne-Louise, actor.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Lindsay, Joan Weigall, Lady.
Picnic at Hanging Rock.
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Australian Film Commission.
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South Australian Film Corporation.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
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| Added Title |
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Motion picture) https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2019120883
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| ISBN |
9781604658422 |
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1604658428 |
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9780143126782 (paperback) |
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0143126784 (paperback) |
| Standard No. |
715515117111 (Blu-ray/DVD container) |
| Music No. |
CC2360BDDVD The Criterion Collection |
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CC2360BDDVD-1--CC2360BDDVD-3 The Criterion Collection |
