WAKE IN FRIGHT (1971)

Raw and uncompromising in its depiction of Australian masculinity and country culture, Ted Kotcheff's WAKE IN FRIGHT is a unique horror film - equal parts an ode to the outback and a nightmarish descent.

Featuring iconic performances from an ensemble that includes Chips Rafferty, Jack Thompson and Donald Pleasance, experience the horrifying and captivating WAKE IN FRIGHT, one of Australia's most legendary and valuable contribution to film.

Bored school teacher John Grant (Gary Bond) stops overnight in Bundanyabba, a frontier mining town, on his way to Sydney for Christmas. After a bad gambling bet, Grant is swept up in the vortex of a group of hard-drinking, hard-living, crude, vicious men who threaten to make him just as crazy, drunk, and violent.

Special Features and Techncial Specs:

DISC ONE - 4K BLU-RAY

• NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM from the original camera negative
• DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM

NEW 

• Audio Commentary by Peter Galvin, author of The Making of Wake in Fright
• Audio Commentary with Director Ted Kotcheff and Editor Anthony Buckley
• Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature

DISC TWO - BLU-RAY

• NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM from the original camera negative
• NEW Audio Commentary by Peter Galvin, author of The Making of Wake in Fright
• NEW Sunstruck (1972): a bonus feature film from the producers of WAKE IN FRIGHT
• NEW Return to the 'Yabba: a 50-minute feature tracking down the film's Broken Hill locations
• NEW Interview with Director of Photography Brian West
• NEW Not Quite Hollywood Interview with Actor Jack Thompson
• NEW The Cinema's Great Squeaky Bald Git: Kim Newman Discusses the Career of Actor Donald Pleasence
• NEW The Filmmaker and the Filmbuff: Philippe Mora and Paul Harris Discuss Wake in Fright
• NEW Foreign Visions of Local Stories: A Trailer Reel of Australian Films Helmed by Overseas Filmmakers
• NEW Interview With Composer John Scott Conducted by Music Historian Daniel Schweiger (Audio Only)
• NEW Interview with Ted Kotcheff about his career Conducted by Paul Harris (Audio Only)
• Audio Commentary with Director Ted Kotcheff and Editor Anthony Buckley
• Yer Mad, Ya Bastard! - 2008 Interview with Director Ted Kotcheff
• Q&A with Ted Kotcheff from 2009 Toronto International Film Festival
• Alternate scenes from Outback
• 7:30 Report on the Rediscovery and Restoration of Wake in Fright
• Who Needs Art? 1971 TV Segment on Wake in Fright
• Wake in Fright TV Spot
• Chips Rafferty Obituary by Ken G. Hall
• Stills Gallery
• Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature