Wake In Fright - 4K

Name: Wake In Fright - 4K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 2025-02-27
Duration: T1H49M
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Jack Thompson, John Meillon, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty

109 min | 27 Feb 2025

After a bad gambling bet, a schoolteacher is marooned in a town full of crazy, drunk, violent men who threaten to make him just as crazy, drunk, and violent.

Scanned from the original camera negative, and then colour-corrected and stabilised one shot at a time, the release of this brand new 4K restoration of Wake In Fright is a landmark moment in Australia’s cinematic history.

After wrapping up the school term in a remote outback town, teacher John Grant (Gary Bond) eagerly anticipates spending his holiday in Sydney with his girlfriend. However, his plans take a sharp detour when he is waylaid in a harsh mining town. A gambling spree leaves him completely broke and he soon falls in with the hard-drinking locals. Fueled by alcohol, they pressure him into a gruesome kangaroo hunt, pushing John into a downward spiral.

Director: Ted Kotcheff
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Jack Thompson, John Meillon, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Release Date: 27 February 2025
Runtime: 109 min