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Release Date:
Friday, October 5, 2012 New York
Plot: What's the story about?
Wake in Fright is the story of John Grant (Gary Bond), a bonded teacher who arrives in the rough Australian outback mining town of Bundanyabba, planning to stay overnight before catching the plane to Sydney. But, as his one night stretches to five, he plunges headlong toward his own destruction. When the alcohol-induced mist lifts, the educated John Grant is no more. Instead there is a self-loathing man in a desolate wasteland, dirty, red-eyed, sitting against a tree and looking at a rifle with one bullet left.
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Production: What we know about Wake in Fright?
Key Facts
- The film made its world premiere at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival where it was nominated for a Palme D'Or and its US distribution rights were sold. Retitled Outback and hurried into a few theaters across the country, the film barely played for more than a week before it was yanked from circulation due to poor attendance and lack of advertising. Wake In Fright vanished into obscurity, barely reviewed by American critics and not ever appearing on domestic VHS or DVD.
Filming Timeline
- 2004 - December: The film was set to Completed status.
Wake in Fright Release Date: When was the film released?
Wake in Fright was a New York release in 2012 on Friday, October 5, 2012. There were 17 other movies released on the same date, including Taken 2, Frankenweenie and The Paperboy.
Wake in Fright DVD & Blu-ray Release Date: When was the film released?
Wake in Fright was released on DVD & Blu-ray on Tuesday, January 15, 2013 .