【Classics One on One】Picnic at Hanging Rock (50th Anniversary 4K Restoration)
★ One of The Truman Show director Peter Weir's masterpieces
★ Adapted by Joan Lindsay’s novel Picnic at Hanging Rock
★ Best Cinematography, BAFTA, 1977
In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day, the school's typically strict headmistress treats the girls to a picnic field trip to an unusual but scenic volcanic formation called Hanging Rock. Despite rules against it, Miranda and several other girls venture off. It's not until the end of the day that the faculty realizes the girls and one of the teachers have disappeared mysteriously.
Director: Peter Weir
Cast: Rachel Roberts, Dominic Guard, Helen Morse, Jacki Weaver
 | About the Director Peter Weir is an Australian retired film director. He is known for directing films crossing various genres over forty years with films such as Picnic at Hanging Rock, Gallipoli, Witness, The Truman Show and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. He has received six Academy Award nominations. In 2022, he was awarded the Academy Honorary Award for his lifetime achievement career. In 2024, he received an honorary life-time achievement award at the Venice Film Festival (Golden Lion). | |