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The best Australian film you've never seen.(Wake in Fright)(Critical essay)
WAKE IN FRIGHT (also known as Outback) is arguably Australia s greatest feature film, but for the best part of thirty years it has been next to impossible to see. Kenneth Cook's novel is still in print, but the film adaptation has long been out of circulation. Until very recently the negative appeared to have been lost forever.
In the last few years there has been no shortage of taxpayer-funded Australian films that hardly anyone wants to see (along with one or two good ones), but here is a film with a high critical reputation that was allowed to fade into obscurity. In 2004 it was reported that a negative had been discovered in a warehouse in Pittsburgh inside a ...
- Wake in fright.(Letter to the editor)
- Magazine article from: Quadrant Boland, Peter March 1, 2007 700+ words
SIR: Regarding Simon Caterson's article on Wake in Fright (January-February 2006). The film's location...it was screened at Broken Hill. The core problem in Wake in Fright is alcohol, which is an affliction of the Western...
- Night fright: Night noises, sleeping problems cause fear for some seniors.
- Newspaper article from: Lima News (Lima, OH) September 19, 2006 700+ words
...almost every night: something wakes him up, he's confused. If...but experts call it "night fright," an unreasonable fear of...those who live alone. Night fright is caused by a combination of...other dementias. For many night fright sufferers and their caregivers...
- Do-it-yourself fright night // 10 Videocassettes guaranteed to bring halloween...
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times LLOYD SACHS October 31, 1986 700+ words
...videocassette for those interested in mounting a fright festival in the friendly confines of their...penetrate my consciousness and I would wake with a start, hearing it as a supernatural...about to bite into. In putting together a fright festival, you'll no doubt choose some...
- RATING THE FRIGHT IN A TOUR OF TERROR.(What's Happening)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Parvaz, D. October 22, 1999 700+ words
...through ``The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' or do you whimper with fright at the recollection of Alice Cooper videos?). We sampled...about to walk into. Screams: It's loud enough to, well, wake the dead (insert maniacal laughter here). If you're easily...
- Stage fright hits Broadway; Investors' fears lower the curtain on producers'...
- Magazine article from: Crain's New York Business Souccar, Miriam Kreinin May 14, 2001 700+ words
...to turn away eager investors. Those days are gone. In the wake of the Nasdaq crash and the daily clamor of companies' layoff...s bright lights have suddenly developed a bad case of stage fright. As a result, after five deliciously fat years, producers...
- Telling tales of fright and determination. (My Toughest Assignment).(renovating...
- Magazine article from: Hotels Strauss, Karyn Weinstein, Jeff March 1, 2003 700+ words
...PBX switchboard. There it was---before the hotel closed a wake-up call was put in for room 104 at 8:30 a.m. It was ringing...next morning I was in room 104 at 8:30 a.m. to receive the wake up call myself. However, I did not forget to have an extra...
- Economy Still A Fright Fest For HY.
- Newspaper article from: High Yield Report Sheahan, Matthew June 23, 2008 700+ words
...amp; Poor's put PNA on review for a possible upgrade in the wake of the acquisition news. PNA's 10.75% notes due 2016 gained...75. Claire's Stores saw its bonds continue to drop in the wake of its poor returns. The Pembroke Pines, Fla.-based retailer...
- Fright night ghost watch.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) August 22, 2003 700+ words
...tonight to mark a ghastly event - the 450th anniversary of the execution Sir John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland. It comes in the wake of apparent apparitions of the duke, who was the former owner. Sir John was executed in 1553 following a plot to prevent Mary...
Source: HighBeam Research, The best Australian film you've never seen.(Wake in Fright)(Critical...