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The Last Wave
A Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal people in a ritualised taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing truths about himself and premonitions.
1977 · Directed by Peter Weir · 106 min · Drama · Mystery · Fantasy · 11 frames
Tagline
Hasn't the weather been strange ...could it be a warning?
Crew
- Screenplay: Peter Weir, Petru Popescu, Tony Morphett
- Cinematography: Russell Boyd
- Edited by: Max Lemon
- Music: Groove Myers
- Produced by: Hal McElroy, Jim McElroy
Cast
- Richard Chamberlain as David Burton
- Olivia Hamnett as Annie Burton
- David Gulpilil as Chris Lee
- Nandjiwarra Amagula as Charlie
- Frederick Parslow as Rev. Burton
- Vivean Gray as Dr. Whitburn
- Walter Amagula as Gerry Lee
- Roy Bara as Larry
- Cedrick Lalara as Lindsey
- Morris Lalara as Jacko
Production
- Country: Australia
- Language: English
- Studios: Australian Film Commission, McElroy & McElroy, Derek Power, South Australian Film Corporation
- Budget: $825,000
- Box office: $2,124,250
- Themes: sydney, australia, australia, beach, dreams, nightmare, court, voodoo, paranoia, rain, surrealism
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