{"product_id":"wake-in-fright-blu-ray-limited-edition","title":"Wake in Fright (Blu-ray, Limited Edition)","description":"\u003ch3 itemprop=\"description\"\u003eAfter a bad gambling bet, a teacher is marooned in a town full of drunk, violent men who threaten to make him just as crazy, drunk, and violent.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHAVE A DRINK, MATE? HAVE A FIGHT, MATE? HAVE A TASTE OF DUST AND SWEAT, MATE? THERE'S NOTHING ELSE OUT HERE.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRaw and brutal in its depiction of Outback country drinking culture in the 1970s,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWake in Fright\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an uncompromising landmark of Australian cinema from director Ted Kotcheff (\u003ci\u003eFirst Blood\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Grant (Gary Bond,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eZulu\u003c\/i\u003e), a bored schoolteacher working in the remote outback, stops overnight in the frontier mining town of Bundanyabba on his way back to Sydney for the Christmas holidays. After he loses all his savings in a bad gambling bet, Grant finds himself marooned and swept up in the vortex of a succession of hard-drinking, hard-living and crude men led by Doc (Donald Pleasence,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHalloween\u003c\/i\u003e) who threaten to make him just as crazy, drunk, and violent as they are.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIgnored upon release,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWake in Fright\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehas now been acclaimed as one of Australia's most legendary, unique and horrifying contributions to cinema history by the likes of Martin Scorsese and Nick Cave, and is presented here in a definitive 4K restoration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eBonus Materials\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLIMITED EDITION CONTENTS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHigh Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOriginal lossless mono audio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOptional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAudio commentary by director Ted Kotcheff and editor Anthony Buckley\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAudio commentary by Peter Galvin, author of The Making of Wake in Fright\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReturn to the ‘Yabba, a featurette tracking down the film’s Broken Hill locations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTake in Fright, an interview with director of photography Brian West\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSounds of the Outback, a previously unreleased interview with sound editors Keith Palmer and Eddy Joseph\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Cinema’s Great Squeaky Bald Git, an appreciation of actor Donald Pleasence by film historian Kim Newman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Filmmaker and the Film Buff, a discussion between Philippe Mora and Paul Harris\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYer Mad, Ya Bastard!, an archive interview with director Ted Kotcheff\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNot Quite Hollywood, an archive interview with actor Jack Thompson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQ\u0026amp;A with Ted Kotcheff from the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAudio interview with Ted Kotcheff, conducted by Paul Harris\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAudio interview with composer John Scott, conducted by music historian Daniel Schweiger\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlternate scenes from Outback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2009 TV report on the rediscovery and restoration of Wake in Fright\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWho Needs Art?, a 1971 TV segment with behind-the-scenes footage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChips Rafferty obituary by Ken G. Hall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUS theatrical trailer and TV spot\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeign Visions of Local Stories, a trailer reel of Australian films helmed by overseas filmmakers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImage gallery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCollectors’ booklet featuring new writing on the film by Jay Slater, Paul Lê and David Michael Brown plus archive materials\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Jeff Marshall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"item-imagecol\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"item-imagecol\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"item-imagecol\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"item-imagecol\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"item-imagecol\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MVD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45412449779756,"sku":"760137207665","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0359\/2201\/8348\/files\/wake-in-fright-blu-ray-limited-edition-new-blu-ray-760137207665-3904344.jpg?v=1774803550","url":"https:\/\/www.orbitdvd.com\/products\/wake-in-fright-blu-ray-limited-edition","provider":"Orbit DVD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}