Picnic at Hanging Rock
On St. Valentine's Day in 1900 a party of schoolgirls set out to picnic at Hanging Rock…Some were never to return.
Country
Production
Budget
$440 000
Box office
$49 582
Director
Actors
Rachel Roberts, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse, Kirsty Child, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Jacki Weaver, Anne-Louise Lambert, Karen Robson, Jane Vallis, Christine Schuler
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Hal McElroy, Jim McElroy, A. John Graves, Patricia Lovell
Camera operator
Composer
Bruce Smeaton
Artist
Christopher Webster
Audition
Editing
Max Lemon
Whole Team (46)
Whole Team (46)
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on Joan Lindsay's novel 'Picnic at Hanging Rock' (1967).
- The watches of all the crew members at Hanging Rock started to run fast.
- Both Joan Lindsay’s book and Peter Weir’s film begin on February 14, 1900, that is, on Valentine’s Day.
- Rachel Roberts landed the role of the Appleyard House mistress by chance. Vivienne Merchant was originally cast, but fell seriously ill during a stopover in Hong Kong on her way to Australia, and Roberts replaced her just days before filming.
- In 1998, director Peter Weir released his version of the film, which has a shorter runtime – 107 minutes.
- The film states that February 14, 1900, fell on a Saturday, which is inaccurate – it was a Wednesday.
- The film is based on the novel 'Picnic at Hanging Rock' (1967) by Joan Lindsay.
- Both Joan Lindsay's book and Peter Weir's film begin on February 14, 1900—that is, on Valentine's Day.
- Rachel Roberts landed the role of the mistress of Appleyard by chance. The part was intended for Vivienne Merchant, but during a stopover in Hong Kong on her way to Australia, the actress fell seriously ill, and Roberts replaced her just a few days before filming began.
- In 1998, director Peter Weir released his own version of the film, which has a shorter runtime of 107 minutes.
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