The Last Wave

Fundraising screening.

Bar open: 4pm
Trailers & shorts: 4:40pm
Main feature: 5pm

1977 | 106m | PG Violence
Director: Peter Weir
Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, David Gulpilil

An 'Australian Day' screening of The Last Wave with all boxoffice income going to RSPCA NSW to help with looking after animals harmed during fires. Huge thanks to Umbrella Entertainment.

The Last Wave -one of the key Australian films - is about the tangible power of spiritual life directed by Peter Weir (Truman Show, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Gallipoli).

Hypnotic and fascinating, it’s a transfixing excursion into the "dream time" of Australian myth and given the current social climate, is now even more capable of inducing chills.

What it's about; - a young Sydney lawyer, David Burton (Richard Chamberlain) is requested by Legal Aid to defend a group of Aborigines who are accused of murder.

David is shown as an upper middle class yuppie-type achiever with attractive wife and two cute daughters. They reside in the suburbs of Sydney in a nicely appointed home.

His new clients are making his work quite difficult as they remain silent regarding the incidents surrounding the murder that they are accused of.

As he delves deeper into their culture, he is also fraught with lifelike dreams that are interfacing with the details of his case.

Note: All box office going to SPCA NSW