| Picnic at Hanging Rock | |
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| Directed by | Peter Weir |
| Screenplay by | Cliff Green |
| Based on | Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay |
| Produced by | Hal McElroy Jim McElroy |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Russell Boyd |
| Edited by | Max Lemon |
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| Distributed by | B.E.F. Film Distributors |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | A$443,000[1] |
| Box office | A$5.12 million (Australia) |
Picnic at Hanging Rock is a 1975 Australian mystery film directed by Peter Weir and based on the 1967 novel Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay. Cliff Green adapted the novel into a screenplay. The film stars Rachel Roberts, Dominic Guard, Helen Morse, Vivean Gray and Jacki Weaver. The plot involves the disappearance of several schoolgirls and their teacher during a picnic at Hanging Rock, Victoria on Valentine's Day in 1900, and the subsequent effect on the local community.
Picnic at Hanging Rock was a commercial and critical success, and helped draw international attention to the then-emerging Australian New Wave of cinema.