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The Last Wave

A Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal Persons in a ritualized taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing things about himself and premonitions.

Director

Peter Weir

Year

Genre

drama, fantasy, mystery

Box Office

$957

Production

Australian Film Commission,McElroy & McElroy,Derek Power,South Australian Film Corporation,Last Wave Productions

Awards

4 wins & 8 nominations

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David Burton

Richard Chamberlain

Annie Burton

Chris Lee

Rev. Burton

Frederick Parslow

Dr. Whitburn

Charlie

Nandjiwarra Amagula

Gerry Lee

Larry

Lindsey

Jacko

Michael Zeadler

Billy Corman

Judge

Andrew Potter

Michael Duffield

Morgue Doctor

Babysitter

Policeman

Zeadler's Secretary

Jennifer De Greenlaw

Prosecutor

Richard Henderson

Schoolteacher

Publican

Morgue Clerk

Guido

Don Fishburn

Malcolm Robertson

Carl

Sophie Burton

Katrina Sedgwick

Grace Burton

Guest at Party

Tony Llewellyn-Jones

Cop in Courtroom

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Chris Lee David Burton Michael Zeadler Rev. Burton Charlie Annie Burton Dr. Whitburn Grace Burton Prosecutor

You lawyers are worse than doctors - The Last Wave

You lawyers are worse than doctors

I remember one night - The Last Wave

I remember one night

I think I've got to dispel a few romantic notions - The Last Wave

I think I've got to dispel a few romantic notions

You know I'm a fourth generation Australian - The Last Wave

You know I'm a fourth generation Australian

Why is he so interested in my mother's grandfather - The Last Wave

Why is he so interested in my mother's grandfather

We're nothing but the law we learned from our forefathers - The Last Wave

We're nothing but the law we learned from our...

Why did Billy die - The Last Wave

Why did Billy die

What did I see - The Last Wave

Dream is a shadow - The Last Wave

Dream is a shadow

You're in desperate trouble - The Last Wave

You're in desperate trouble

Charlie is an owl - The Last Wave

Charlie is an owl

Aborigines believe in two forms of time - The Last Wave

Aborigines believe in two forms of time

Mulkurul - The Last Wave

You see a Mulkurul has incredible premonitory dreams - The Last Wave

You see a Mulkurul has incredible premonitory dreams

I don't like that man Mummy - The Last Wave

I don't like that man Mummy

Sometime I speak English - The Last Wave

Sometime I speak English

What do you want - The Last Wave

What do you want

Now you mustn't permit the sorry history of conflict - The Last Wave

Now you mustn't permit the sorry history of conflict

Why didn't you tell me there were mysteries - The Last Wave

Why didn't you tell me there were mysteries

We've lost our dreams - The Last Wave

We've lost our dreams

And now because of your dream and my dream too - The Last Wave

And now because of your dream and my dream too

The Mulkurul - The Last Wave

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A Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal Persons in a ritualized taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing things about himself and premonitions.

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Director: Peter Weir

Writer: Peter Weir, Tony Morphett, Petru Popescu

Production: Australian Film Commission,McElroy & McElroy,Derek Power,South Australian Film Corporation,Last Wave Productions

Genre: drama, fantasy, mystery

Year: 1977

MetaScore: 85/100

ImdbRating: 7.0

BoxOffice: $957

Released: 01 Jan 1979

Awards: 4 wins & 8 nominations

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