The Last Wave (1977)
| Release Date | 05 November 1977 |
| Tagline | The Occult Forces. The Ritual Murder. The Sinister Storms. The Prophetic Dreams. The Last Wave. |
| Genre | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | Australia |
| Filming Locations | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Language | English, Italian, Aboriginal |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Disaster Film, Psychological Drama |
| Mood | Mindbenders |
| Tones | Disturbing, Dreamlike, Hallucinatory, Enigmatic, Creepy, Understated, Deliberate |
| Tags | Aborigine, Investigation, Kill, Lawyer, Murder, Prediction, Supernatural Forces, Trial [courtroom], Tribe |
The Last Wave is a 1977 Australian film directed by Peter Weir. It is about a white Australian lawyer whose seemingly normal life is disrupted after he takes on a murder case for Aborigine defendants. He discovers that he shares a strange and unexplained mystical connection to the small group of local Australian Aborigines accused of the crime.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Frederick Parslow
Rev. Burton
Vivean Gray
Dr. Whitburn
Nandjiwarra Amagula
Charlie
Walter Amagula
Gerry Lee
Roy Bara
Larry
Cedrick Lalara
Lindsey
Morris Lalara
Jacko
Peter Carroll
Michael Zeadler
Athol Compton
Billy Corman
Hedley Cullen
Judge
Michael Duffield
Andrew Potter
Wallas Eaton
Morgue Doctor
Jo England
Babysitter
John Frawley
Policeman
Jennifer De Greenlaw
Zeadler's Secretary
Richard Henderson
Prosecutor
Penny Leach
Schoolteacher
Merv Lillie
Publican
John Meagher
Morgue Clerk
Guido Rametta
Guido
Malcolm Robertson
Don Fishburn
Greg Rowe
Carl
Katrina Sedgwick
Sophie Burton
Ingrid Weir
Grace Burton
Tony Llewellyn-Jones
Guest at party
Director
Writer
Tony Morphett
Petru Popescu
Producer
Hal McElroy
producer
Jim McElroy
producer
Original Music
Charles Wain
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Cinematographer
Russell Boyd
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Editor
Max Lemon
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Production Designer
Goran Warff
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Art Director
Neil Angwin
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Set Decorator
Bill Malcolm
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Costume Designer
Annie Bleakley
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Makeup Department
Lloyd James
assistant makeup artist
José Luis Pérez
hair stylist, makeup artist
Production Manager
Ross Matthews
production manager
Beverly Davidson
unit manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Penny Chapman
third assistant director
Ian Jamieson
second assistant director
John Robertson
first assistant director
Art Department
Kevin Brewer
property buyer: South Australia
Greg Brown
construction manager: New South Wales
John Carroll
property buyer: New South Wales
Ron Fletcher
stagehand
Ken Hazelwood
carpenter
Ken James
stand-by propsman
Clark Munro
property buyer: South Australia
Herbert Pinter
construction manager: South Australia
Philip Worth
set maker
Sound Department
Greg Bell
sound editor
Helen Brown
assistant sound editor
Don Connolly
sound recordist
David Cooper
boom operator
Phil Judd
sound mixer
Special Effects
Mont Fieguth
special effects
Bob Hilditch
special effects
Dennis Smith
special effects assistant
Camera and Electrical Department
Alan Dunstan
best boy
David Foreman
clapper loader
George Greenough
additional photographer, underwater photographer
Klaus Jaritz
additional photographer
Keith Johnson
electrician
David Kynoch
still photographer
Merv McLaughlin
key grip
Mick Morris
electrician
Paul Moyes
electrician
John Seale
camera operator
Ron Taylor
additional photographer, underwater photographer
Tony Tegg
lighting technician, gaffer
Michael White
assistant grip
David Williamson
focus puller
Sam Bienstock
electrician
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Daro Gunzberg
stand-by wardrobe
Editorial Department
Peter Fletcher
assistant editor
Justin Milne
assistant editor
James Parsons
color consultant
Other Crew
Su Armstrong
production secretary
Gilda Baracchi
continuity
Lance Bennett
advisor: tribal Aboriginal matters
Penny Carl
production accountant
Beverly Davidson
location manager: South Australia
Fiona Gosse
secretary to producers
Philip Hearnshaw
production assistant: New South Wales
Frank Manley
caterer
Rod McMorran
production assistant: New South Wales
Mark Patterson
unit runner: South Australia
Brian Trenchard-Smith
promotional consultant
Production Company
Australian Film Commission, The
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Ayer Productions
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Derek Power
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McElroy & McElroy
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Distributor
United International Pictures (UIP)
United International Pictures (UIP)
World Northal
CBS Television
Warner Home Video
Rhino Home Video
Criterion Collection, The
Aquarius TV
Kinowelt Home Entertainment
LW Editora
Europa Film
Warner Home Video
Miscellaneous
Atlab
sound post-production, laboratory
M & L Casting Consultants
casting
Optical & Graphics
optical effects
S.A. Railways
catering
South Australian Film
post-production facilities, sound post-production, set construction
Spectrum Films International
post-production facilities
Related Lists
Navigation Boxes
Films directed by Peter Weir
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Fearless (1993)
Gallipoli (1981)
Green Card (1990)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
The Cars That Eat People (1974)
The Last Wave
The Mosquito Coast (1986)
The Plumber (1979)
The Truman Show (1998)
The Way Back (2010)
Witness (1985)
