The Last Wave

"Hasn't the weather been strange...could it be a warning?"

Jan 18 1979 PG 1h 46m
Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Australian lawyer David Burton agrees with reluctance to defend a group of Aboriginal people charged with murdering one of their own. He suspects the victim was targeted for violating a tribal taboo, but the defendants deny any tribal association. Burton, plagued by apocalyptic visions of water, slowly realizes danger may come from his own involvement with the Aboriginal people and their prophecies.

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Plot

A Sydney lawyer has more to worry about than higher-than-average rainfall when he is called upon to defend five Aboriginals in court. Determined to break their silence and discover the truth behind the hidden society he suspects lives in his city, the Lawyer is drawn further, and more intimately, into a prophesy that threatens a new Armageddon, wherein all the continent shall drown.

Written by

Peter Weir, Tony Morphett, Petru Popescu

Directed by

Peter Weir

Cast

Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, David Gulpilil

Crew

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Production Countries

Australia

Production Companies

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

Languages

Italiano, English

Awards

4 wins & 8 nominations total

Trailers
THE LAST WAVE (1977) TRAILER
THE LAST WAVE Trailer [1977]
Featurettes
Peter Weir talks about The Last Wave (1977)
CBS Late Movie promo The Last Wave 1981
Brian Trenchard-Smith on THE LAST WAVE
Scores
# of Votes
11,525
Average Rating
6.9 out of 10
Metascore
85
Popularity
NA