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The Last Wave(Movie, 1977)

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| 1h 46min | Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Drama
The Last WaveRating: 3.4/5 (with 7575 votes)
The Last Wave (also released in the United States as Black Rain) is a 1977 Australian mystery drama film directed by Peter Weir. It is about a white solicitor in Sydney whose seemingly normal life is disrupted after he takes on a murder case and discovers that he shares a strange, mystical connection with the small group of local Aboriginal people accused of the crime. ()
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Awards & Nominations for The Last Wave

Sitges Film Festival Best Actor Award 2x AACTA Award for Best Cinematography 2x AACTA Award for Best Sound AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role AACTA Award for Best Cinematography AACTA Award for Best Direction AACTA Award for Best Editing AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score AACTA Award for Best Original Screenplay AACTA Award for Best Sound

About The Last Wave

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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Trailer for The Last Wave + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

THE LAST WAVE Trailer [1977](Trailer, 2:49)

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Additional Information

Production country: Australia
Shot in: Sydney
Plays in: Sydney
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN), Italian (IT)
Translated into 17 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 10/06/1978 (World premiere: 12/15/1977)
Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Vivean Gray, Olivia Hamnett, David Gulpilil, John Frawley, Peter J. Carroll
Director: Peter Weir
Producer: Hal and Jim McElroy
Screenwriter: Peter Weir
Director of Photography: Russell Boyd
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"A Última Onda"
"Die letzte Flut"
"Black Rain"
Budget: 810,000 USD
Revenue: 1,258,000 USD (= 155%)

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