Episode 271: Wake in Fright (1971)

The Projection Booth Podcast

The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2016

⏱️ 223 minutes

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Summary

Based on the novel by Kenneth Cook, Ted Kotcheff's Wake in Fright stars Gary Bond as a teacher in the Outback who loses all his money and goes on a wild, bloody holiday.

Maurice Bursztynski of the See/Hear and Love That Album podcast and Maitland McDonagh join Mike to discuss the film. The episode also features interviews with director Ted Kotcheff, editor Anthony Buckley, and actor Jack Thompson.
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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:04.6	Christopher Media. Let's make some noise.
0:08.5	In Northern Australia, there are 5,000 square miles of sand, scrub, and searing heat.
0:18.2	A desolate, primitive place that can take a man and destroy.
0:25.9	They call it the Outback, rated R.
0:34.5	Welcome to the projection booth. I'm your host, Mike White.
0:37.1	Joining me once again is Ms. Maitland McDonough.
0:39.6	Pleasure to be here.
0:40.7	Also with this this week is Mr. Maurice Brzeinsky of The See Here and Love That
0:44.8	Album Podcasts.
0:46.1	Before we start, can I get either of you, too, a beer?
0:48.7	This week, we're looking at the 1971 film from director Ted Kachif, Wake and Fright, also known as Outback.
0:55.1	The film tells the tale of John Grant, played by Gary Bond.
0:58.6	He's stuck way back in the Outback in Tebunda, where he's a teacher in a one-room schoolhouse.
1:05.0	He's no Conrack as he wants to get the hell out of there, and the end of his contract can't come soon enough.
1:10.6	When Christmas
1:11.2	holiday rolls around, he's excited to get to Sydney as fast as he can, but before he can do
1:16.1	that, however, he stops over in Bundayaba, where he manages to lose all his money betting and
1:22.1	spends the rest of the film drifting from one situation to another. There's going to be a lot of beer
1:26.7	and many spoilers in this episode.
1:28.4	If you can't handle either of those things, please go watch the movie, have a drink,
1:32.4	maybe have a pint, and come back to the discussion.
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