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Wake in Fright · 4K + Blu-ray Australia

Best Release

Umbrella Entertainment

Released 2025-06-04 · Australia

Director

Ted Kotcheff

Genre

Drama, Thriller

Sub-Genre

Action Thriller

Box Office

$50,394

Cast

Donald Pleasence, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay

Runtime

1 hour and 49 minutes (109 minutes)

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What's in the box

Packaging
Keepcase
In the box
Also available with a slipcover exclusively at the Umbrella Web Store . Also available in a Collector's Edition exclusively at the Umbrella Web Store
which includes: - A 242 page hardback book with original screenplay
artwork
experiences
essays by Anthony Buckley
Peter Galvin
Gregory Marks and Paul Harris plus an in depth analysis by Tina Kaufman - A 144 page hardback book of the original Kenneth Cook novel 'Wake In Fright' - Clear orange plastic slip over rigid case - Custom artwork rigid case
slipcover
books and poster designed by Time Tomorrow - 8 artcards - A3 reversible poster Also available in The Yabba Collector's Edition exclusively at the Umbrella Web Store
which includes: - Exclusive custom designed t-shirt by Hollow Bones - Wake In Fright Two-Up set with authentic British pennies - includes instructions - Beer pot glass with beer coaster - A 242 page hardback book with original screenplay
artwork
experiences
essays by Anthony Buckley
Peter Galvin
Gregory Marks and Paul Harris plus an in depth analysis by Tina Kaufman - A 144 page hardback book of the original Kenneth Cook novel 'Wake In Fright' - Clear orange plastic slip over rigid case - Custom artwork rigid case
slipcover
books and poster designed by Time Tomorrow - 8 artcards - A3 reversible poster
Discs
2 discs — DISC ONE | DISC TWO
Video
1.85:1 · Dolby Vision + HDR10
Audio
other other
Subtitles
English HoH

Special features

DISC ONE (Blu-ray 4K)

  • The Film
  • (1) Audio Commentary by author and critic Peter Galvin, author of The Making of Wake in Fright (2025)
  • (2) Audio Commentary with director Ted Kotcheff and editor Anthony Buckley (2013)
  • 4K Restoration Trailer (1:26)

DISC TWO (Blu-ray)

  • The Film
  • (1) Audio Commentary by author and critic Peter Galvin, author of The Making of Wake in Fright (2025)
  • (2) Audio Commentary with director Ted Kotcheff and editor Anthony Buckley (2013)
  • Return to the 'Yabba (2025 documentary) (49:46)
  • Yer Mad, Ya Bastard! (2008 with director Ted Kotcheff) (12:57)
  • 2009 Q&A with Ted Kotcheff at the Toronto International Film Festival (45:51)
  • + 28 more
    Take in Fright (2025 interview with director of photography Brian West) (20:42)
    Not Quite Hollywood (2008 interview with actor Jack Thompson) (6:50)
    The Cinema's Great Squeaky Bald Git: Kim Newman Discusses the Career of Actor Donald Pleasence (2025 interview) (14:51)
    The Filmmaker and the Filmbuff: Philippe Mora and Paul Harris Discuss Wake in Fright (2025 conversation) (20:07)
    Alternate scenes from "Outback (10:40)
    7:30 Report (on the Rediscovery and Restoration of Wake in Fright) (6:35)
    Audio interview with Ted Kotcheff about his career Conducted by Paul Harris (130:27)
    Audio interview with Composer John Scott Conducted by Music Historian Daniel Schweiger (15:31)
    Who Needs Art? (1971 TV Segment on Wake in Fright) (5:52)
    TV Spot (0:31)
    Chips Rafferty Obituary by Ken G. Hall (3:27)
    Stills Gallery (5:00)
    Foreign Visions of Local Stories: A Trailer Reel of Australian Films Helmed by Overseas Filmmakers (38:13)
    The Overlanders
    Bitter Springs
    A Town Like Alice
    The Siege of Pinchgut
    The Sundowners
    They're a Weird Mob
    The High Commissioner (AKA Nobody Runs Forever)
    Age of Consent
    Walkabout
    Sunstruck
    Sidecar Racers
    The Pyjama Girl Case
    The Earthling
    The Coca Cola Kid
    Sunstruck (1972 bonus film) (91:52)

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