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  1. Picnic at Hanging Rock is a 1975 Australian mystery film directed by Peter Weir and based on the 1967 novel Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay. Cliff Green adapted the novel into a screenplay. The film stars Rachel Roberts, Dominic Guard, Helen Morse, Vivean Gray and Jacki Weaver.

  2. Feb 2, 1979 · A 1975 Australian mystery film directed by Peter Weir, based on a novel by Joan Lindsay. It depicts the disappearance of several students and a teacher on a picnic at Hanging Rock in 1900, and the impact on those left behind.

    • (41K)
    • Drama, Mystery
    • Peter Weir
    • 1979-02-02
  3. Picnic at Hanging Rock is an Australian historical fiction novel by Joan Lindsay. [1] The novel, set in 1900, is about a group of female students at an Australian girls' boarding school who vanish at Hanging Rock while on a Valentine's Day picnic, and the effects the disappearances have on the school and local community.

    • Joan Lindsay, Tom Wright
    • 1967
  4. Aug 2, 1998 · A haunting mystery of four girls and a teacher who disappear on a picnic at a rock in Australia in 1900. Roger Ebert explores the themes of sexual repression, colonialism and the uncanny in Peter Weir's film adaptation of Joan Leslie's novel.

  5. A classic Australian film by Peter Weir about a group of girls who vanish after a picnic at a mysterious volcanic rock. Read critics' reviews, watch the trailer, and find out where to stream or buy the movie.

    • (48)
    • Peter Weir
    • PG
    • Rachel Roberts
  6. Learn about the plot, themes, characters, and symbols of Joan Lindsay's novel Picnic at Hanging Rock, a mysterious and controversial story of four missing schoolgirls. Explore the historical and literary context, the author's biography, and the film adaptation of this Australian classic.

  7. Based on an acclaimed 1967 novel by Joan Lindsay, Picnic at Hanging Rock is set at the turn of the twentieth century and concerns a small group of students from an all-female college who vanish, along with a chaperone, while on a St. Valentine’s Day outing.