Wake in Fright (1971)

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   MrE2Me

   Terrific film about the destructive influence a small, isolated Australian town has on a schoolteacher.
   
   Animal lovers take note - the kangaroo killings are real, and pretty disturbing (which was the intent, no doubt). 13 years 7 months ago
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   Monteyn

   A great movie to watch while getting drunk. The kafkaesque hopelessness strangled my neck though for a good two or three minutes. I couldn't breathe for a while. 10 years 11 months ago
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   monty

   Director Ted Kotcheff and his crew accompanied a real-life cull of the animals for the making of the film. The kangaroos were shot so their hides could be used for making soft toys and the meat sold for dog food.
   The director said: "I did not use 75% of what I filmed that night as it was too bloody and horrifying...The Royal Australian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals kept urging me to use this footage because they wanted Australians and the world to see what was being done to kangaroos in the outback: the wholesale slaughter and carnage being committed every night." 10 years 5 months ago

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