Richard Chamberlain
David Burton
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The Last Wave (also released in the United States as Black Rain) is a 1977 Australian mystery drama film directed by Peter Weir.
The Last Wave: Directed by Peter Weir. With Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, David Gulpilil, Frederick Parslow. A Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal Persons in a ritualized taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing things about himself and premonitions.
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- Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
- Peter Weir
- 1979-01
Peter Weir. The Last Wave. Richard Chamberlain stars as Australian lawyer David Burton, who takes on the defense of a group of aborigines accused of killing one of their own. He suspects the victim has been killed for violating a tribal taboo, but the defendants deny any tribal association.
- David Burton
Nov 26, 2001 · Peter Weir said he got the idea for The Last Wave when he asked himself, “What if someone with a very pragmatic approach to life experienced a premonition?” Fittingly, David’s preoccupation with the aboriginal murder is triggered by his own bad dreams.
Director Peter Weir presents a story of human beings at the mercy of nature: White Australians whose culture is firmly rooted in 20th-century hedonism, and the Aboriginals, outliers in modern ...
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- Peter Weir
- PG
- Richard Chamberlain
The seemingly normal life of Sydney lawyer David Burton (Chamberlain) is turned upside-down when he takes on a murder case and discovers that he shares a strange and unexplained mystical connection to five Aboriginal men. Written and directed by Peter Weir (Picnic at Hanging Rock, Master and Commander).
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Writer and director Peter Weir ("Gallipolli" and "Dead Poets Society" fame) remembers the making of his third feature film the acclaimed "The Last Wave" starring Richard Chamberlain. Weir reveals his thoughts about the movie and its making.
