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Feb 19, 2010 · 2.3M views 14 years ago. Wolf Creek Internet Trailer, featuring clips of Mick Taylor (John Jarratt.) The Internet Trailer introduces the meeting of the three travellers, plus the beginning of...
YouTube Movies & TV. 181M subscribers. Subscribed. 4.3K. ...more. Stranded backpackers in remote Australia fall prey to a murderous bushman who offers to fix their car, then takes them captive....
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In 1999, two British tourists, Liz Hunter and Kristy Earl, are backpacking across Australia with Ben Mitchell, an Australian friend. Ben buys a dilapidated car for their journey from Broome to Cairns, Queensland via the Great Northern Highway. The trio makes a stop at Wolf Creek National Park. Hours later, they discover that their watches have stop...
Inspiration and screenplay
Writer-director Greg McLean wrote the screenplay for Wolf Creek in 1997. The original screenplay resembled a straightforward slasher film, and McLean was ultimately displeased with the final product. After seeing media on serial killer Ivan Milat, McLean was inspired to rewrite the screenplay. He later said in subsequent interviews that he crafted the character of Mick Taylor based on archetypal "famous Australian exports" such as Steve Irwin, combined with darker national figures, such as Mi...
Casting
John Jarratt was cast in the role of Mick Taylor after having a meeting with McLean; Jarratt would later recall being significantly impressed by the screenplay, and McLean knew "within ten minutes" of their meeting that he was the right actor for the role. Cassandra Magrath was cast as Liz, as McLean felt she had a "relatable quality" that the character required. Nathan Phillips was cast in the role of Ben; McLean had known Phillips prior, as they had met while preparing to work on a project...
Filming
Wolf Creek was a considerably low-budget production, made for around A$1.4 million, with a minimal crew. Producer David Lightfoot stated that the filmmakers wanted to "mak[e] a 5 million dollar film on a 1 million dollar budget". The film was shot digitally on the HDCAM format and was mostly handheld (aside from a few static composite shots). Filming took place over five weeks in Australia's winter months of 2004 almost entirely in South Australia; aerial shots of the crater, however, show th...
Wolf Creek premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, United States, on 24 January 2005. Exactly one month prior to the film's Sundance premiere, Dimension Films acquired North American distribution rights for US$3.5 million. It was subsequently screened in Adelaide, Australia in March 2005, followed by screenings at the Melbourne ...
After the success of the first film, McLean postponed plans to immediately work on a sequel in favor of directing Rogue. Production was initially expected to commence in 2011 and John Jarratt was announced to reprise his role of Mick Taylor. In August 2011 Geoffrey Edelsten was announced as a private investor for the movie and that he would be fund...
Aveyard, Karina; Moran, Albert; Vieth, Errol (2017). Historical Dictionary of Australian and New Zealand Cinema (2nd ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-538-11127-7.Benshoff, Harry M. (2017). A Companion to the Horror Film. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-119-33501-6.McLean, Greg; Hearn, Matt; Magrath, Cassandra; and Morassi, Kestie (2014). Wolf Creek. Audio commentary (DVD). Genius Products.Shelley, Peter (2012). Australian Horror Films, 1973-2010. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786-46167-7.Wolf Creek at IMDbWolf Creek at Box Office MojoWolf Creek at Rotten TomatoesWolf Creek at Metacritic- AU$35 million, (US$27.7 million)
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Oct 29, 2023 · Exclusive 'Wolf Creek' Season One Clip Sets a Trap in the Outback Based on the 2005 Ozplotation film, the 'Wolf Creek' series lands on Shudder today.
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Sort. Wolf Creek is a 2005 independent Australian horror film written, co-produced and directed by Greg McLean, and starring John Jarratt. The story revolves around three backpackers who find themselves held captive and subsequently hunted by a serial killer in the Australian outback.
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