• Director(s)

    Ted Kotcheff

  • Production Year

    1971

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Thriller

  • Approx. running minutes

    108m

  • Cast

    Donald Pleasence, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay, Jack Thompson, Peter Whittle, Al Thomas, John Meillon, John Armstrong, Slim DeGray, Maggie Dence, Norm Erskine, Owen Moase

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Film

Wake In Fright

Contains strong scenes of kangaroo hunting and slaughter

theme
There is sight of kangaroos being chased, shot and killed, as well as sight of their dismembered bodies. When the film was originally released the BBFC sought and received detailed assurances confirming that the hunting sequences were not organised or directed for the purposes of the film. Instead the footage was achieved by accompanying an actual kangaroo hunt. There are also scenes in which men fight apparently injured kangaroos. Once again, detailed assurances were received in 1971 confirming that these sequences were carefully supervised, by the Australian equivalent of the RSPCA, to avoid any cruelty to the animals. Therefore, there is no breach of BBFC Guidelines and policy on animal cruelty, themselves based on the Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937, which prohibits the exhibition in the UK of any film in which animals were cruelly treated in order to produce the film.
additional issues
A man contemplates taking his own life by placing a shotgun barrel in his mouth. He fires the weapon, but does not succeed in killing himself and subsequently recovers. There are moderate sex scenes and references, including a scene in which a woman unbuttons her dress before kissing a man who subsequently vomits. The film also contains several scenes of smoking and alcohol consumption that do not promote the activity. The film also contains brief natural male nudity. There is moderate and mild bad language ('slag', 'bitch', 'arse', 'bastard', 'bloody', 'hell').

  • Director(s)

    Ted Kotcheff

  • Production Year

    1971

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Thriller

  • Approx. running minutes

    108m

  • Cast

    Donald Pleasence, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay, Jack Thompson, Peter Whittle, Al Thomas, John Meillon, John Armstrong, Slim DeGray, Maggie Dence, Norm Erskine, Owen Moase

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Contains strong scenes of kangaroo hunting and slaughter
Classified Date:
17/09/2013
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Eureka Entertainment Ltd
theme
There is sight of kangaroos being chased, shot and killed, as well as sight of their dismembered bodies. When the film was originally released the BBFC sought and received detailed assurances confirming that the hunting sequences were not organised or directed for the purposes of the film. Instead the footage was achieved by accompanying an actual kangaroo hunt. There are also scenes in which men fight apparently injured kangaroos. Once again, detailed assurances were received in 1971 confirming that these sequences were carefully supervised, by the Australian equivalent of the RSPCA, to avoid any cruelty to the animals. Therefore there is no breach of the Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937, which prohibits the exhibition in the UK of any film in which animals were cruelly treated in order to produce the film.
additional issues
A man contemplates taking his own life by placing a shotgun barrel in his mouth. He fires the weapon, but does not succeed in killing himself and subsequently recovers. There are also some moderate sex scenes and references, including a scene in which a woman unbuttons her dress before kissing a man who subsequently vomits. The film also contains several scenes of smoking and alcohol consumption that do not promote the activity. The film also contains brief natural male nudity. There is moderate and mild bad language ('slag', 'bitch', 'arse', 'bastard', 'bloody', 'hell').
Contains strong scenes of kangaroo hunting and slaughter
Classified Date:
29/01/2014
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Eureka Entertainment Ltd
theme
There is sight of kangaroos being chased, shot and killed, as well as sight of their dismembered bodies. When the film was originally released the BBFC sought and received detailed assurances confirming that the hunting sequences were not organised or directed for the purposes of the film. Instead the footage was achieved by accompanying an actual kangaroo hunt. There are also scenes in which men fight apparently injured kangaroos. Once again, detailed assurances were received in 1971 confirming that these sequences were carefully supervised, by the Australian equivalent of the RSPCA, to avoid any cruelty to the animals. Therefore, there is no breach of BBFC Guidelines and policy on animal cruelty, themselves based on the Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937, which prohibits the exhibition in the UK of any film in which animals were cruelly treated in order to produce the film.
additional issues
A man contemplates taking his own life by placing a shotgun barrel in his mouth. He fires the weapon, but does not succeed in killing himself and subsequently recovers. There are moderate sex scenes and references, including a scene in which a woman unbuttons her dress before kissing a man who subsequently vomits. The film also contains several scenes of smoking and alcohol consumption that do not promote the activity. The film also contains brief natural male nudity. There is moderate and mild bad language ('slag', 'bitch', 'arse', 'bastard', 'bloody', 'hell').

  • Classified date

    29/01/2014

  • BBFC reference

    AVF255908

  • Language

    English