Wolf Creek (film)
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Australian theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Greg McLean |
| Produced by |
David Lightfoot Greg McLean |
| Written by | Greg McLean |
| Starring |
John Jarratt Nathan Phillips Cassandra Magrath Kestie Morassi |
| Music by | Frank Tétaz |
| Cinematography | Will Gibson |
| Edited by | Jason Ballantine |
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Production
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FFC Australia/Film Finance Corporation
South Australian Film Corporation 403 Productions True Crime Channel Best FX (Boom Sound) Emu Creek Pictures Mushroom Pictures |
| Distributed by | Roadshow Entertainment The Weinstein Company Dimension Films |
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Release date
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Running time
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99 minutes 104 minutes (Unrated version) |
| Country |
Australia, United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1 million |
| Box office | $27.8 million |
Australia,
Wolf Creek is a 2005 Australian horror film written, co-produced, and directed by Greg McLean, and starring John Jarratt. The story revolves around three backpackers who find themselves taken captive and after a brief escape, hunted down by a near feral serial killer in the Australian outback. The film was ambiguously marketed as being "based on true events"; the plot bore elements reminiscent of the real-life murders of tourists by Ivan Milat in the 1990s, and Bradley Murdoch in 2001.
Wolf Creek premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2005, and premiered in Australia in March 2005 in Adelaide. It was screened at the Cannes Film Festival the following May, and was released in cinemas across Ireland and the United Kingdom in September 2005. In its home country of Australia, the film received a general release in November 2005, apart from the Northern Territory, out of respect for the trial surrounding the murder of Peter Falconio. The film was purchased for distribution by Dimension Films in the United States, where it was released on Christmas day 2005.
On release, Roger Ebert dismissed the film for its raw depiction of violence, particularly against women, with several stating they walked out of their screenings; other critics praised the film's grindhouse aesthetics and called its straightforward depiction of crime and violence "taboo-breaking". Despite receiving these early reviews, the film was nominated for seven Australian Film Institute awards, including Best Director (for McLean). In 2010, it was included in Slant Magazine's list of the 100 best films of the decade.
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