Picnic at Hanging Rock
7.3
“On St. Valentine's Day in 1900 a party of schoolgirls set out to picnic at Hanging Rock…Some were never to return.”
In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day, the school's typically strict headmistress treats the girls to a picnic field trip to an unusual but scenic volcanic formation called Hanging Rock. Despite rules against it, Miranda and several other girls venture off. It's not until the end of the day that the faculty realizes the girls and one of the teachers have disappeared mysteriously.
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Cast
35 people
Rachel Roberts
Mrs. Appleyard
Known for
This Sporting Life
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Dominic Guard
Michael Fitzhubert
Known for
The Lord of the Rings
The Go-Between
Helen Morse
Mlle. de Poitiers
Known for
Agatha
Jacki Weaver
Minnie
Known for
Silver Linings Playbook
Bird Box
Anne-Louise Lambert
Miranda
Known for
The Draughtsman's Contract
Napoleon
Christine Schuler
Edith
Karen Robson
Irma
Margaret Nelson
Sara
Also in
The Scalp Merchant
Out of It
Jane Vallis
Marion
Also in
The Lost Islands
Vivean Gray
Miss McCraw
Known for
The Last Wave
Kirsty Child
Miss Lumley
Also in
Boys from the Bush
Crackers
Tony Llewellyn-Jones
Tom
Known for
Colin from Accounts
Where the Green Ants Dream
Peter Weir Director · Cliff Green Screenplay Joan Lindsay Author
Worldwide gross $5.1M · Budget $460K · United States release September 2, 1975
Box office
Budget
$460,000
Worldwide gross
$5,125,000
Gross vs. budget
11.1×
Production
McElroy & McElroy
Production
Picnic Productions Pty. Ltd.
Production
British Empire Films Australia
Production
Australian Film Commission
Production
South Australian Film Corporation
Production
Australia
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
Australia · August 8, 1975
Premiere · Adelaide, South Australia
United States · September 2, 1975
Theatrical
United States · November 3, 1998
Physical · DVD
United States
June 17, 2014 · Physical · Blu-ray (director's cut)
Australia
August 1, 2007 · Physical · DVD (exact day unknown)
May 12, 2010 · Physical · Blu-ray
May 1, 2011 · Physical · 2-disc DVD Collector's Edition (exact day unknown)
Brazil
February 20, 1986 · Theatrical
Canada
August 1, 1976 · Limited theatrical · Montréal World Film Festival
Czechia
February 10, 1997 · Limited theatrical
Finland
January 9, 1981 · Premiere
August 2, 2024 · Theatrical · 4K restoration
France
March 30, 1977 · Theatrical
August 12, 2009 · Theatrical · Re-release
July 19, 2023 · Physical · DVD, Blu-Ray & 4K UHD
Germany
July 24, 1977 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
February 14, 2026 · Theatrical · 4K restoration
Ireland
July 15, 1977 · Theatrical
Italy
July 1, 1976 · Limited theatrical · Taormina Film Festival
February 3, 2025 · Limited theatrical · 4k Rerelease Directors Cut
Japan
April 26, 1986 · Theatrical
Netherlands
July 19, 1979 · Theatrical
March 25, 2004 · Physical · DVD
July 26, 2010 · Physical · Blu ray
South Korea
December 9, 2026 · Theatrical
Spain
October 10, 2025 · Limited theatrical · Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia
United Kingdom
October 31, 1976 · Theatrical · Rated A
December 3, 1993 · Physical · VHS
June 30, 2008 · Physical · 3-disc DVD set
July 26, 2010 · Physical · Blu-ray
March 28, 2023 · Digital
December 16, 2024 · Theatrical · Re-release
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