Picnic At Hanging Rock

VHS, PG, 107 minutes, Home Vision

This sensuous mystery made Peter Weir's "The Truman Show," "Witness," "Dead Poets Society" reputation and brought Australian film into the worldwide spotlight. Set in turning-of-the-century Australia, "Picnic at Hanging Rock" dramatizes the unexplainable, almost supernatural, disappearance of three girls and a teacher on a school picnic. Their boarding school seems a Victorian oasis of all things proper, but beneath the facade, pupil and schoolmistresses yearn with unfilled desires. Stepping into the sun-drenched outback and falling under its primitive spell, one group climbs a tower of treacherous rocks as if called away from their repressive life. Ravishing cinematography juxtaposing linens and lace with the ancient, bug-infest bush hypnotizes viewers into the same sinister trance. Re-cut after more than 20 years, this version presents Weir's masterpiece as he intended it. Original Theatrical Trailer.