A lost film, the last pristine print found moments before permanent destruction and erasure from the hallowed halls Australian film history... this is the story of Wake in Fright a piss soaked outback lost weekend full of stale beers and Donald Pleasance. It epitomizes the idea of Australians as violent drunk psychopaths.

NEXT UP: Bad Boy Bubby... truly a psycho film.

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