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Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) ..."Valentine's Day, 1900... a beautiful day for an excursion to aboriginal holy place 'Hanging Rock', the perfect place for a school picnic. Among the young white gloved pupils of Appleyard College are senior boarders Miranda, Marion, Irma and Edith. All are properly chaperoned by headmistress Mrs Appleyard and various members of her teaching staff. When the four girls venture off to walk to the lower slopes, distant screams are heard and eventually, Edith returns, panic stricken and alone... A search is organised and witness interrogations follow but Edith remembers nothing. What eerie events took place that day, and will those involved ever rid themselves of the demons that the ill fated picnic unearthed?"... Picnic at Hanging Rock is a 1975 Australian mystery film directed by Peter Weir, adapted from the novel of the same name. It premiered at the Hindley Cinema Complex in Adelaide, South Australia on 8 August 1975. It became one of the first Australian films to reach an international audience, receiving international acclaim and commercial popularity, and thus has an important place in both cinematic and Australian history. The film stars Helen Morse, Rachel Roberts and Vivean Gray. The film centres on a party of schoolgirls who mysteriously vanish after being drawn towards a mysterious rock formation in Australia in 1900. Directed by Peter Weir Written by Novel: Joan Lindsay Screenplay: Cliff Green Music by Bruce Smeaton Original Release Date: Australia, 8 August 1975 Filming Locations: Adelaide Hills, South Australia, Australia © Australia's First International Hit!, © Greater Union (AUS), © G.T.O. Films (UK), © Atlantic Releasing (US)