TY - ADVS AU - Weir,Peter AU - McElroy,Hal AU - McElroy,Jim AU - Morphett,Tony AU - Popescu,Petru AU - Chamberlain,Richard AU - Hamnett,Olivia AU - Gulpilil ED - Janus Films. ED - Last Wave Production. ED - Criterion Collection (Firm) TI - The last wave T2 - The Criterion collection SN - 0780024605 AV - CM DVD 00161 U1 - 791.437 PY - 2001/// CY - [Irvington, NY] PB - Criterion Collection KW - Lawyers KW - Australia KW - Drama KW - Trials (Manslaughter) KW - Aboriginal Australians KW - Dreamtime (Aboriginal Australian mythology) KW - Mythology, Aboriginal Australian KW - Feature films KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired KW - Videos (DVD) KW - local N1 - Widescreen format (aspect ratio 1.77); Originally released as a motion picture in 1977; Special features include: New digital transfer supervised by Peter Weir and enhanced for 16x9 televisions ; interview with Peter Weir ; original theatrical trailer ; RSDL dual-layer edition; "Copyright Last Wave Productions Pty Ltd 1977/2000."; Director of photography, Russell Boyd ; editor, Max Lemon ; music, Charles Wain ; production designer, Goran Warff; Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, Gulpilil, Frederick Parslow, Vivean Gray, Nandjiwarra Amagula M.B.E., Walter Amagula, Roy Bara, Cedric Lalara, Morris Lalara; MPAA rating: PG N2 - The story of a lawyer defending a group of aboriginals accused of murder. The lawyer feels the pull of magic forces beneath the surface of civilization ER -