| Long Weekend | |
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| Directed by | Colin Eggleston |
| Produced by | Colin Eggleston Richard Brennan |
| Written by | Everett De Roche |
| Starring | John Hargreaves Briony Behets |
| Music by | Michael Carlos |
| Cinematography | Vincent Monton |
| Editing by | Brian Kavanagh |
| Distributed by | The Australian Film Commission |
| Release date(s) | 29 March 1979 |
| Running time | 92 minutes[1] |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Long Weekend is an Australian thriller film shot in 1977 and first shown in 1978. The film was directed by Colin Eggleston and stars John Hargreaves and Briony Behets.
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The story concerns a couple, Peter (Hargreaves) and Marcia (Behets), who, along with their dog, go for a weekend camping trip. The pair show incredible disrespect for nature, such as polluting, killing an innocent dugong, throwing lit cigarette butts in dry bush, and spraying insecticide, among other transgressions.[2] As tensions between the couple escalate, nature is not pleased with their environmental wrongdoing and starts to strike back, first by an eagle and possum attacking Peter, and then through more insidious means...[3]
The film tied with Invasion of the Body Snatchers to win the Antennae II Award at the Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival, won the Special Jury Award at 1978's Paris Film Festival and won Best Film, Prize of the International Critics' Jury for director Eggleston and Best Actor for Hargreaves.[4]
In 2008, Australian director Jamie Blanks shot a remake of the film (alternately titled Nature's Grave). The film starred James Caviezel and Claudia Karvan.[5]