Ingrid Mason

Picnic at Hanging Rock -- A Valentine's Day picnic at an ancient volcanic outcropping turns to disaster for the residents of Mrs. Appleyard's school when a few young girls inexplicably vanish on Hanging Rock.

Twenty years after it swept Australia into the international film spotlight, Peter Weir's stunning 1975 masterpiece remains as ineffable as the unanswerable mystery at its core. A Valentine's Day picnic at an ancient volcanic outcropping turns to disaster for the residents of Mrs. Appleyard's school when a few young girls inexplicably vanish on Hanging Rock. A lyrical, meditative film charged with suppressed longings, PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK is here available in a pristine widescreen director's cut with a Dolby digital 5.1 channel soundtrack.

A story about the disappearance of several Appleyard College students, and a teacher, from Hanging Rock.