Wake in Fright: Miniseries

Nominated for Best Miniseries at the 2017 AACTA awards, this two-part adaptation of Kenneth Cook's novel (turned Australian cinema classic in 1971) follows a schoolteacher stranded in an isolated town full of crazy, drunk, violent men. 

John Grant is returning to Sydney after a year teaching at a one-classroom school in the Outback. Shortly after hitting the road, he collides with a kangaroo, and finds himself marooned in a small mining town, awaiting repairs on his car. With little to do but drink beer, John is seduced into a raucous, illegal game of two-up. After a short, exhilarating winning streak, he loses everything, which triggers a dangerous series of events that render John a broken and desperate man.

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