Picnic at Hanging Rock
Amanda Brotchie, 2018
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Joan Lindsay, 1967
Picnic at Hanging Rock is a TV mini-series directed by Amanda Brotchie in 2018 and based on the book of the same name by Joan Lindsay, first published in 1967. The TV series features Natalie Dormer, Lily Sullivan, Lola Bessis, Harrison Gilbertson, Samara Weaving, Madeleine Madden, and others.
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Storyline
Hester Appleyard purchases an isolated mansion out in the Australian bush to transform into a school for young ladies – a few months later, Appleyard College is a success. On Valentine’s Day, 1900, when students and staff go for a picnic to Hanging Rock, three of the school’s star students and their governess mysteriously vanish.
Movie vs Book
Year
2018
Minutes
51
Movie Rate
6.20
Source: IMDb
TV Mini-Series
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Director: Amanda Brotchie
Country: Australia
Year: 2018
Length: 51m / 6 episodes
Year
1967
Pages
189
Book Rate
7.40
S: Goodreads
Book
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Author: Joan Lindsay
Country: Australia
First published in: 1967
Length: 189 pages
Genre: Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Peter Weir
User polls & recommendations
“The language of prose is very different than the language of cinema. The movie has to successfully translate what was in the book.”
YANN MARTEL (Writer)
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