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Peter Weir

Director, Actor

 
Peter Weir Short Film CollectionPeter Weir Short Film Collection (1969-1972)
Dir. Peter Weir
Four early shorts from one of Australia's greatest directing talents; "Homesdale", "Three to Go", "Three directions in Pop Music", "Incredible…
Cars That Ate Paris, TheCars That Ate Paris, The (1974) Recommended
Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Terry Camilleri, John Meillon
This no–budget wonder marked the auspicious debut of Peter Weir. It's a delirious black comedy in which an outback community ambush passing…
Picnic at Hanging RockPicnic at Hanging Rock (1975) Aro Favourite
Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Rachel Roberts, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse…
Simply one of the best Australian films ever, this elegant mystery, based on the novel by Joan Lindsay, centres around the disappearance of several…
Last Wave, TheLast Wave, The (1977) Recommended
Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Richard Chamberlain, David Gulpilil
A provocative and eerie tale of prophecy and doom sees attorney Richard Chamberlain plagued by horrific visions when assigned to defend a group of…
Plumber, ThePlumber, The (1979) Recommended
Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Judy Morris, Ivor Kants
An obscure, one–of–a–kind telemovie from Peter Weir concerning a middle–class couple whose apartment is besieged by an…
GallipoliGallipoli (1981) Aro Favourite
Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Mel Gibson, Mark Lee
Well–crafted, intoxicating depiction of the Gallipoli landings in WWI with a boyish Mel Gibson and Mark Lee as youthful idealists who enlist as…
Year of Living Dangerously, TheYear of Living Dangerously, The (1983) Recommended
Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt…
Multi–layered, vivid yarn posits Mel Gibson and Sigourney Weaver as foreign officials in 1965 Indonesia at the time of the communist coup.…
WitnessWitness (1985) Recommended
Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Josef Sommer…
Cop Harrison Ford goes undercover at an Amish community after one of their young witnesses a murder. Consummate Hollywood thriller, quite brilliantly…
Mosquito Coast, TheMosquito Coast, The (1986) Recommended
Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, River Phoenix
A knock–out thriller about the woes of obsession with Harrison Ford as the idealistic inventor who drags his family into the thick of the South…
Dead Poet's SocietyDead Poet's Society (1989) Aro Favourite
Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke…
Robin Williams is perfect as an a maverick English teacher at a private high–school for boys, where his passion for poetry profoundly…

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