Versions
Picnic at Hanging Rock was first released on DVD in the Criterion Collection on 3 November 1998. This release featured a director's cut of the film with an entirely new transfer, a theatrical trailer, and liner notes regarding the film. That same year, the film was also re-released theatrically, with Weir removing seven minutes from the film that apparently detracted from the narrative.
The film was later released in a special 3-disc set on 30 June 2008 in the United Kingdom. This set included the director's cut and a longer original version, interviews with filmmakers and book author Joan Lindsay, poster and still galleries, a 120 minute documentary and deleted scenes. It was released on Blu-ray by Australian distributor Umbrella Entertainment with a newly restored print, the feature length documentary A Dream Within A Dream, a 25 minute on-set documentary A Recollection: Hanging Rock 1900 and the theatrical trailer on 12 May 2010. UK distributor Second Sights Films also released the film on Blu-ray on 26 July 2010.
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