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Peter Lindsay Weir, AM (born 21 August 1944) is an Australian film director. After playing a leading role in the Australian New Wave cinema with his films such as Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Last Wave and Gallipoli, Weir directed a diverse group of American and international films—many of them major box office hits—including the Academy Award nominees Witness, Dead Poets Society, Green Card, The Truman Show and Master and Commander.
Weir was born in Sydney, the son of Peggy (née Barnsley) and Lindsay Weir, a real estate agent. Weir attended The Scots College and Vaucluse Boys' High School before studying art and law at the University of Sydney. His interest in film was sparked by his meeting with fellow students, including Phillip Noyce and the future members of the Sydney filmmaking collective Ubu Films.
After leaving university in the mid-1960s he joined Sydney television station ATN-7, where he worked as a production assistant on the groundbreaking satirical comedy program The Mavis Bramston Show. During this period, using station facilities, he made his first two experimental short films, Count Vim's Last Exercise and The Life and Flight of Reverend Buckshotte.
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Peter Weir on Picnic at Hanging Rock
Peter Weir: the 2010 David Lean Lecture
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Peter Weir: A conversation
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Wally’s all night grocery is doing well
Magazines and chocolate can't be hard to sell
Dollar for the news of disaster and war
Sometimes I wonder what I buy it for
It's gonna be a better year
Better than the last one dear
Take it easy, it's all right
Take it easy, it‚s all right
This little apartment has a pretty good view
Neighbor’s kids are fighting but they always do
Watching as they pile into the yellow bus
Can't believe next year there will be three of us
Gonna be a better year
Better than the last one dear
Take it easy, it's all right
Take it easy, it‚s all right
And if the weight on your back is too much for you
Do what all the happy people do
Hold the one you love by your side
And let it ride
It's all right, take it easy
Days have gotten short, the amaryllis blooms
There’s a tranquil blue light in these tiny rooms
Every day we hear of a new tragedy
So I am surprised happiness has crept up on me
Everything will be ok
Feel it in my bones today
Take it easy, it's all right
Take it easy, it‚s all right
And if the weight on your back is too much for you
Do what all the happy people do
Hold the one you love by your side
And let it ride
It’s all right, take it easy
It’s all right, take it easy