 During the late 1960s and 1970s an influx of government funding saw the development of a new generation of filmmakers telling distinctively Australian stories, including directors Peter Weir, George Miller and Bruce Beresford.Films such as "Picnic at Hanging Rock" (1975) and "Sunday Too Far Away" (1975) had an immediate international impact.The 1980s is often regarded as a golden age of Australian cinema, with many successful films, from the historical drama of "Gallipoli" (1981) to the dark science fiction of the "Mad Max" sequels (1981–85), the romantic adventure of "The Man From Snowy River" (1982) or the comedy of "Crocodile Dundee" (1986).