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Two children find themselves lost in the Australian outback. They
come across an Aborigine who has been ritualistically banished by
his tribe - he is on a Walkabout. The children need saving and he
saves them. This simple foundation, however, is only the carrier
for a deeper and more profound message. It can be seen as a heart-warming
tale of how people survive in the harshest of circumstances. On
the other hand, it is a deeply haunting story of how people fail
to communicate and in so doing lose so much; at the end, all the
characters are even more lost than when they started.
Programme Notes
The programme
notes for this film are available here.
Audience Rating
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Director
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Nicolas
Roeg |
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Writers |
Edward
Bond
James Vance Marshall |
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Cast |
Jenny Agutter
Luc Roeg
David Gulpilil
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Cert |
12 |
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Length |
1
hours 40 mins |
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Country |
UK
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Language |
English |
DVD
Limited
Edition Video
Nicolas
Roeg Films at Blackstar
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