Walkabout poster

Walkabout( 1971)

TV-MAAdventureDrama
73%
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A boy and girl face the challenge of the world's last frontier.

Overview

Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them. When he fails, he turns the gun on himself, and the two city-bred children must contend with harsh wilderness alone. They are saved by a chance encounter with an Aboriginal boy who shows them how to survive, and in the process underscores the disharmony between nature and modern life.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Jenny Agutter

      Girl

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      Luc Roeg

      White Boy

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      David Gulpilil

      Black Boy

    4. cast image

      John Meillon

      Man

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      Robert McDarra

      Man

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      Peter Carver

      No Hoper

    7. cast image

      John Illingsworth

      Young Man

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      Hilary Bamberger

      Woman

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      Barry Donnelly

      Australian Scientist

    10. cast image

      Noeline Brown

      German Scientist

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      Carlo Manchini

      Italian Scientist

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    A review by Wuchak

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    Written by Wuchak on Sun Oct 24 2021
    _**Arty flick about survival in the Outback and coming-of-age**_ A teenage girl (Jenny Agutter) and her little brother get stuck in the Outback, but receive assistance by an aboriginal boy (David Gulpilil) on a ‘walkabout,’ a rite of passage into manhood. Directed by Nicolas Roeg, “Walkabout” (1971) is an arty cult flick that plays like a Terrence Malick film and no doubt influenced his style (since it came out two years before Malick’s feature film debut with “Badlands”). Agutter was only 16 during shooting while her character is 14, according to Roeg. The themes about the beauty of n...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • australia
    • suicide
    • sibling relationship
    • based on novel or book
    • hunter
    • picnic
    • wilderness
    • camel
    • tribe
    • coming of age
    • flashback
    • survival
    • teenage girl
    • death
    • outback
    • geologist
    • rite of passage
    • australian aboriginal