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Walkabout

A boy and girl face the challenge of the world's last frontier.

19717.31h 35m

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.

Directed by Nicolas Roeg
Written by Edward Bond, Nicolas Roeg, James Vance Marshall
Produced by Si Litvinoff
Box OfficeBudget: $1.0M0

Top Cast

Jenny Agutter

Jenny Agutter

Girl

Luc Roeg

Luc Roeg

White Boy

David Gulpilil

David Gulpilil

Black Boy

John Meillon

John Meillon

Man

R

Robert McDarra

Man

P

Peter Carver

No Hoper

J

John Illingsworth

Young Man

H

Hilary Bamberger

Woman

B

Barry Donnelly

Australian Scientist

Noeline Brown

Noeline Brown

German Scientist

Themes & Keywords

australiasuicidesibling relationshipbased on novel or bookhunterpicnicwildernesscameltribecoming of ageflashbacksurvivalteenage girldeathoutbackgeologistrite of passageaustralian aboriginal

About Walkabout

Walkabout is a adventure, drama film released in 1971 exploring themes of australia, suicide, sibling relationship, based on novel or book, hunter, picnic. Directed by Nicolas Roeg, it stars Jenny Agutter, Luc Roeg, David Gulpilil. 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.

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