Walkabout [videorecording] / directed and photographed by Nicolas Roeg.
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FilmPublisher number: 0780582 | Universal PicturesPublication details: [U.K.] : Universal Pictures, 2000Edition: WidescreenDescription: 1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., colDDC classification: 791.437 Cast: Cast: Jenny Agutter, Lucien John, David Gumpilil, John Meillon, Peter Carver, John Illingsworth, Barry Donnelly, Noelene Brown, Carlo Manchini.Summary: While out on a picnic in the Australian outback with his teenage daughter (Jenny Agutter) and young son (Lucien John), a man goes insane and kills himself. The girl takes her brother into the outback in order that he doesn't see their father's dead body. There they meet a young Aborigine (David Gumpilil) who is on walkabout - a rites of passage ritual whereby he must survive in the wilderness for several weeks. He finds food and water for the siblings, and develops a form of communication with the young boy despite being unable to speak English. The girl, however, rebuffs the mating dance which the Aborigine performs in her honour.
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Paul Hamlyn Library | Paul Hamlyn Library | Floor 1 Mobile shelves | 791.4372 WAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 06070140 |
Film made in 1970.
Screenplay by Edward Bond from the novel by James Vance Marshall.
Music composed and conducted by John Barry.
Special features include: Original trailer; natural Australia interactive map; Aborigine Australia interactive map; director biography and filmography.
Cast: Jenny Agutter, Lucien John, David Gumpilil, John Meillon, Peter Carver, John Illingsworth, Barry Donnelly, Noelene Brown, Carlo Manchini.
While out on a picnic in the Australian outback with his teenage daughter (Jenny Agutter) and young son (Lucien John), a man goes insane and kills himself. The girl takes her brother into the outback in order that he doesn't see their father's dead body. There they meet a young Aborigine (David Gumpilil) who is on walkabout - a rites of passage ritual whereby he must survive in the wilderness for several weeks. He finds food and water for the siblings, and develops a form of communication with the young boy despite being unable to speak English. The girl, however, rebuffs the mating dance which the Aborigine performs in her honour.
BBFC code: 12.
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