Walkabout (1971)

US:: PG Adventure Drama

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 Aborigine boy who shows them how to survive, and in the process underscores the disharmony between nature and modern life.

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1971-07-01

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Runtime: 95 mins Rating: 7.4 Tag Line: A boy and girl face the challenge of the world's last frontier.

Cast

Jenny Agutter

John Alden

Luc Roeg

White Boy

John Meillon

Man

David Gulpilil

Black Boy

Barry Donnelly

Australian Scientist

Noeline Brown

German Scientist

Robert McDarra

Man

Hilary Bamberger

Woman

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Crew

John Barry

Music

John Barry

Conductor

Antony Gibbs

Editor

Nicolas Roeg

Director

Nicolas Roeg

Director of Photography

Anthony B. Richmond

Special Effects

Si Litvinoff

Producer

Brian Eatwell

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