Walkabout (Original title)
Date: 1970 (Copyright)Country: AustraliaDirected by: Nicolas Roeg
Synopsis: Story of teenage girl and her younger brother, lost in the Australian wilds, after their father has driven them into the countryside and then tried to shoot them and commit suicide. They struggle to find their way home, totally unprepared for survival having been brought up in a wealthy home in the city. An aborigine boy on his 'walkabout' finds them and befriends them, helping them to find water and food. Their survival depends on him and he takes a shine to the girl. She is troubled and emotionally confused by his proximity and advances, and their cultural differences and language barrier mean that neither can fully understand the feelings of the other.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Journeys, Teenagers, Survival, Aboriginal peoples
Releases
Date: 16 May 1971Country: FranceRelease type: FestivalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 100 mins Length: 9900 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 07 October 1971Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 99 mins 47 secs - Length: 9900 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Date: August 1999Country: United KingdomRelease type: Home ViewingFormat: VHS Videocassette - Colour - SoundRuntime: 96 mins 10 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Polygram Video Limited
Date: February 2011Country: United KingdomRelease type: Non-TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 100 mins 24 secs - Length: 9036 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFI Bookings
Date: October 2019Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 100 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Date: 1970 (Copyright)Country: AustraliaDirected by: Nicolas Roeg
Synopsis: Story of teenage girl and her younger brother, lost in the Australian wilds, after their father has driven them into the countryside and then tried to shoot them and commit suicide. They struggle to find their way home, totally unprepared for survival having been brought up in a wealthy home in the city. An aborigine boy on his 'walkabout' finds them and befriends them, helping them to find water and food. Their survival depends on him and he takes a shine to the girl. She is troubled and emotionally confused by his proximity and advances, and their cultural differences and language barrier mean that neither can fully understand the feelings of the other.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Journeys, Teenagers, Survival, Aboriginal peoples
Releases
Date: 16 May 1971Country: FranceRelease type: FestivalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 100 mins Length: 9900 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 07 October 1971Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 99 mins 47 secs - Length: 9900 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Date: August 1999Country: United KingdomRelease type: Home ViewingFormat: VHS Videocassette - Colour - SoundRuntime: 96 mins 10 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Polygram Video Limited
Date: February 2011Country: United KingdomRelease type: Non-TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 100 mins 24 secs - Length: 9036 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFI Bookings
Date: October 2019Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 100 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
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©: Max L. Raab-Si Litvinoff Films (P.T.Y.) Ltd., A Max L. Raab - Si Litvinoff production: Max L. Raab-Si Litvinoff Films (P.T.Y.) Ltd., Executive Producer: Max L. Raab, Produced by: Si Litvinoff, Associate Producer: Anthony J. Hope, Associate: Irving Zeiger, Production Manager: Grahame Jennings, Assistant Director: Kevin Kavanagh, Continuity: Annabel Davis-Goff, Screenplay by: Edward Bond, From the novel by: James Vance Marshall, Photographed by: Nicolas Roeg, Special Photography: Tony Richmond, Photographed in: Eastman Color, Camera Operator: Mike Molloy, Focus: Peter Hannan, Stills: Dean Goodhill, Film Editor: Antony Gibbs, Alan Pattillo, Assistant Film Editor: Brian Mann, Production Designer: Brian Eatwell, Art Director: Terry Gough, Make-up: Linda Richmond, Music Composed and Conducted by: John Barry, Music Produced by: Phil Ramone, Location Sound Mixer: Barry Brown, Boom Operator: Kevin Kearney, Dubbing Mixer: Gerry Humphreys
Cast
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Jenny Agutter (girl), Lucien John (white boy), David Gumpilil (black boy), John Meillon (father), Robert Mcdara (man), Pete Carver (no hoper), John Illingsworth (husband), Hilary Bamberger (wife), Barry Donnelly (Australian scientist), Noelene Brown (German scientist), Carlo Manchini (Italian scientist), George Roubicek ([voice of radio announcer])