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.
Title | Walkabout |
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Year | 1971 |
Genre | Adventure, Drama |
Country | United States of America |
Studio | Si Litvinoff Film Production, Max L. Raab Productions |
Cast | Jenny Agutter, Luc Roeg, David Gulpilil, John Meillon, Robert McDarra, Peter Carver |
Crew | Edward Bond (Writer), Si Litvinoff (Producer), Nicolas Roeg (Director), Nicolas Roeg (Story), Max L. Raab (Executive Producer), John Barry (Music) |
Keyword | 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 |
Release | Jul 01, 1971 |
Runtime | 95 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 7.28 / 10 by 396 users |