Walkabout (1971)
A boy and girl face the challenge of the world's last frontier.
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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Jenny AgutterGirl
Luc RoegWhite Boy
David GulpililBlack Boy
John MeillonManRobert McDarraManPeter CarverNo HoperJohn IllingsworthYoung ManHilary BambergerWomanBarry DonnellyAustralian Scientist
Noeline BrownGerman ScientistCarlo ManchiniItalian ScientistKeywords
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What is Walkabout about?
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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Walkabout has a runtime of 95 minutes.
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