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Walkabout
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.
1971 · Directed by Nicolas Roeg · 95 min · Adventure · Drama · 52 frames
Tagline
A boy and girl face the challenge of the world's last frontier.
Crew
- Written by: Edward Bond
- Cinematography: Nicolas Roeg
- Edited by: Antony Gibbs, Alan Pattillo
- Music: John Barry
- Production design: Brian Eatwell
- Produced by: Si Litvinoff
Cast
- Jenny Agutter as Girl
- Luc Roeg as White Boy
- David Gulpilil as Black Boy
- John Meillon as Man
- Robert McDarra as Man
- Peter Carver as No Hoper
- John Illingsworth as Young Man
- Hilary Bamberger as Woman
- Barry Donnelly as Australian Scientist
- Noeline Brown as German Scientist
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Si Litvinoff Film Production, Max L. Raab Productions
- Budget: $1,000,000
- Themes: australia, suicide, sibling relationship, based on novel or book, hunter, picnic, wilderness, camel, tribe, coming of age
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