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Overview
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Writers:
Everett De Roche (screenplay)
Gabrielle Lord (novel)
Release Date:
31 July 1986 (Australia) more
Tagline:
For one teacher and nine children, the lesson of the day is kill or be killed. more
Plot:
An Australian school teacher and her students are kidnapped. She and the children fight for their lives and try to escape from their captors. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
See it alongside "Walkabout" more (38 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Sean Garlick | ... | Sid |
 | Rachel Ward | ... | Sally Jones |
| Elaine Cusick | ... | Mrs. O'Brien |
| Laurie Moran | ... | Mr. O'Brien |
| Marc Aden | ... | Tommy (as Marc Gray) |
| Ray Chubb | ... | Publican |
| Bradley Meehan | ... | Richard |
| Rebecca Rigg | ... | Narelle |
| Beth Buchanan | ... | Leanne |
| Asher Keddie | ... | Sue |
| Anna Crawford | ... | Sarah |
| Richard Terrill | ... | Toby |
| Vernon Wells | ... | Dabby Duck |
| Peter Hehir | ... | Father Christmas |
| David Bradshaw | ... | Pussy Cat |
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85 min | USA:88 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 | Germany:16 | Norway:18 (video premiere)
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According to the "Australian Motion Picture Yearbook 1981/82", during this film's development, Robert Stigwood's production company R and R Films and director Bruce Beresford were originally slated as being on board for the movie. This however, would change. more
Goofs:
Continuity: After Sally emerges from the water while she's exploring, for an instant her hair seems swept back and pressed down, clearly drenched. During the next shot, which is a close-up, her hair looks as if it had been hastily dried with a towel, even though we never even see her touch her hair. more
Quotes:
[last lines]
Sally Jones:
You'll be leaving school soon, I s'pose.
Sid:
Aww, you bet!
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References "Gilligan's Island" (1964) more
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A recurring theme in Australian movies seems to be the closeness of pristine wilderness, of land not fit for man nor beast to modern technological civilization. That the struggle for survival is never very far away.
This movie captures that perfectly as a kidnapped school class turns from fleeing victims into tribal warriors. I liked it a lot and will tape it next time I catch it on cable (which is all too rarely).