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Director:

Arch Nicholson

Writers:

Everett De Roche (screenplay)
Gabrielle Lord (novel)

Contact:

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Release Date:

31 July 1986 (Australia) more

Genre:

Horror | Thriller 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

Plot Keywords:

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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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Additional Details

Runtime:

85 min | USA:88 min

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Germany:16 | Norway:18 (video premiere)


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

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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Movie Connections:

References "Gilligan's Island" (1964) more


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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
See it alongside "Walkabout", 8 June 2002
10/10
Author: Tarasicodissa from Pennsylvania

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).

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