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Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) 7.4
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Metascore: 80/100
Reviews: 243 user | 138 critic | 31 from Metacritic.com In 1931, three aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff and set off on a trek across the Outback. Director:Phillip Noyce |
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Cast
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| Tianna Sansbury | ... | ||
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Laura Monaghan | ... |
Gracie Fields
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Ningali Lawford | ... |
Maud - Molly's Mother
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Myarn Lawford | ... |
Molly's Grandmother
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Mavis
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Constable Riggs
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Natasha Wanganeen | ... |
Nina, Dormitory Boss
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Garry McDonald | ... |
Mr. Neal at Moore River
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Police Inspector
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Lorna Lesley | ... |
Miss Thomas
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Celine O'Leary | ... |
Miss Jessop
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Kate Roberts | ... |
Matron at Moore River
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Western Australia, 1931. Government policy includes taking half-caste children from their Aboriginal mothers and sending them a thousand miles away to what amounts to indentured servitude, "to save them from themselves." Molly, Daisy, and Grace (two sisters and a cousin who are 14, 10, and 8) arrive at their Gulag and promptly escape, under Molly's lead. For days they walk north, following a fence that keeps rabbits from settlements, eluding a native tracker and the regional constabulary. Their pursuers take orders from the government's "chief protector of Aborigines," A.O. Neville, blinded by Anglo-Christian certainty, evolutionary world view and conventional wisdom. Can the girls survive? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Follow Your Heart, Follow The Fence See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
AustraliaRelease Date:
21 February 2002 (Australia) See more »Also Known As:
Long Walk Home See more »Box Office
Budget:
$6,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$8,802 (Hong Kong) (11 April 2003)Gross:
$6,165,429 (USA) (25 April 2003)Company Credits
Production Co:
Rumbalara Films, Australian Film Commission, The, Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC) See more »
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2.35 : 1
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Did You Know?
Trivia
The last scene in the movie, which shows the real-life Molly Craig walking with a walking stick, was shot first. According to Phillip Noyce, during an interview after a screening, Molly's age and health made it so that it would be best if that scene was shot first. See more »Goofs
Far into the story the film shows the view from Mr. Neville's office window, allowing us to see a few applicants. Among those is a couple whose application had been rejected early in the story by Mr. Neville. Obviously the same set served different scenes that were far apart in time. See more »Quotes
Maud: [to Molly] See that bird? That's the spirit bird. He will always look after you.See more »
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In Australia no less, I was shocked . In the first ten minutes of the movie I was in tears, as I watched I toiled along with the girls and fed them and cried with them felt fear for them and with them , smiled at some things too . Took me off guard and broke my heart, where as in America we took the Native Americans and did the almost the same thing . I'm left shaking my head and wondering when does it end or will it ever ,Great movie very thought provoking will tell all my Aussie friends to be sure and see it if they haven't already why does a government have to " protect them from them selves ", they've survived this long with out intervention .
I read more on the rabbit extinction methods made me sick to my stomach will never forget this movie . I belived it happened just as she tells it so much for the politics of the movie thanks Cassie USA