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Walkabout

  • 19711971
  • GPGP
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
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Jenny Agutter, David Gulpilil, and Luc Roeg in Walkabout (1971)
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Two city-bred siblings are stranded in the Australian Outback, where they learn to survive with the aid of an Aboriginal boy on his "walkabout": a ritual separation from his tribe.Two city-bred siblings are stranded in the Australian Outback, where they learn to survive with the aid of an Aboriginal boy on his "walkabout": a ritual separation from his tribe.Two city-bred siblings are stranded in the Australian Outback, where they learn to survive with the aid of an Aboriginal boy on his "walkabout": a ritual separation from his tribe.
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
26K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
3,546
317
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    • Director
      • Nicolas Roeg
    • Writers
      • Edward Bond(screenplay)
      • Donald G. Payne(novel)
      • Nicolas Roeg(story)
    • Stars
      • Jenny Agutter
      • David Gulpilil
      • Luc Roeg
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Nicolas Roeg
    • Writers
      • Edward Bond(screenplay)
      • Donald G. Payne(novel)
      • Nicolas Roeg(story)
    • Stars
      • Jenny Agutter
      • David Gulpilil
      • Luc Roeg
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 184User reviews
    • 95Critic reviews
    • 85Metascore
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    Jenny Agutter, David Gulpilil, and Luc Roeg in Walkabout (1971)
    Jenny Agutter and Luc Roeg in Walkabout (1971)
    Jenny Agutter, David Gulpilil, and Luc Roeg in Walkabout (1971)
    Walkabout (1971)
    Walkabout (1971)
    Walkabout (1971)
    Jenny Agutter in Walkabout (1971)
    Jenny Agutter, David Gulpilil, and Luc Roeg in Walkabout (1971)
    Walkabout (1971)
    Walkabout (1971)
    Jenny Agutter, David Gulpilil, and Luc Roeg in Walkabout (1971)
    Jenny Agutter and Luc Roeg in Walkabout (1971)

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    Jenny Agutter
    Jenny Agutter
    • Girl
    David Gulpilil
    David Gulpilil
    • Black Boy
    • (as David Gumpilil)
    Luc Roeg
    Luc Roeg
    • White Boy
    • (as Lucien John)
    John Meillon
    John Meillon
    • Father
    Robert McDarra
    • Man
    • (as Robert McDara)
    Peter Carver
    • No Hoper
    • (as Pete Carver)
    John Illingsworth
    • Girl's Husband
    Hilary Bamberger
    • Father's Wife
    Barry Donnelly
    Barry Donnelly
    • Australian Scientist
    Noeline Brown
    • German Scientist
    • (as Noelene Brown)
    Carlo Manchini
    • Italian Scientist
    George Roubicek
    George Roubicek
    • Radio Announcer
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Nicolas Roeg
    • Writers
      • Edward Bond(screenplay)
      • Donald G. Payne(novel)
      • Nicolas Roeg(story) (uncredited)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      David Gulpilil spoke no English at the time of filming.
    • Goofs
      The girl asks to be taken to the city of Adelaide, the children's destination in the novel. However, the city shown at the start and end of the film is clearly Sydney, which is several thousand kilometers (and two states) away from Adelaide.
    • Quotes

      Narrator: [last lines - from "Poem XL" by A.E. Housman's "A Shropshire Lad"] Into my heart an air that kills, From yon far country blows: What are those blue remembered hills, What spires, what farms are those? That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, The happy highways where I went, And cannot come again.

    • Crazy credits
      After the credits, there is a flash of white light on the screen and as it becomes a black screen, radio tuning is heard while the words "rien ne va plus" are shown.
    • Alternate versions
      A director's cut of this movie was released in 1997 with 5 additional minutes. This cut is identical to the original British release version (100 minutes): the film was shortened by five minutes for its original American release.
    • Connections
      Edited into Terror Nullius (2018)

    User reviews184

    Review
    Top review
    INNOCENCE
    Goodness gracious it's amazing how many reviewers missed the most obvious aspect of the film. This tale is about innocence and it approaches that from many different angles. As for Roeg practicing camera tricks-maybe today these are tricks but at the time the style was a pioneering method of telling and showing psychological elements, wasted on todays audiences. Roeg presents innocence in juxtaposition with the hardness and neuroses of society, not as WHITEMAN BAD but as society, modern society makes us very neurotic by taking away our innocence. Roeg makes an brilliant point and stylizes a mostly nonverbal experience by letting us journey with children all on the cusp of some new stage of growth. This movie is a small masterpiece!!
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    • Apr 14, 2004

    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 1, 1971 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • Australia
    • Languages
      • English
      • Aboriginal
      • Czech
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Der Traum vom Leben
    • Filming locations
      • Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
    • Production companies
      • Max L. Raab Productions
      • Si Litvinoff Film Production
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • A$1,000,000 (estimated)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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