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1974
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Apr 13, 1997 · The movie takes its title from a custom among the Australian aborigines: During the transition to young manhood, an adolescent aborigine went on a “walkabout” of six months in the outback, surviving (or not) depending on his skills at hunting, trapping and finding water in the wilderness.
Roger Ebert. January 1, 1971. 3 min read. It is possible to consider “Walkabout” entirely as the story it seems to be: The story of a fourteen-year-old girl and her little brother, who are abandoned in the Australian outback and then saved through the natural skills of a young aborigine boy.
Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist (John Meillon) takes his teenage daughter (Jenny Agutter) and 6-year-old son (Lucien John) into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them.
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- Nicolas Roeg
- PG
- Jenny Agutter
Nick Roeg's 'Walkabout' is a highly unusual film. A pair of English children, lost in the Australian outback after the death of their father, are looked after by a young Aborigianal who is apparently completely unfamiliar with people of European descent.
Walkabout: Directed by Nicolas Roeg. With Jenny Agutter, Luc Roeg, David Gulpilil, John Meillon. 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.
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- Adventure, Drama
- Nicolas Roeg
- 1971-07-01
Walkabout is a 1971 adventure survival film directed by Nicolas Roeg and starring Jenny Agutter, Luc Roeg, and David Gulpilil. Edward Bond wrote the screenplay, which is loosely based on the 1959 novel by James Vance Marshall.
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The New York Times. 4.5M subscribers. Subscribed. 818. 172K views 13 years ago. A.O. Scott looks back at Nicolas Roeg's film about the persistent dream of innocence. Related Link:...
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