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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. When he fails, he turns the gun on himself, and the two city-bred children must contend with harsh wilderness alone. They are saved by a chance encounter with an Indigenous Australian boy (David Gulpilil) who shows them how to survive, and in the process underscores the disharmony between nature and modern life.
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With its harrowingly beautiful depiction of the Australian Outback and spare narrative of culture clash, Walkabout is a peculiar survival epic.

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Derek Malcolm Guardian There is always this feeling that Roeg, the cameraman for Fahrenheit 451 and Far from the Madding Crowd has a positive and original talent bursting to be developed. It's just a case of what that talent is going to find to say. Feb 11, 2020 Full Review David Robinson Financial Times Roeg's training as a cinematographer brings both advantages and hazards. Feb 11, 2020 Full Review Gavin Millar Sight & Sound What makes the film triumph over this literalness is another kind of intensity which one feels, since it's a filmmaker's, is all Roeg's. Feb 11, 2020 Full Review Tom Hutchinson Radio Times Roeg successfully conjures up a tale that is as dazzling as the shimmering landscape against which it is set. Rated: 5/5 Nov 13, 2024 Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy One of cinema’s great mood pieces, a complex, multilayered work that relies as much on its visuals and sound schemes as on plot and characterization. Rated: 4/4 Sep 16, 2023 Full Review Peter Martin ScreenAnarchy Somehow both timeless and yet distinctly a film that could only have been made in its time, Walkabout captures strange, captivating beauty and the memory of a world gone by, reassembled for our viewing pleasure. Sep 13, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Teddy B Dreamlike and terrifying, 'Walkabout' displays both the beauty and power of the Australian Outback. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/10/25 Full Review helder f A movie of great sensitivity about a little boy and his older sister who are abandoned in the Australian desert and eventually find an aboriginal adolescent, who was on a path of his own. The movie progresses at a slow pace which is surprisingly tolerable. In great part, this has to do with The relationship between the siblings which is very tender and the two are very likable at first. Once they encounter the aboriginal male teenager, it is clear the young boy is more readily able to connect with him than the sister. At that point, she definitely becomes less likable. Despite the movie’s sensitivities, it is shot from the siblings’s perspective in that we never understand what the aboriginal young man says. This ought to be the least positive aspect of the movie, as it feels very dismissive towards the young man. It feels as though he was just a prop in their adventure while in fact he was on a journey of his own. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/05/25 Full Review Guayabito Bro, this movie is garbashhhh Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/04/23 Full Review Shioka O A pure 1970s gem dealing with the cultural complex in Australia. The director did cinematography as well and the result is superb than its context. I like the way to depict the small lives in desert... as if the two main character. Highly graphical, the director carefully placed the symbolic elements within the frame. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/28/23 Full Review Audience Member Not for the Marvel crowd. Slow and powerful. This, along with Don't Look Now and The Man Who Fell to Earth make up the trio of films that made Roeg one of the best filmmakers of the 1970s... Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review david b Some beautiful shots, but at times I feel that the film's art is detrimental to its plot (and our subsequent viewing pleasure). Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis 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. When he fails, he turns the gun on himself, and the two city-bred children must contend with harsh wilderness alone. They are saved by a chance encounter with an Indigenous Australian boy (David Gulpilil) who shows them how to survive, and in the process underscores the disharmony between nature and modern life.
Director
Nicolas Roeg
Producer
Si Litvinoff
Screenwriter
Edward Bond
Production Co
Max L. Raab Productions, Si Litvinoff Film Production
Rating
PG
Genre
Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 21, 2009
Runtime
1h 35m
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