Walkabout (1971)

07/01/1971 (US) • 1h 35m

Adventure, Drama

A boy and girl face the challenge of the world's last frontier.

Overview

Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son 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 Aboriginal boy who shows them how to survive, and in the process underscores the disharmony between nature and modern life.


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$1,000,000.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

australia

suicide

sibling relationship

based on novel or book

hunter

picnic

wilderness

camel

tribe

coming of age

flashback

survival

teenage girl

death

outback

geologist

rite of passage

australian aboriginal

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