“Walkabout” is the story of two white children who are left to fend for themselves in the Australian outback, and luckily run into an Aboriginal boy who helps them to survive. He is himself enduring a rite of passage to adulthood, called a walkabout by Aboriginals, where the teenage male lives in the wilderness for six months.
English director Nicolas Roeg (“The Man Who Fell to Earth” 1976) put together quite an intriguing and engrossing story of survival in the desert. He had an excellent screenplay by Edward Bond to work with, who adapted it from the 1959 novel “The Children” by James Vance Marshall.
The cast delivered marvelous performances, including Jenny Agutter and Luc Roeg (son of the director) as the two white children, and David Gulpilil as the Aboriginal who helps them. The supporting cast consists of John Meillon, Robert McDarra, Noeline Brown, and Carlo Manchini as the Italian scientist. “Walkabout” was not successful in theatrical release for producer Si Litvinoff, Max L. Raab-Si Litvinoff Films, and 20th Century Fox.
Walkabout (1971)
cinema
My Review
“Walkabout” is the story of two white children who are left to fend for themselves in the Australian outback, and luckily run into an Aboriginal boy who helps them to survive. He is himself enduring a rite of passage to adulthood, called a walkabout by Aboriginals, where the teenage male lives in the wilderness for six months.
English director Nicolas Roeg (“The Man Who Fell to Earth” 1976) put together quite an intriguing and engrossing story of survival in the desert. He had an excellent screenplay by Edward Bond to work with, who adapted it from the 1959 novel “The Children” by James Vance Marshall.
The cast delivered marvelous performances, including Jenny Agutter and Luc Roeg (son of the director) as the two white children, and David Gulpilil as the Aboriginal who helps them. The supporting cast consists of John Meillon, Robert McDarra, Noeline Brown, and Carlo Manchini as the Italian scientist. “Walkabout” was not successful in theatrical release for producer Si Litvinoff, Max L. Raab-Si Litvinoff Films, and 20th Century Fox.