Walkabout
(DVD)
Contributors
Roeg, Nicolas, 1928-2018, director,
Bond, Edward, screenwriter.
Litvinoff, Si, producer.
Agutter, Jenny, actor.
Roeg, Luc, actor.
Bond, Edward, screenwriter.
Litvinoff, Si, producer.
Agutter, Jenny, actor.
Roeg, Luc, actor.
Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2010].
Format
DVD
Edition
Director-approved special ed., DVD ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([24] pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm).
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Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2010].
Edition
Director-approved special ed., DVD ed.
Language
English
UPC
715515057912
Notes
General Note
Based on the novel by James Vance Marshall.
General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1971.
General Note
Special features: Disc one: New, restored High-Definition digital transfer; audio commentary featuring Roeg and actress Jenny Agutter. Disc two: Video interviews with Agutter and actor Luc Roeg; "Gulpilil - one red blood:" (2002) documentary on the life and career of actor David Gulpilil; theatrical trailer.
Creation/Production Credits
Editors, Antony Gibbs, Alan Pattillo ; music, John Barry.
Participants/Performers
David Gulpilil, Jenny Agutter, Lucien John.
Description
A young sister and brother are abandoned in the harsh Australian outback and must learn to exist in the natural world, without their usual comforts, in this hypnotic masterpiece. Along the way, they met a young aborigine on his 'walkabout, ' a rite of passage in which adolescent boys are initiated into manhood by journeying into the wilderness alone.
System Details
DVD format, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital mono., NTSC.
Language
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Abandoned children -- Australia -- Drama.
Aboriginal Australians -- Drama.
Aboriginal Australians -- Rites and ceremonies -- Drama.
Desert survival -- Australia -- Drama.
Drama.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Initiation rites -- Drama.
Siblings -- Australia -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Wilderness survival -- Australia -- Drama.
Aboriginal Australians -- Drama.
Aboriginal Australians -- Rites and ceremonies -- Drama.
Desert survival -- Australia -- Drama.
Drama.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Initiation rites -- Drama.
Siblings -- Australia -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Wilderness survival -- Australia -- Drama.
Other Subjects