Walkabout Poster

Walkabout

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

Starring: Jenny Agutter, Luc Roeg, David Gulpilil, John Meillon, Robert McDarra

Writer: Edward Bond, Nicolas Roeg, James Vance Marshall

Release Date:
July 1, 1971
Ratings:
7.3 / 10
Director:
Nicolas Roeg
Companies:
Si Litvinoff Film Production

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.