Walkabout

1971

100 mins

Directed by Nicolas Roeg
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Drama

Australian screen legend David Gulpilil made his feature film debut in this haunting classic of cultural dislocation by Nicolas Roeg... More

Australian screen legend David Gulpilil made his feature film debut in this haunting classic of cultural dislocation by Nicolas Roeg (Don't Look Now, The Man Who Fell To Earth).

"Already an accomplished tribal dancer, he was just 16 years old when he caught the eye of director Nicolas Roeg, who was then scouting locations for his film about two English school kids lost in the Australian outback. Gulpilil was widely praised for his performance as the Indigenous teenager who encounters the white girl (Jenny Agutter) and her young brother (Lucien Roeg), leading the audience on a journey of survival and adolescent awakening through Roeg's stunning, dreamlike imagery." (Melbourne International Film Festival)

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Walkabout | Ratings & Reviews

86_%42 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
86_%8,055 reviews
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"Roeg's bag is photography, but pretty pictures alone cannot sustain - and, in fact, inhibit - this fragile and forced screen adaptation of a James Vance Marshall novel."

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Variety

"A work of striking atmospheric contrasts … Glorious and awe-inspiring one moment, dangerous and harrowing the next."

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The Guardian

"Is it a parable about noble savages and the crushed spirits of city dwellers? That's what the film's surface seems to suggest, but I think it's also about something deeper and more elusive: The mystery of communication."

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