| Edition |
Special edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 10 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 10.
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| System Details |
Blu-ray, requires Blu-ray player; widescreen. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Cast |
David Gulpilil, Jenny Agutter, Lucien John. |
| Credits |
Editors, Antony Gibbs, Alan Pattillo; music, John Barry. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1971. |
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Based on the novel by James Vance Marshall. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Note |
Special features: audio commentary from director Nicolas Roeg and actress Jenny Agutter, video interviews with Jenny Agutter and actor Luc Roeg, Gulpilil- one red blood (2002): an hour-long documentary on the life and career of actor David Gulpilil, theatrical trailer, booklet with essay by author Paul Ryan. |
| Language |
Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Siblings -- Australia -- Drama.
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Abandoned children -- Australia -- Drama.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Drama.
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Initiation rites -- Drama.
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Wilderness survival -- Australia -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Action and adventure films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Feature films.
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Film adaptations.
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| Added Author |
Roeg, Nicolas, 1928-2018
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Litvinoff, Si.
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Bond, Edward.
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Gulpilil.
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Agutter, Jenny.
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Roeg, Luc.
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Barry, John, 1933-2011.
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Marshall, James Vance, 1924-2018.
Walkabout.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781604652758 |
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1604652756 |
| Standard No. |
715515058018 |
| Music No. |
CC1893 Criterion Collection |
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