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Title Walkabout / a Max L. Raab-Si Litvinoff production ; screenplay by Edward Bond ; produced by Si Litvinoff ; directed and photographed by Nicolas Roeg.

Publication Info. [Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2010]

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  DVD WALKABOUT    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult DVD  DVD WALKABOUT    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  AD DVD WALKABOUT DISC 1-2    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD WALKABOUT DISC 1-2    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Media Room  DVD WALKABOUT DISC 1-2    Check Shelf
Edition Special edition.
Description 2 videodiscs (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.+ 1 booklet.
Series The Criterion collection ; 10
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 10.
System Details DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital mono., NTSC.
Cast David Gulpilil, Jenny Agutter, Lucien John.
Credits Editors, Antony Gibbs, Alan Pattillo ; music, John Barry.
Note Based on the novel by James Vance Marshall.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1971.
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: 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.
Contents disc 1. Feature films -- disc 2. The supplements.
Language In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Marshall, James Vance, 1924-2018 -- Film adaptations.
Siblings -- Australia -- Drama.
Abandoned children -- Australia -- Drama.
Aboriginal Australians -- Drama.
Aboriginal Australians -- Rites and ceremonies -- Drama.
Initiation rites -- Drama.
Wilderness survival -- Australia -- Drama.
Genre/Form Action and adventure films.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author Roeg, Nicolas, 1928-2018. Director. Cinematographer.
Bond, Edward. Screenwriter.
Litvinoff, Si. Producer.
Gulpilil. Actor.
Agutter, Jenny. Actor.
Roeg, Luc. Actor.
Barry, John, 1933-2011. Composer.
Marshall, James Vance, 1924-2018. Walkabout.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
ISBN 9781604652741
1604652748
Standard No. 715515057912
Music No. CC1892D Criterion Collection
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