Walkabout (1971)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.7/10   

Director:

Nicolas Roeg

Escritores:

Edward Bond (writer)
James Vance Marshall (novel)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

1 julio 1971 (USA)

Género:

Aventura | Drama

Frase comercial:

A boy and girl face the challenge of the world's last frontier. Dangers they had never known before... A people they had never seen before...

Plot:

Two young children are stranded in the Australian outback and are forced to cope on their own. They...

Plot Keywords:

Australian | Australian Outback | Tribe | Walkabout | Grasshopper

Premios:

1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Outstanding commentary on cultural clashes, though a bit puzzling at times.

Reparto

Jenny Agutter	...	Girl
Luc Roeg	...	White Boy (as Lucien John)
David Gulpilil	...	Black Boy (as David Gumpilil)
John Meillon	...	Man
Robert McDarra	...	Man (as Robert McDara)
Peter Carver	...	No Hoper (as Pete Carver)
John Illingsworth	...	Young Man
Hilary Bamberger	...	Woman
Barry Donnelly	...	Australian Scientist
Noeline Brown	...	German Scientist (as Noelene Brown)
Carlo Manchini	...	Italian Scientist

Duración:

100 min | USA:100 min (1997 reissue) | USA:95 min (original version)

País:

Australia | UK

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Singapore:NC-16 | Sweden:11 | UK:12 (video rating: 2000) | UK:AA (original rating) | USA:GP (re-rating on appeal) | USA:R (original rating) | West Germany:12

Locaciones de Filmación:

Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia

Compañía:

Si Litvinoff Film Production

Trivialidades:

Due to Jenny Agutter's full-frontal nudity, film originally drew an "R" rating from the MPAA. It was reduced to "PG" on appeal.

Errores:

Errores en Geografía: The girl asks to be taken to the city of Adelaide, the children's destination in the novel. However, the city shown at the start and end of the film is clearly Sydney, which is several thousand kilometers (and two states) away from Adelaide.

Citas:

The Girl: Put your shirt on.
White Boy: He hasn't got his shirt on!
The Girl: He hasn't got a shirt.
White Boy: He can have mine.
The Girl: It wouldn't fit him.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Watching the Alien (2003) (V)

Banda de Sonido:

Gasoline Alley

Outstanding commentary on cultural clashes, though a bit puzzling at times.

A sometimes puzzling, sometimes enigmatic, but always interesting movie, although it is a bit easier to understand if you've read the novel on which it's based. Jenny Agutter is particularly good as the English girl who suddenly finds herself stranded in the desert with her younger brother, and was at just the right age--about 16--to play the part. David Gulpilil as the aborigine youth "gone walkabout" who rescues them is also excellent. The uncomfortable contrasts between European and aboriginal cultures are undeniably accurate, and the use of A. E. Housman's poem, "Into my heart an air that kills" adds additional poignancy to the already bittersweet ending.