Walkabout

1971 95 min ★ 7.3 Adventure, Drama

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.

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Cast

Jenny Agutter

Girl

Luc Roeg

White Boy

David Gulpilil

Black Boy

John Meillon

Man

Robert McDarra

Man

Peter Carver

No Hoper

John Illingsworth

Young Man

Hilary Bamberger

Woman

Barry Donnelly

Australian Scientist

Noeline Brown

German Scientist

Details

Director

Nicolas Roeg

Tagline

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

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$1,000,000

Production

Si Litvinoff Film Production, Max L. Raab Productions

Reviews

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Wuchak

October 24, 2021

★ 7/10

_**Arty flick about survival in the Outback and coming-of-age**_ A teenage girl (Jenny Agutter) and her little brother get stuck in the Outback, but receive assistance by an aboriginal boy (David Gulpilil) on a ‘walkabout,’ a rite of passage into manhood. Directed by Nicolas Roeg, “Walkabout” (1971) is an arty cult flick that plays like a Terrence Malick film and no doubt influenced his styl...

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badelf

July 13, 2026

★ 7/10

"We are all one blood. No matter where we are from, we are all one blood, the same." —David Gulpilil Summary: 7/10: Uneven direction cannot diminish the landmark debut of David Gulpilil, whose grace and intelligence anchor a film that's really about the colonial destruction of wilderness and the particular genius of what was lost. Walkabout marks the screen debut of one of the most luminous...