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1 July 1971 (USA)
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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... more
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Two young children are stranded in the Australian outback and are forced to cope on their own. They...
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1 nomination
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Cave 'inspired by Nabokov, Amis, Roeg'
(From digitalspy. 17 September 2009, 5:32 AM, PDT)
Gay Of The Dead 9: Bruce Labruce and Otto; Or, Up With Dead People.
(From Fangoria. 29 March 2009, 11:03 PM, PDT)
(From digitalspy. 17 September 2009, 5:32 AM, PDT)
Gay Of The Dead 9: Bruce Labruce and Otto; Or, Up With Dead People.
(From Fangoria. 29 March 2009, 11:03 PM, PDT)
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | 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 |
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100 min | USA:100 min (1997 reissue) | USA:95 min (original version)
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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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
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Jenny Agutter was embarrassed when doing the scene of her swimming naked in the lake, so as many as possible of the crew were sent away. When shooting was done they returned, stripped naked, and went for a swim.
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Errors in geography: 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.
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Featured in Gulpilil: One Red Blood (2002) (V)
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Gasoline Alley
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Although this is a sound film, and the characters talk to one another, this film could have been made just as well in the 1920s. It does not really need sound.
The film is about nature, and man's relationship with it. If a civilised person were left out in the desert, then they would soon die. But, as this film shows, there are people and creatures living out there quite happily.
The film has been criticised for having a weak beginning and a weak end. But where does the story of this film start? And where and when would you end it? Yes you can end it when the two children get back to civilisation. But does the story end there? No. Because of their experiences, things are never going to be the same again. And for them, the story has not finished, it is only just beginning.
I have seen this film several times and I notice something different every time I see it.