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Release Date:
1 July 1971 (USA) more
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Tagline:
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
Plot:
Two young children are stranded in the Australian outback and are forced to cope on their own. They... more | add synopsis
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1 nomination more
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INNOCENCE more (103 total)

Cast

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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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Directed by
Nicolas Roeg 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Edward Bond  writer
James Vance Marshall  novel

Produced by
Anthony J. Hope .... associate producer
Si Litvinoff .... producer
Max L. Raab .... executive producer
 
Original Music by
John Barry 
 
Cinematography by
Nicolas Roeg 
 
Film Editing by
Antony Gibbs 
Alan Pattillo 
 
Production Design by
Brian Eatwell 
 
Art Direction by
Terry Gough 
 
Makeup Department
Linda Richmond .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Grahame Jennings .... production manager
Irving Zeiger .... associate production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kevin Kavanagh .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Barry Brown .... location sound mixer
Gerry Humphreys .... dubbing mixer
Kevin Kearney .... boom operator
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Dean Goodhill .... still photographer
Peter Hannan .... focus puller
Mike Molloy .... camera operator
Anthony B. Richmond .... special photographer (as Tony Richmond)
Dean Goodhill .... still photographer (uncredited)
 
Editorial Department
Brian Mann .... assistant film editor
 
Music Department
John Barry .... conductor
Phil Ramone .... music producer
Sidney Margo .... music contractor (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Annabel Davis-Goff .... continuity
Barbara Burleigh .... production coordinator: on location (uncredited)
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Additional Details

Runtime:
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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Certification:
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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Due to Jenny Agutter's full-frontal nudity, film originally drew an "R" rating from the MPAA. It was reduced to "PG" on appeal. more
Goofs:
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. more
Quotes:
White Boy: Well, where are we now? more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in 50 Films to See Before You Die (2006) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
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36 out of 40 people found the following review useful.
INNOCENCE, 14 April 2004
Author: sunsix from glendale, CO

Goodness gracious it's amazing how many reviewers missed the most obvious aspect of the film. This tale is about innocence and it approaches that from many different angles. As for Roeg practicing camera tricks-maybe today these are tricks but at the time the style was a pioneering method of telling and showing psychological elements, wasted on todays audiences. Roeg presents innocence in juxtaposition with the hardness and neuroses of society, not as WHITEMAN BAD but as society, modern society makes us very neurotic by taking away our innocence. Roeg makes an brilliant point and stylizes a mostly nonverbal experience by letting us journey with children all on the cusp of some new stage of growth. This movie is a small masterpiece!!

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