Title:
Walkabout
ISBN:
9781604652741
Edition:
Special ed.
Publication Information:
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2010]
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([24] p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.)
General Note:
Based on the novel by James Vance Marshall.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1971.
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.
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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.
System Details:
DVD, REGION 1, WIDESCREEN PRESENTATION; DOLBY DIGITAL MONO., NTSC.
Language Note:
IN ENGLISH WITH OPTIONAL ENGLISH SUBTITLES FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING.
