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Walkabout

Walkabout

DIRECTOR: Nicolas Roeg
Australia, UK, Ireland, New Zealand : 1971 : 100MINS : M

FREE SCREENING

MERCURY CINEMA, 12 NOON, SATURDAY 26 FEBRUARY

(No bookings required. To ensure admission please arrive early.)

Walkabout (Nicholas Roeg, 1971) stars David Gulpilil in his breakthrough role as the nameless example of ‘primitive purity’ who rescues the displaced ‘civilised’ European children lost in the Australian interior. He then pays the ultimate price, in what can be seen as a metaphor for indigenous existence since first contact.

Indigenous Identity


SCREENWRITER: Edward Bond, James Vance Marshall
PRODUCER: Si Livinoff
CAST: David Gulpilil, Jenny Agutter, Luc Roeg
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Nicolas Roeg
FESTIVALS: Cannes Film Festival 1971
DIRECTOR PROFILE: Nicolas Roeg was born in London in 1928. In the 1960s he developed in to one of Britain's top cinematographers, working with directors such as David Lean, Francois Truffaut and Richard Lester. His films as director include Walkabout (1971), Don't Look Now (1973), The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) and Bad Timing (1980).


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