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Summary
When his grandfather's drive-in cinema and home in the outback town of Wyndham is threatened with demolition, a twelve-year-old Aboriginal boy must journey through Australia's bush country - equipped only with ancient survival skills - to stop the city developers.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Kids
Skip it if
- You want something to laugh at
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+42)
Critics 100Audiences 58GoodWatch 79
Tomatometer100%
IMDb6.6
Audience score50%
Running time
1 h 30 min
Shorter than most adventure movies, −13 min on the typical 103
typical 10390Half of all adventure movies run 93–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 1 more
Released
2012
September 8, 2012
14 years ago
Genres
AdventureDramaFamilyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- Australia
26 people
- David GulpililJagamarra
- CWCameron WallabyPete
- JPJoseph PedleyKalmain
- RARohanna AngusLynelle
- DDDean Daley-JonesDave
- DRDolores RobertsCorine
- CMCallum McKenzieCallum
- KMKaylene MarrRosalie
- JWJarunba-Mark WeaverBellyup
- DMDougie McCaleGeorge
- RERichard EvansOld Man
- PBPam BarrettMrs. Evans
- TCTed CarltonStockman
- DWDavid WardStockman
- LTLarry ThomasStockman
- BTBuddy TysonStockman
- JSJames Salerno SnrMine Lawyer
- JSJames SalernoConstruction Foreman
- LHLyncoln HaycroftConstruction Workman
- ASAnika SalernoPolicewoman
- BFBrenden FielderPolice Man 1
- JMJeremy Maitland-SmithPolice man 2
- GTGreg TaitAboriginal Liaison
- MBMike ButterfieldPolice Man (Kununurra)
Directing · 1
- Catriona McKenzie Director, Screenplay
Camera · 1
- Geoffrey Simpson Director of Photography
Sound · 1
- David Bridie Original Music Composer
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