| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
013400 |
| Description |
digital optical stereo Dolby digital 2.0 rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
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Motion picture. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1; 16x9 widescreen 2.35:1; 2.0 Dolby Digital. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Cast |
Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Laura Monaghan, David Gulpilil, Ningali Lawford, Myarn Lawford, Deborah Mailman, Jason Clarke, Kenneth Branagh. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Christopher Doyle ; editors, John Scott, Veronika Jenet ; music, Peter Gabriel. |
| Note |
Videodisc release of the 2002 motion picture. |
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Based on the book by Doris Pilkington Garimara. |
| Event |
Filmed on location in Adelaide and the Flinders Ranges of South Australia and the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG; for emotional thematic material. |
| Summary |
Follows three aboriginal girls--Molly and her younger cousins, Gracie and Daisy--in 1931 Australia as they escape from the internment camp and the Australian government's plan to integrate them into white society and then must avoid capture during their 1,500 mile trek back to their home. |
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In 1931 Australia, three aboriginal girls -- Molly and her younger cousins, Gracie and Daisy -- are plucked from their homes and placed into an internment camp, there to be trained as domestic staff and integrated into white society, per the Australian government's plan. They escape the camp, and set off on a 1,500 mile trek back to their home across the Outback, following a fence that keeps rabbits away from the settlements. |
| Subject |
Aboriginal Australians -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Fences -- Australia -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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State Barrier Fence (WA) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Australia -- Civilization -- British influences -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Pilkington, Doris, 1937-2014 -- Film adaptations.
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Pilkington, Doris, 1937-2014 -- Videodiscs. |
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Australia -- Videodiscs. |
| Genre |
Drama.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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Road films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Road films.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Film adaptations.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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DVD-video discs.
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| Added Author |
Noyce, Phillip, director, producer.
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Olsen, Christine, 1947- screenwriter, producer.
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Winter, John, 1956- producer.
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Sampi, Everlyn, actor.
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Sansbury, Tianna, actor.
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Monaghan, Laura, actor.
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Gulpilil, actor.
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Lawford, Ningali, actor.
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Lawford, Myarn, actor.
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Mailman, Deborah, actor.
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Clarke, Jason, 1969- actor.
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Branagh, Kenneth, actor.
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Doyle, Christopher, 1952- cinematographer.
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Scott, John, film editor.
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Jenet, Veronika, film editor.
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Gabriel, Peter, 1950- composer.
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Pilkington, Doris, 1937-2014.
Follow the rabbit-proof fence.
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Miramax Films, production company, film distributor.
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HanWay (Firm), production company.
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Australian Film Finance Corporation, production company.
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Rumbalara Films (Firm), production company.
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Showtime Australia (Firm), production company.
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Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.), film distributor.
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| Standard No. |
031398213734 |
| Music No. |
46723 Miramax, LLC |
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