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As the title suggests, 'Walkabout' is a journey not only in distance, but also in the transition for one Australian aborigine, from adolescence to manhood. While on a family picnic a beautiful teenager and her brother suddenly find themselves very much alone after the tragic death of their father. As they wander through the outback they meet the young aborigine. The film unfolds and tells the tale of survival, resourcefulness and sexual awareness, as the travellers become lost in the Australian wilderness. - Director:
- Nicolas Roeg
- Cast:
- Jenny Agutter, George Roubicek, David Gulpilil
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On a cold, bright autumn day in Suffolk, England, a little girl in a red mackintosh drowns in a pond-the daughter of John (Donald Sutherland) and Laura Baxter (Julie Christie). Trying to recover from the tragedy, the couple arrive in Venice, Italy, where John has been commissioned to restore a church. In the eerie atmosphere of the lagoon city in winter, they encounter two strange sisters. Laura is suddenly released from her grief when one of them, a blind psychic, tells her that she is in contact with her dead daughter. Angered and sceptical, John carries on with his work, but witnesses an unsettling vision of his own: a little girl in a red mackintosh disappearing into the Venetian alleys. As Venice and his fate close in on John, illusion, reality and sudden terror spiral the story to its grotesque climax. - Director:
- Nicolas Roeg
- Cast:
- Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland, Hilary Mason
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A serial killer is on the loose in and around the small community of Globe, Arizona, and housewife Joan White (Cathy Moriarty) gradually comes to suspect that her opera-loving hi-fi engineer husband Paul (David Keith) might know more than he's letting on...
- Director:
- Donald Cammell
- Cast:
- David Keith, Cathy Moriarty, Alan Rosenberg
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Elroy 'Junior' Jackson (Jeff Bridges) is a kid full of attitude who helps his bootlegger father run their homemade whiskey. When Junior crashes into a police blockade, they arrest his father who's looking at a lengthy prison stretch. Junior needs to raise some fast cash to get him released and hits the demolition derby circuit. His natural skill behind a wheel sees him swiftly move on to stock car racing and finally a chance to make it big on the famous 'Nascar' circuit. - Director:
- Lamont Johnson
- Cast:
- Jeff Bridges, Valerie Perrine, Geraldine Fitzgerald
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