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Movie Description
Set in Australia in 1931, RABBIT-PROOF FENCE tells the story of a government policy that required "half-caste" children (whose mothers were Aboriginal and whose fathers were white) to be taken from their homes by the authorities to be trained to work as servants. Based on the true story of Molly Craig, Philip Noyce's film of small gestures and few words follows the odyssey of three young girls who escaped from the government's training facility and, using the country's long stretches of rabbit-proof fences as their guide, walked 1500 miles to get back home.
Told squarely from Molly's point of view, RABBIT-PROOF FENCE also highlights the Australian government's treatment of Aboriginies by A.O. Neville (Kenneth Branagh), the legal guardian of the country's indigenous people. His plan to "breed out" the Aboriginal blood of the half-castes is marked by a cool calculation and moral blindness that stands out in sharp contrast to Molly's spiritual and intuitive relationship to the people and places she encounters on her journey.
Film Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Additonal Release Material:
Audio Commentary - 1. Philip Noyce - Director, Peter Gabriel - Composer, Kenneth Branagh - Star, Christine Olsen - Screenwriter, Doris Pilkington - Source Writer
Featurette - 1. · Following the Rabbit Proof Fence Documentary
Interactive Features:
Scene Access
Interactive Menus
Theatrical release: November 29, 2002 (NY/LA)
Industry Reviews
"...Noyce has tailored an epic tale into a lean, economical movie....He directs with sensitivity and an impressive level of objectivity..."
Box Office - p.136 - Chris Wiegand (11/01/2002)
"...[A] sturdy, touching movie....The movie becomes a paean to the beauty of the Australian countryside and the decency of most of the common people who aid the fugitives..."
New York Times - p.E8 - Stephen Holden (11/29/2002)
"...This is the best kind of movie, the kind that comes back to haunt you months after watching it. Resonating and, above all, reminding. Go see..."
Total Film - p.107 - Simon Crook (12/01/2002)
"...Spare and unyielding....Noyce honors the story best by standing back. Noyce lets the landscape and the untrained actresses own the screen..."
Entertainment Weekly - p.71 - Lisa Schwarzbaum (12/06/2002)
"...The young actresses who play the fugitives, all newcomers, shoulder the story confidently..."
Los Angeles Times - p.C1 - Manohla Dargis (11/29/2002)
"...Noyce and his screen writer Christine Olsen tell the shameful story straight¿letting the pathos emerge naturally from the unfolding events..."
Sight and Sound - Philip Kemp (11/01/2002)
"...Noyce and his screen writer Christine Olsen tell the shameful story straight…letting the pathos emerge naturally from the unfolding events..."
Sight and Sound - Philip Kemp (11/01/2002)
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