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A recently orphaned boy learns the art of wilderness survival when he meets up with a sick, dying old man in the Australian Back Country. The fabulously beautiful landscape, complete with kangaroos & wallabies, provides the picture with an almost surreal atmosphere.
Synopsis
While vacationing in the Australian Outback with his parents, American youngster Shawn Daley sees his Mom and Dad killed in a car crash and finds himself orphaned.
Shawn eludes a variety of insect and reptilian life before he meets Patrick Foley, a grumpy adventurer who lives deep in the woods. Foley grudgingly takes the boy in and teaches him how to live off the land.
Then Shawn learns that Foley has a fatal disease and has returned to his farm to die in peace. When Foley's condition worsens, Shawn discovers he has to leave Foley behind and start his journey back to civilization.
Only now Shawn has the tools, courtesy of Foley, to survive the trip.
Film Notes
Shot in Panavision.
Filmed between September and October 1979 on location in Blue Mountains and Barrington Forest, New South Wales, Australia.
Ironically, the script by Lanny Cotler was originally set in America.
Additional cast: Willie Fennell (R.C.).
Additional crew: Stephen Sharmat (executive producer), Bob Hilditch (production designer), and David Le Maistre (2nd unit director).
Released theatrically in Australia July 24, 1980.
Rated NRC by the Commonwealth of Australia.
Copyright 1980 Filmways Pictures Inc.
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