Movie Description 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.
| Credits | | Cast: | Jack Thompson, Olivia Hamnett, Rick Schroder |
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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