British label Second Sight has revealed that it is preparing a Special Edition of Nic Roeg's classic film
Walkabout (1971), starring Jenny Agutter, Luc Roeg, David Gulpilil, John Meillon, and Robert McDarra. The release is expected to arrive on the market later this year.
Synopsis: Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist (John Meillon) takes his teenage daughter (Jenny Agutter) and 6-year-old son (Lucien John) into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them. When he fails, he turns the gun on himself, and the two city-bred children must contend with harsh wilderness alone. They are saved by a chance encounter with an Aborigine boy (David Gulpilil) who shows them how to survive, and in the process underscores the disharmony between nature and modern life.