Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son 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 Aboriginal boy who shows them how to survive, and in the process underscores the disharmony between nature and modern life.
Writing | Edward Bond | Writer |
Production | Si Litvinoff | Producer |
Directing | Nicolas Roeg | Director |
Sound | John Barry | Music |
Production | Max L. Raab | Executive Producer |
Crew | Anthony B. Richmond | Special Effects |
Sound | Barry Brown | Production Sound Mixer |
Sound | John Barry | Conductor |
Editing | Brian Mann | Assistant Editor |
Directing | Kevin Kavanagh | Assistant Director |
Camera | Mike Molloy | Camera Operator |
Sound | Kevin Kearney | Boom Operator |
Sound | Phil Ramone | Music Programmer |
Production | Grahame Jennings | Production Manager |
Sound | Rod Stewart | Songs |
Art | Terry Gough | Art Direction |
Camera | Nicolas Roeg | Director of Photography |
Sound | Gerry Humphreys | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Editing | Antony Gibbs | Editor |
Crew | Karlheinz Stockhausen | Additional Music |
Camera | Peter Hannan | Other |
Sound | Billy Mitchell | Songs |
Directing | Annabel Davis-Goff | Continuity |
Camera | Dean Goodhill | Still Photographer |
Editing | Alan Pattillo | Editor |
Production | Anthony J. Hope | Associate Producer |
Sound | Warren Marley | Songs |
Art | Brian Eatwell | Production Design |
Production | Irving Zeiger | Other |
Costume & Make-Up | Linda Richmond | Makeup Artist |
Writing | James Vance Marshall | Novel |
Writing | Nicolas Roeg | Story |