
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.
Cast
Crew

Nicolas Roeg
Director, Story, Director of Photography
Edward Bond
Writer
James Vance Marshall
Novel
Antony Gibbs
Editor

Alan Pattillo
Editor
Brian Mann
Assistant Editor
Kevin Kavanagh
Assistant Director
Max L. Raab
Executive Producer
Si Litvinoff
Producer
Anthony J. Hope
Associate Producer
Brian Eatwell
Production Design
Mike Molloy
Camera Operator
Linda Richmond
Makeup Artist
Gerry Humphreys
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Barry Brown
Production Sound Mixer
Kevin Kearney
Boom Operator

Anthony B. Richmond
Special Effects

John Barry
Original Music Composer, Music, Conductor
Phil Ramone
Music Programmer

Karlheinz Stockhausen
Additional Music
Billy Mitchell
Songs

Rod Stewart
Songs
Warren Marley
Songs
Dean Goodhill
Still Photographer
Annabel Davis-Goff
Continuity
Grahame Jennings
Production Manager
Terry Gough
Art Direction
Peter Hannan
Other
Irving Zeiger
Other
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