We of the Never Never (1982)
- Starring:
- Angela Punch McGregor, Arthur Dignam, (more)
- Director(s):
- Igor Auzins
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- G
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Even today, the Australian outback (the never-never of the title) is a daunting place to be left alone. In 1901, it was even more rugged and wild. In this artful drama, Jeannie Gunn (Angela Punch McGregor), a very genteel and citified Victorian-era newlywed, joins her husband in the Northern Territory to help manage a station ("station" is Aussie for "a large ranch"). There she gradually sheds her prim ways and, thanks to her friendship with the local Aborigines, becomes a representative of an entirely new class, sometimes called "Australian outback women." In addition to chronicling the transformation of a Victorian woman, this film offers insight into the situation of Aborigine society at the time, and it received high praise from Australian reviewers. It is based on the diaries of Jeannie Gunn herself. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 134 mins
Complete Cast:
- Angela Punch McGregor - Jeannie Gunn
- Tony Barry - Mac
- Lewis Fitz-Gerald - Jack
- John Jarratt - Dandy
- Ray Pattison - Johnny Wakelin
- Arthur Dignam - Aeneas Gunn
- Tommy Lewis - Jackeroo
- Martin Vaughan - Dan
- Danny Adcock - Brown
- John Cameron - Jimmy Dodd
- Director(s):
- Igor Auzins
- Producer(s):
- John B. Murray
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- G(Adult Language, Questionable for Children, Violence, Adult Situations)
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