We of the Never Never (1982)
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- G
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 136 mins
Theatrical Release Information:
We of the Never Never
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
Complete Cast of We of the Never Never:
Tommy Lewis also in The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith , Society
Lewis Fitz-Gerald also in A Cry in the Dark , Breaker Morant , Pitch Black , Rikky and Pete , Dead Heart
Martin Vaughan also in Picnic at Hanging Rock
John Jarratt also in Wolf Creek , Rogue , Blue Fin , Fields of Fire , Dead Heart
Danny Adcock also in Quigley Down Under
John Cameron also in Congo , The Quick and the Dead , The Hudsucker Proxy , The Evil Dead , Darkman
We of the Never Never Trivia
