Dot And The Kangaroo

– An Australian settler girl gets lost in the outback, but she is befriended by a kangaroo who gives h..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.20 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 11 Minutes
Release Year:
1977
Dot and the Kangaroo (1977)

An Australian settler girl gets lost in the outback, but she is befriended by a kangaroo who gives her a ride in her pouch as they search for the girl's home. Aiding the pair are musically gifted koalas, platypuses, and kookaburras in this 72-minute film based on Ethel Pedley's 1899 children's book, with animated humans and animals superimposed upon a live background. Children will be touched by the relationship between the child and her marsupial protector, who has lost her own joey. But they may also be frightened by the mythical bunyip (a threatening animal-bird hybrid) or the heroines' violent confrontation with snarling dingoes. Finally, children who are used to happy endings will be mystified that the kangaroo never finds her own baby, and Dot, although returned home, sobs when separated from her beloved kangaroo. The film movingly dissolves from a weeping Dot to footage of real kangaroos bounding through the Australian bush. Ages 3 to 8. --Kimberly Heinrichs

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Release Date:

15 Dec 1977

Language:

English

Director:

Yoram Gross

Writer:

Yoram Gross (screenplay), John Palmer (screenplay), Ethel Pedley (book)

Main Actors:

Barbara Frawley, Joan Bruce, Spike Milligan, June Salter

Plot:

A young girl gets lost in the Australian outback and befriends a kangaroo

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.2/10