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Rabbit-proof fence [videorecording] / Miramax Films, HanWay and Australian Film Finance Corporation present a Rumbalara Films, Olsen Levy Production ; in association with Showtime Australia ; directed by Phillip Noyce ; screenplay by Christine Olsen ; produced by Phillip Noyce, Christine Olsen ; producer, John Winter.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2003.Description: 1 videodisc (94 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 9780788839498
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.4372 RAB 2003
Contents:
Prologue -- Chief protector -- Stolen -- Slide show -- Moore River -- Escape -- Tracker -- River chase -- Farmhouse -- Ambush -- Mavis -- Lost tracks -- Gracie's recapture -- Lost -- Coming home -- Epilogue.
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Christopher Doyle ; editors, John Scott, Veronika Jenet ; music, Peter Gabriel ; children's drama coach, Rachael Maza ; script consultant, Doris Pilkington Garimara ; Wangajunka language consultant, Ningali Lawford.
Awards:
  • Australian Film Institute 2002 AFI Awards for Best Film-Phillip Noyce, Christine Olsen, John Winter, and Best Original Music Score-Peter Gabriel.
Cast: Everlyn Sampi (Molly), Tianna Sansbury (Daisy), Laura Monaghan (Gracie), David Gulpilil (Moodoo), Ningali Lawford (Molly's Mother), Myarn Lawford (Molly's Grandmother), Deborah Mailman (Mavis), Jason Clarke (Constable Riggs), Kenneth Branagh (Mr. Neville).Summary: If the government kidnapped you, would you walk the 1500 miles back home? In 1931, three half-caste children from Western Australia did just that. 14-year-old Molly (Everlyn Sampi), her 8-year-old sister Daisy (Tianna Sansbury), and their 10-year-old cousin Gracie (Laura Monaghan), all fathered by itinerant white workers, are stolen from their Aborigine mothers and sent to an institution to be trained into "white" Australians. Told they have no mothers, the girls revolt, escape, and begin the long walk home-all 1,500 miles-navigating by following the fence built across the nation to stem the spread of rabbits.
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Media Resources Taylor's Library-TC 791.4372 RAB 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) DVD Video 1 Available CALSH,25000,01,GR 1000524979

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2002.

Based on the book Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington Garimara.

Special Features: 'Following the Rabbit Proof Fence' (43 min.) making of documentary narrated by Kenneth Branagh ; feature commentary with director Philip Noyce, featuring musician Peter Gabriel, actor Kenneth Branagh, screenwriter Christine Olsen, and author Doris Pilkington.

Prologue -- Chief protector -- Stolen -- Slide show -- Moore River -- Escape -- Tracker -- River chase -- Farmhouse -- Ambush -- Mavis -- Lost tracks -- Gracie's recapture -- Lost -- Coming home -- Epilogue.

Director of photography, Christopher Doyle ; editors, John Scott, Veronika Jenet ; music, Peter Gabriel ; children's drama coach, Rachael Maza ; script consultant, Doris Pilkington Garimara ; Wangajunka language consultant, Ningali Lawford.

Everlyn Sampi (Molly), Tianna Sansbury (Daisy), Laura Monaghan (Gracie), David Gulpilil (Moodoo), Ningali Lawford (Molly's Mother), Myarn Lawford (Molly's Grandmother), Deborah Mailman (Mavis), Jason Clarke (Constable Riggs), Kenneth Branagh (Mr. Neville).

If the government kidnapped you, would you walk the 1500 miles back home? In 1931, three half-caste children from Western Australia did just that. 14-year-old Molly (Everlyn Sampi), her 8-year-old sister Daisy (Tianna Sansbury), and their 10-year-old cousin Gracie (Laura Monaghan), all fathered by itinerant white workers, are stolen from their Aborigine mothers and sent to an institution to be trained into "white" Australians. Told they have no mothers, the girls revolt, escape, and begin the long walk home-all 1,500 miles-navigating by following the fence built across the nation to stem the spread of rabbits.

MPAA rating: PG emotional thematic elements.

DVD, NTSC, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound, Region 1, 2.35:1 widescreen.

In English, with some Wangajunka captioned in English ; closed-captioned.

Australian Film Institute 2002 AFI Awards for Best Film-Phillip Noyce, Christine Olsen, John Winter, and Best Original Music Score-Peter Gabriel.