Walkabout (1971) - full transcript
A privileged British family consisting of a mother, a geologist father and an adolescent daughter and son, live in Sydney, Australia. Out of circumstance, the siblings, not knowing exactly where they are, get stranded in the Outback by themselves while on a picnic. They only have with them the clothes on their backs - their school uniforms - some meagre rations of nonperishable food, a battery-powered transistor radio, the son's satchel primarily containing his toys, and a small piece of cloth they used as their picnic drop-cloth. While they walk through the Outback, sometimes looking as though near death, they come across an Australian boy who is on his walkabout, a rite of passage into manhood where he spends months on end on his own living off the land. Their largest problem is not being able to verbally communicate. The boy does help them to survive, but doesn't understand their need to return to civilization, which may or may not happen based on what the Australian boy ends up doing.
[Radio Static]
[Switching Radio Stations]
[Radio Static]
[Man On Radio Speaking French]
[Man On Radio Speaking French]
|| [Didgeridoo Playing]
|| [Continues]
[Rhythmic Huffing]
- || [Continues]
- [Marching Feet]
[Children Chattering, Shouting]
- || [Piano Note]
- || [Humming]
|| [Humming Continues]
|| [Didgeridoo Continues]
[Chattering]
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Mmm, oh. Mmm, oh.
Buh, buh, buh, buh, buh.
- [Typewriters Clattering]
- Kuh, kuh, kuh, kuh, kuh.
- [Phones Ringing]
- A, E, I, O, U.
- || [Didgeridoo Continues]
- || [Stick Tapping Rhythmically]
|| [Continues]
[Sounds of City Traffic, Vehicles Honking]
|| [Didgeridoo Continues]
|| [Continues]
|| [Stick Tapping Rhythmically]
- || [Didgeridoo]
- || [Stick Tapping]
|| [Fading]
[Woman On Radio] The ortolan
is the name given to a European singing bird.
- It is extremely rare.
- [Motor Put-putting In Distance]
When fattened for eating,
they are left in dark cardboard boxes...
and packets of grain are pressed
to a hole in the box...
through which a light is shone.
The bird picks desperately at the grain
in the hope of penetrating through to the light...
which he mistakes for the sun.
This goes on for several weeks.
When it has eaten itself so full
that it cannot stand or see...
it is drowned in cognac.
Gourmets regard it
as an exceptional delicacy.
- You will find vinegar
is an acceptable substitute for cognac.
- [Motor Put-putting In Distance]
[Boy]
Stay there. Don't move.
[Girl]
Come on. Swim out.
Come on. Further. Come on.
- Help! No!
- Stop.
- [Boy] Swim back.
- Come on. Let's go.
- [Both Chattering]
- [Ship Horn Blows]
- Now try. It's not far.
- Watch, Dad.
[Woman On Radio Continues, Indistinct]
...although there are a few of them available
in tins in the better shops now.
[Girl]
Give me the radio.
[Woman On Radio]...so you have to learn
to tell a fish knife from a meat knife...
- and a fish fork from a meat fork.
- [Fly Buzzing]
If there's no fish knife and fork,
use the smaller knife and fork for the fish.
- If you make a mistake, just continue eating.
- [Boy] This one's red.
- Don't put the silver back on the table.
- This one's yellow.
Be nonchalant.
- The place for the napkin is on the lap.
- This one's brown with yellow stripes.
Please don't speak with your mouth full, Son.
The fish or meat will be served
to you on your left side.
- This one's green. This one's white.
- Take the serving fork in your left hand...
- and the serving spoon in your right.
- [Fly Continues Buzzing]
- Oh, there's another red one.
- Don't eat chicken with your fingers
except at a picnic.
[Engine Starts]
[Engine Stops]
You stopped again.
- Come back!
- He's all right.
[Fly Buzzing]
Don't go out of sight!
We'll eat now.
[Imitating Airplane]
[Imitating Machine Gun]
[Imitating Explosion]
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Bang! Bang!
Bang! Bang!
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Bang! You're dead!
I'm hot.
The wheel's come off.
Dad, my wheel's come off.
[Fly Buzzing]
The wheel's come off.
[Fly Continues Buzzing]
|| [Radio Clicks On: Rock]
- Chicken or ham?
- Both!
[Man]
| I think I know now what's making me sad |
|| [Continues]
[Boy]
Bang! Bang!
- Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
- || [Continues, Indistinct]
- It's ready.
- Bang! Bang!
Bang! Bang!
Quick, men! Duck!
- Bang! Bang!
- [Gunshot]
|| [Continues, Indistinct]
Bang! Bang! Bang!
[Boy] You're dead!
That's not fair! He'll get away!
You're supposed to be on my side!
Shh. Come on.
[Father]
What are you doing? Come on.
- || [Continues]
- And bring him with you.
It's getting late.
I've got to go now.
[Gunshot]
We can't waste time.
Come out now!
We have got to go now!
I... have got to go now.
[Murmuring]
Can't - Can't waste time.
We can't wa -
Come out now!
[Gunshot]
|| [Continues]
[Liquid Sloshes]
[Flames Ignite]
[Gunshot]
- || [Continues In Distance]
- Stay here.
[Dishware, Utensils Clattering]
- What happened?
- He said we were to go on ahead.
He said I wasn't to go out of his sight.
[Girl]
He'll catch us up later.
[Boy]
Do you know where to go?
[Girl]
Yes, of course.
This way.
[Flies Buzzing]
[Hissing]
[Children's Choir]
| Who saw him die |
| I, said the fly |
| With my little eye |
| I saw him die ||
[Scuttling]
[Birds Chirping]
[Clattering]
It's getting dark, isn't it?
Pass me that.
|| [Man Singing Pop On Radio, Indistinct]
- Aren't you tired?
- A bit.
- Are we going to stay here all night?
- If you like.
Yes, please.
But we didn't bring any blankets.
I don't think I'm really tired yet.
Where are you going?
In the bushes.
[Imitating Airplane]
[Man On Radio]
| Come what may, your life goes on |
Lizards!
What you looking at?
I'm looking for a light.
Why? There won't be anybody there.
|| [Continues, Indistinct]
It's time you went to sleep.
We've got to be up early in the morning.
I'm going to sleep here.
Shall we take turns at being sentries?
- No.
- Oh.
|| [Continues, Indistinct]
[Clicks Off]
We haven't even got any water, have we?
There's plenty of lemonade.
You can have some in the morning.
[Wristwatch Ticking]
|| [Choir Vocalizing]
|| [Continues]
[Birds Squawking In Distance]
Are you all right?
What are you doing?
Nothing.
Wasn't it nice last night?
- Did you like it?
- Yes.
- I had a dream.
- I know. You kept fidgeting.
[Utensils Clattering]
- You're dropping everything.
- What?
The ammunition's falling out.
I tore my blazer.
It doesn't matter. Come on.
- You won't tell Dad, will you?
- No.
What's up here?
We can see where we are from the top.
[Gulping]
Well, where are we now?
We've just got to climb that one.
- But you said -
- Then we can see where we are.
- But you said -
- Come on. I'll race you.
Oh, crikey. My legs ache.
[Boy]
There's the sea! It's the sea!
It is the sea, isn't it?
[Girl]
Maybe.
[Boy]
What sea is it? What's its name?
[Girl]
I don't really know.
[Woman On Radio]
Beneath the granite and basaltic crust...
is the mantle of iron magnesium
and possibly a sulfide-and-oxide shell...
an outer core of molten nickel iron -
[Boy] You must have lost it
when we were going up the cliff...
to find out where we were.
- I told you it was all falling out.
- [Woman Continues]...which means,
one day, the world will end.
Are you sure
it isn't in your satchel?
Yes.
[Woman Continues]
Apart from the scientific explanation,
the expectation that the world...
that is, that human society
will someday come to an end -
- It isn't there.
- I've made a hole.
- Look. Go on. Have a drink.
-...and that it is he who imparts dignity
and interest to the planet on which he lives...
- although not receiving importance from it.
- Leave some for me.
The idea that man has passed
through 10,000 years of trial and suffering...
in order that there might be, at last, a perpetual
succession of comfortable shopkeepers -
- I was listening.
- We mustn't waste the batteries.
Dad said they last for 400 hours.
- Are you hungry?
- Not yet.
- We ought to eat some salt.
- Why?
Uncle Ted said when they
were soldiers in the desert...
they always had to eat salt.
It doesn't taste salty.
[Fly Buzzing]
[Imitating Airplane]
- What are you doing?
- I mustn't step in those steps.
That means we won't
get home by tonight.
I'm fed up.
No, you're not. Come on.
I'll tell you what we'll do.
You walk on all the ridges,
and I'll practice my voice lessons.
- Puh, puh, puh.
- [Imitating Airplane]
Puh, puh, puh.
Puh, puh, puh, puh, puh.
Puh. Puh, puh, puh.
[Out Of Breath]
Puh, puh, puh.
[Wind Gusting]
Do you want a drink?
No. I'm not sweating now.
[Frequency Modulating]
[Girl]
Oh, come back!
I can't walk down there!
It isn't fair!
Oh, please make him come.
- [Fly Buzzing]
- I'm not coming back.
We've got to get on.
It's late.
I'm going now.
[Fly Buzzing]
Please. Please try.
It can't be much further.
It's silly to give in now.
It's getting late.
We've got to go.
- [Fly Buzzing]
- We can't waste time.
I'll carry you for a bit.
I'll carry you for a bit.
[Boy Groaning]
You're awake now.
[Boy]
What?
[Girl] If you're awake,
you should try and walk.
[Groans]
You should try and help me.
I'm tired too.
[Boy Groaning]
Look! What's that?
- What?
- That.
[Children's Choir]
| Who'll sing a psalm |
| I, said the thrush |
| As she sat on a bush |
| I'll sing a psalm ||
You said you were too tired to walk.
[Birds Chirping]
It tastes lovely.
[Chirping Continues]
It's all right.
The birds are eating it.
It tastes like meat.
- [Male Announcer] Today is Armistice Day.
- || [Girl Humming]
And at 12:00, there will be a three-minute silence
followed by a service of remembrance.
Meanwhile, we rejoin Captain Steele
and Dusty, counteragents...
in another episode of Enemy.
[Man]
If we make the bridge, Dusty -
Does drinking give you
a big, red, fat nose?
- Why?
- I was just wondering.
[Radio Program Continues, Indistinct]
Is that why Dad's nose is all freckly?
I don't know.
I've got a fly
without any wings in my cap.
[Dusty] The bridge is blown!
Brake, Captain! Brake!
[Tires Screeching]
[Vehicle Crashes]
Did our car crash?
You must look after your blazer.
It's got to last.
[Dusty]
Yes, skipper, I'm okay.
We don't want people thinking
we're a couple of tramps.
What people?
Did Dad tear his clothes?
Perhaps that's why he sent us on.
And you've got a hole in your pocket.
- When are we going there?
- Where?
Back home.
- In a few days.
- [Clicks Off]
That's the trouble with all these series.
You always know the superhero's
gonna get away with it.
That's the trouble with Batman.
and in The Saint.
You always know he's gonna win
all the fights in the end.
That's the trouble with all these series.
Even Bugs Bunny wins all the time.
If we were superheroes,
we would definitely win.
Yes.
- Are we superheroes?
- I don't know.
- I hope so.
- So do I.
We're lost, aren't we?
No, of course not.
|| [Girl Humming]
[Chirping]
- [Insects Buzzing]
- [Birds Chirping]
[Cacophony of Insects, Birds]
[Loud Clanging]
[Hissing]
[Sniffing]
Don't. You'll ruin your nice shoes.
What happened?
Birds ate it all.
But they couldn't have drunk all the water.
Is there any in the bottle?
No.
Why didn't you fill it up?
We should have picked some fruit.
Which way are we going today?
I hope we find lots of sand.
I don't like climbing up those hills much.
They make my legs ache.
I don't suppose it matters
which way we go.
We'll stay here.
Perhaps the water will come back.
Where from?
[Birds Squawking]
[Imitating Airplane]
You shouldn't walk about in the sun.
It's bad for you.
[Insects Buzzing]
[Wings Fluttering]
[Many Voices Chattering]
[Voices Continue]
[Voices Fade]
Dad.
[Speaks In Aboriginal Language]
[Speaking Aboriginal Language]
[Aboriginal Language]
[Flies Buzzing]
- I want a drink!
- Where are the others?
- You can't just go.
- Quick, stop him! He's getting away!
[Girl]
Oi! Oi! Uh, we're English!
English! Do you understand?
This is Australia, yes?
- Where is Adelaide?
- Ask him for water!
[Aboriginal Language]
Water. Drink.
We want water to drink.
You must understand.
Anyone can understand that.
We want to drink.
I can't make it any simpler.
Water - to drink.
The water hole has dried up.
Where do they keep the water?
Water!
[Gulping]
[Aboriginal Language, Laughing]
[Aboriginal Language]
[Children's Choir]
| Who'll carry the link |
| I, said the linnet |
| I'll fetch it in a minute |
| I'll carry the link ||
[Wild Dogs Howling]
Look! Look!
[Camels Grumbling]
[Grumbling Continues]
[Loud Grumbling]
[Wild Dog Howling]
[Screeching]
[Whimpering]
[Whimpering Continues]
[Snorts, Cries]
[Man On Radio]
For what set of values for "X"...
is 4-3(X-4)...
equal to X-2(4-X)?
Write 24, 48 -
[Boy] Seven fours are 28.
Eight fours are 32.
I can multiply 84 by 84.
I did it yesterday.
[Man]
Divide 3,893 by -
[Imitating Car]
- [Laughs, Speaking Aboriginal Language]
- [Man Continues, Indistinct]
- What is .5 of 12 minus a third?
- This is one of my soldiers.
Give your answer as a decimal.
Hey!
Put your shirt on.
- He hasn't got his shirt on.
- He hasn't got a shirt.
He can have mine.
It wouldn't fit him.
[Man Continues] Leaving Adelaide at noon,
Harry drives at a steady speed -
That's a soldier.
- [Girl] Give him one.
- No.
Don't be mean.
I expect he'd like to play.
He's never had any toys of his own.
- I haven't got any.
- [Aboriginal Language]
[Aboriginal Language]
[Announcer]
Peter left his home at Mildura...
and cycled towards his uncle's house
50 miles away.
After one hour,
traveling at 10 miles an hour...
he stopped for a drink,
which took him -
- [Radio Clicks Off]
- [Boy Laughing]
Give me a piggyback!
Give me a piggyback!
[Shrieking]
Ow! No! No! No!
It's your own fault.
He'll roast you in blood and eat you for dinner.
[Shrieking]
Help! Help! Put me down!
- Hey! Hey! Hey!
- Get up!
- Hey! No!
- [Aboriginal Language]
[All Laughing]
[Shrieks]
I'm not coming down!
[Speaking Aboriginal Language]
[Knocking, Clattering]
- No! Get down! No!
- [Shouting]
[Boy Screams]
[Chattering Continues]
Go on! It's great! Get up!
- Go on! Get up! I did!
- [Aboriginal Language]
Pull! Don't just hang there.
[Girl]
No. Carry me.
Jump! Jump!
[Shouts Aboriginal Word]
[All Chattering, Shouting]
[Boy]
Come on! Grab me! Hurry!
[Laughing, Shouting Continue]
[Boy]
Jump! It's my turn! It's my turn now!
[All Chattering, Laughing]
- [Laughing]
- [Boy] Come on! Jump! Let me go!
[Boy]
Come on! Swing me!
[Radio Static]
[Announcer On Radio] Waldo's Motor Mart
is in Allen Road, Camperdown, next to the hospital.
If you've got a good, clean,
low-mileage car you'd like to sell...
Waldo's Motor Mart will help you
turn that car into cash.
[Announcer On Radio]
And now, back to Night Beat.
[Announcer On Radio]
And now, back to Night Beat.
[Aboriginal Language]
Good night.
[Aboriginal Language]
[Aboriginal Language]
I'll be all right in the morning.
They got a bit sore from -
- Oh, dear.
- [Aboriginal Language]
[Aboriginal Language]
[Girl Inhales Sharply]
[Birds Chirping]
[Switching Radio Stations]
[Radio Static]
- [Father's Voice] All right, let's go now.
- [Bullet Ricochets]
Come out now!
[Echoing]
And bring him with you.
[Flames Ignite]
[Switching Radio Stations:
People Speaking Different Languages]
[Man On Radio]
Nothing can ever be created or destroyed.
[Switching Radio Stations]
|| [Man Singing Opera]
[People Laughing]
[Switching Radio Stations]
[Boy] Come on. It's my turn!
It's my turn now! Give me a go!
[Man On Radio]
Every man and every woman is a star.
What can we know -
[Radio Static]
By the telescope, a faint -
[Switching Radio Stations]
[Bird Squawking]
[Voices On Radio Fade]
[Boy Whimpering]
[Whimpering Continues]
[Gasps]
[Groans]
[Cries]
I told you to keep your clothes on.
- [Aboriginal Language]
- [Whimpering]
What?
No.
[Whimpering Continues]
[Bird Squawking]
[Birds Chirping]
[Boy]
I'll show you how to do karate.
[Girl]
There's a pool down there.
[Boy] So the boy said,
"I ought to be getting home from work."
[Camera Shutter Clicks]
He lived with his mother
in a house on top of the hill.
She had never spoken to him.
He'd never heard her say a word.
He thought she was dumb,
and she was blind too.
But every evening,
when he came up the hill...
he saw her sitting in the window,
and she was talking.
But as soon as she heard his key
in the lock, she'd stop.
And when he got inside,
she wouldn't say a word.
So, one evening, he made up his mind
to hear what she was saying.
- So he put the ladder -
- No, he went round the back.
[Boy] Oh, yes. He went round the back
and got the ladder.
- And he set it -
- He carried it.
[Boy] Yes, he carried it round
to the front of the house...
and set it up against the window.
[Girl] You didn't explain
that she was sitting upstairs.
- I did.
- You didn't. You left it out.
Well, anyway -
I don't know why you're telling him all this.
He can't understand.
He doesn't know what a ladder is.
I expect we're the first
white people he's seen.
[Boy]
It was very, very long and heavy...
and he only just managed
to get it in position in front of the house.
Next, he climbed up the ladder
and got on the windowsill.
But he couldn't hear a word.
She was only a few feet away
behind the window.
And her blind eyes
were staring straight at him...
and her mouth
was opening and shutting.
[Popping Lips]
But he couldn't hear
because she was speaking silently to herself.
So he put his ear to the glass,
but he still couldn't hear.
So he decided to come down.
But the windowsill was very narrow.
And when he turned round,
he knocked the ladder down!
[Aboriginal Language]
So he was stuck.
He couldn't jump down
because it was too far...
and he couldn't shout
to his mother...
because then she'd know
he'd been spying on her.
So he just sat there.
It got dark, and because there wasn't
very much room on the sill...
his legs grew very stiff.
Sometimes, some people went past...
but he couldn't shout to them for help
because his mother would hear.
So, there was a drainpipe
going down the wall...
and the boy thought,
"If I reach across and get hold of that...
I'll be able to climb down."
So he reached across,
but he slipped off the windowsill...
and fell down and broke his neck.
I told you.
He doesn't understand.
[Birds, Animals Chattering]
Well, his mother went on
sitting there and talking to herself...
and she began to get worried
because he was late home from work...
and his dinner would get spoiled.
So she said -
[Girl] No, she didn't.
She didn't say anything to him.
- She got up -
- Oh, that's right.
- and groped her way down the stairs -
- There's another aeroplane!
Do you think he understood
when I drew this house?
That doesn't look like a house.
You can't draw.
[Boy] That looks like a platypus
walking in space.
Or a pterodactyl flying under the sea.
I think he might take us to the moon.
[Girl]
I wish we had a proper pencil.
[Aboriginal Language]
Why did you say we were
the first white people he's ever seen?
I always thought you had lots of crayons
and pencils in your satchel.
Please have a look.
By the look of that,
I think he's gonna take us to Mars.
[Laughs]
[Frequency Modulating]
[Men Chattering In Various Languages]
[Chattering Continues]
[Men Continue Chattering]
Ah, we won't find it, Hil.
Once them balloons get loose,
they're away.
[Woman]
Perhaps.
Ah, you won't find that.
2-0-1.
Look from time to time, please.
They're expensive, and I don't like
to waste expensive things.
Sure. Sure.
Well, I better get back
to me mud pies.
Well, I'll be off then.
|| [French Café Accordion]
[Chattering In Italian]
[Nylons Rub]
You all right for smokes, Hil?
What?
On me.
- Oh, no, no, no.
- Go on.
But that is three packets
I have to owe you.
Well, don't worry about it.
I'm trying to give it up.
[Fly Buzzing]
- [Speaking Italian]
- Say, that's nice.
[Chattering Continues]
[Man] Hey! There goes another one!
Hey! Stop it!
Hey!
Hey, stop it!
So expensive.
[Man]
Hey! Stop it!
Stop it!
[Gasps]
[Lightning Cracks]
[Thunderclap]
[Lightning, Thunder Continue]
[Hissing]
[Wings Flapping]
[Radio Clicks On, Switching Stations]
[Man On Radio
Speaking Foreign Language]
- || [Radio: Soft Rock]
- [Chattering, Laughing]
|| [Continues]
- [Gasping]
- [Man] | Los Angeles |
| Los Angeles by morning
is so fine |
[Boy]
Hey, it's muddy in the water.
- | Especially in the early morning sunshine |
- [Girl Chattering]
[Girl]
It's muddy in the water.
| There you'll be in front of me |
| So I'll catch up and turn to see you
look my way |
- | And smile |
- [Girl Laughs]
- | We'll walk a while |
- Please. Put me down.
- | New, shiny day, Los Angeles is fine |
- [Laughing]
[Chorus]
| Los Angeles is fine |
- | Especially in the early morning sunshine |
- [Laughing Continues]
- [Chattering, Laughing]
- || [Fades]
How's it goin', boy?
I said, "How's things?"
- You got ear trouble?
- [Aboriginal Language]
Suit yourself.
- [Rooster Crows]
- [Chattering In Aboriginal Language]
[Dog Barking In Distance]
[Chattering Continues]
- [Children Laughing]
- Move it. Go on. Quicker. Move it.
- [Chattering Continues]
- [Man] Stick 'em right over there. That's right.
- [Child Crying]
- [Man Continues, Indistinct]
- [Chicken Clucking]
- Get that bloody dingo out of here!
- It's the last time I'm warning you!
- [Dingo Barks]
[Child Crying]
Here. Paint your titties with that.
[Laughs]
|| [Piano In Distance: Blues]
Lovely.
[Laughs]
[Children Chuckle]
Be careful with those.
They're valuable.
- || [Piano Continues]
- [Baby Crying In Distance]
[Man] Oi, knock off.
Knock off for about 10 minutes.
And no sneakin' off.
We got a lot of work to do.
- [Woman] You shut the door.
- [Man] The kids.
[Woman]
The window's open.
[Man]
I'm hot.
[Man Speaking Aboriginal Language]
[Boy]
Hey! Look what I found!
Over here! Come on!
[Device Ticking]
That must be a weather balloon.
[Boy] This black one's bigger.
And it's ticking.
I wonder where it came from.
Probably someone's listening to it.
[Ticking Continues]
Will it hurt me?
No, of course not.
How long will it take?
Ask him. Ask him how long it will be
before we get anywhere.
[Loud Pop]
Ask him how long.
Go on.
We'll be there today!
[Ticking Continues]
[Birds Squawking]
[Birds Chirping]
[Panting]
[Panting]
[Flies Buzzing]
[Metal Clattering In Wind]
[Clattering Continues]
[Flies Buzzing]
[Clattering Continues]
[Flies Buzzing]
[Rustling]
- [Clattering Continues]
- [Flies Buzzing]
[Speaking Aboriginal Language]
[Aboriginal Language]
[Laughs, Aboriginal Language]
[Flies Buzzing]
[Continues In Aboriginal Language]
[Continues In Aboriginal Language]
Hey! There's lots of water out there.
- It's coming up out the ground.
- [Girl] That's a spring.
[Aboriginal Language]
- [Boy Speaks Aboriginal Word]
- [Aboriginal Language]
[Aboriginal Language]
[Aboriginal Word]
He wants me to go and fetch some wood.
All right.
[Flies Buzzing]
[Chuckling]
[Chuckling Continues]
[Metal Jingles]
[Girl]
What are you doing?
Nothing.
[Flies Buzzing]
[Radio Clicks On, Switching Stations]
[Man On Radio]
...there's predestination or free will required.
We know now that
that that is, is.
[Switching Radio Stations]
|| [Radio: Man Singing]
[Radio Clicks Off]
[Aboriginal Language]
Water.
[Aboriginal Language]
Water.
Water.
Yes, water.
[Door Clatters]
[Clattering]
[Braying]
- [Aboriginal Language]
- Sorry, but that's all I could find.
- I didn't -
- [Aboriginal Language]
know where -
[Aboriginal Language]
Where are we going?
[High-pitched Humming]
It's a road!
- [Aboriginal Language]
- It's a real road!
[Aboriginal Language]
Where does it go?
You're making me drop my sticks.
- I like these.
- [Aboriginal Language]
All right.
[Vehicle Approaching]
[Gunshot]
[Gunshots Continue]
- [Birds Squawking]
- [Gunshots Continue]
- [Gunshot]
- [Bird Shrieks]
[Gunshots Continue]
[Gunshot]
[Gunshot]
[Squealing]
[Wings Flutter]
[Gunshots]
[Squealing]
- [Gunshots Continue]
- [Birds Squawking]
[Gunshots Continue]
[Gunshots Stop]
Hello.
[Flies Buzzing]
[Flies Buzzing]
[Insects Crunching]
[Insects Crunching]
|| [Men Vocalizing]
- || [Vocalizing Continues]
- || [Sticks Tapping]
|| [Vocalizing Continues]
- || [Vocalizing Continues]
- || [Sticks Tapping]
|| [Didgeridoo]
|| [Ends]
[Water Splashing]
|| [Didgeridoo]
|| [Didgeridoo Continues]
|| [Didgeridoo Stops]
|| [Didgeridoo Resumes]
|| [Didgeridoo Continues]
Didn't I get a lot?
There's lots more there. Didn't I get a lot?
[Girl]
Where have you been? I -
[Boy] Picking these.
He showed me where to get them.
Didn't I get a lot?
They're my favorites. Remember?
- Where are you going?
- Out.
No. Stay here.
Here.
I've got lots of them.
Why won't he speak?
What's he dancing for?
I don't know.
Perhaps he's pleased.
Why?
Because we got here at last.
|| [Radio: Sitar, Flute]
|| [Continues]
Where are you going now?
Aren't you hungry now?
[Girl]
Please leave him alone.
You haven't cooked the meat yet.
[Radio Static]
- [Radio Knob Clicking]
- The radio's gone.
- Oh.
- [Flies Buzzing]
- [Radio Knob Clicking]
- The battery's gone.
No. Dad said they last for 400 hours.
How long is that? It's longer than
we've been walking, I bet.
Leave it.
We won't need it much longer.
Put it down and go to sleep.
I want to start early in the morning.
[Boy]
I think he wants to stay here.
- [Girl] Why should he?
- It's nice.
I think that he wants
to stay here for a while.
There's lots of those
growing out there.
Anyway, I've already decided something.
We're going on our own tomorrow.
Why?
- That's best.
- No!
Suppose he wanted to do something
or something happened?
Suppose he tried to -
Suppose he went off and left us.
No, he won't.
He likes being with us.
Won't go.
You must have dropped it.
Will he dance all night?
[Girl] It's all right.
He won't keep you awake.
Can we go on the road?
What road?
Up there. We found a road.
Didn't he tell you?
What sort of road? A real road?
Yes.
Is that where we're going tomorrow?
Yes.
I knew we were getting somewhere.
- || [Didgeridoo]
- [Voice Murmuring]
- || [Didgeridoo Continues]
- [Murmuring Continues]
|| [Sticks Tapping]
|| [Fades]
[Birds Chirping]
[Boy's Voice: Distant, Echoing]
He's not there.
He's not there!
[Loud]
He's not there!
I went to sleep.
He's gone.
[Girl]
Oh.
[Boy]
Where's he gone?
- He's gone home.
- Why?
Well, there was no reason
for him to stay.
He just wanted
to bring us to the road.
We must be near a town.
So he's gone back to his family.
Ahh! Ooh! Ooh!
It's lovely and warm.
- He didn't say good-bye to us.
- Yes, he did.
That's what the dance was about. It's their way
of saying good-bye to people they love.
[Girl Laughs]
I'd love to have a warm bath
with clean towels...
and eat with real plates
and knives and forks.
And have proper sheets...
and records.
And clean my teeth properly...
and wear all my own clothes.
[Laughs]
I'm glad I washed your things.
We want to look nice
when they find us.
Did you keep that button?
We must be near somewhere
if there's a road.
I wanted to give him my penknife.
He's dead.
How?
I tried to give him my penknife,
but he wouldn't take it.
That doesn't mean that he's dead.
[Flies Buzzing]
He won't take it.
Should I see if the road's still there?
No, of course it's there.
Did you eat your breakfast properly?
Yes.
You should always
sit down when you eat.
You shouldn't wander about.
You ready then?
[Flies Buzzing]
[Creature Whoops]
There you are.
[Hard Footsteps]
[Footsteps]
[Girl]
What are you thinking?
Shall we sit down for a bit?
Stop sulking.
[Boy] Where's the radio?
You forgot it.
[Girl]
So what? It didn't work.
[Radio Static]
[Male Announcer]
It's time now for Hospital Requests.
You're listening
to the first network of the ABC...
Radio 2BL Sydney, 2FC Newcastle.
The time is half past 8:00.
|| [Radio: Pop Instrumental]
[Buzzing]
- Look!
- I know.
- Will Dad be there?
- No.
Ow!
[Grunts]
Is he dead too?
I'm not sure.
Did he shoot himself?
It was an accident.
No, it wasn't.
- Then I don't know.
- Look.
- Did it hurt?
- Not much.
- [Fly Buzzing]
- Well, why did he?
I suppose he thought
he was doing the best thing.
Well, that's silly.
I said I don't know, didn't I?
All right?
- You ready?
- Yes.
- What's the name of that town?
- I don't know.
[Coughs]
Morning.
Wait here. Hello?
Uh, excuse me!
Hello?
- [Knocks On Door]
- Hello?
I say, hello?
- Hello?
- Yes?
I'm sorry to trouble you.
We're lost.
We've had an accident in the desert.
Would you mind if -
- Put that down! Put that down!
- Please.
Put it down! Put that down!
- I have.
- This is all private property.
All this is private.
I'm an employee of the company.
- They own all this and the mine.
- What's the company?
You touch their cans
and you'll soon find out.
- Where's the mine?
- It's shut.
- Oh? What was in it?
- Nothing. That's why they shut it.
Do people come through here?
- We get the tourists, same as anyone.
- When will they -
I don't know.
They never send me a card.
- Well, how often do they usually -
- I don't know. You'll have to wait.
- You'll find it down the road.
- What?
Where you're staying.
Don't touch anything.
Would you like to see
the rest of the town?
We shan't have to wait long.
Someone will come soon.
Can we go and see the mines?
Yes, if you like.
- Can I go and play?
- Yes. Don't go far.
- Be careful.
- I'll be all right.
[Rubble Clatters]
- What's there?
- Nothing.
[Loud Clatter]
- Hey!
- Yes?
Watch!
What?
Watch!
- Are you watching?
- Yes.
Well?
[Wheels Squeaking]
[Metal Clatters, Echoes]
- What shall we do now?
- I know. Let's -
[Clanking]
[Clanking Continues]
[Horn Blowing In Distance]
[Vehicles Passing]
[Elevator Bell Dings]
[Motor Put-putting In Distance]
[Motor Continues, Faint]
Hi, doll.
Well, they've made a decision.
I get Graham's job when he leaves Friday,
Ian takes over mine...
and Robby and Alan go over to Accounts.
Which means old Mel
looks like being out of a job.
Still, it's his own fault. If you're gonna -
[Fades]
[Continues, Indistinct]
What?
Nothing.
Of course, with all this changing around...
there's bound to be good news
as far as salary's concerned.
I tell you, doll, in two years,
we'll be holidaying on the Gold Coast...
and shopping -
[Fades]
and shopping -
[Fades]
[Man Narrating]
"Into my heart an air that kills...
"from yon far country blows.
"What are those blue remembered hills?
"What spires,
what farms are those?
"That is the land of lost content.
"I see it shining plain.
"The happy highways where I went...
and cannot come again."
[Switching Radio Stations, Clicks Off]
[Switching Radio Stations]
[Radio Static]
[Man On Radio Speaking French]
[Man On Radio Speaking French]
|| [Didgeridoo Playing]
|| [Continues]
[Rhythmic Huffing]
- || [Continues]
- [Marching Feet]
[Children Chattering, Shouting]
- || [Piano Note]
- || [Humming]
|| [Humming Continues]
|| [Didgeridoo Continues]
[Chattering]
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Mmm, oh. Mmm, oh.
Buh, buh, buh, buh, buh.
- [Typewriters Clattering]
- Kuh, kuh, kuh, kuh, kuh.
- [Phones Ringing]
- A, E, I, O, U.
- || [Didgeridoo Continues]
- || [Stick Tapping Rhythmically]
|| [Continues]
[Sounds of City Traffic, Vehicles Honking]
|| [Didgeridoo Continues]
|| [Continues]
|| [Stick Tapping Rhythmically]
- || [Didgeridoo]
- || [Stick Tapping]
|| [Fading]
[Woman On Radio] The ortolan
is the name given to a European singing bird.
- It is extremely rare.
- [Motor Put-putting In Distance]
When fattened for eating,
they are left in dark cardboard boxes...
and packets of grain are pressed
to a hole in the box...
through which a light is shone.
The bird picks desperately at the grain
in the hope of penetrating through to the light...
which he mistakes for the sun.
This goes on for several weeks.
When it has eaten itself so full
that it cannot stand or see...
it is drowned in cognac.
Gourmets regard it
as an exceptional delicacy.
- You will find vinegar
is an acceptable substitute for cognac.
- [Motor Put-putting In Distance]
[Boy]
Stay there. Don't move.
[Girl]
Come on. Swim out.
Come on. Further. Come on.
- Help! No!
- Stop.
- [Boy] Swim back.
- Come on. Let's go.
- [Both Chattering]
- [Ship Horn Blows]
- Now try. It's not far.
- Watch, Dad.
[Woman On Radio Continues, Indistinct]
...although there are a few of them available
in tins in the better shops now.
[Girl]
Give me the radio.
[Woman On Radio]...so you have to learn
to tell a fish knife from a meat knife...
- and a fish fork from a meat fork.
- [Fly Buzzing]
If there's no fish knife and fork,
use the smaller knife and fork for the fish.
- If you make a mistake, just continue eating.
- [Boy] This one's red.
- Don't put the silver back on the table.
- This one's yellow.
Be nonchalant.
- The place for the napkin is on the lap.
- This one's brown with yellow stripes.
Please don't speak with your mouth full, Son.
The fish or meat will be served
to you on your left side.
- This one's green. This one's white.
- Take the serving fork in your left hand...
- and the serving spoon in your right.
- [Fly Continues Buzzing]
- Oh, there's another red one.
- Don't eat chicken with your fingers
except at a picnic.
[Engine Starts]
[Engine Stops]
You stopped again.
- Come back!
- He's all right.
[Fly Buzzing]
Don't go out of sight!
We'll eat now.
[Imitating Airplane]
[Imitating Machine Gun]
[Imitating Explosion]
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Bang! Bang!
Bang! Bang!
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Bang! You're dead!
I'm hot.
The wheel's come off.
Dad, my wheel's come off.
[Fly Buzzing]
The wheel's come off.
[Fly Continues Buzzing]
|| [Radio Clicks On: Rock]
- Chicken or ham?
- Both!
[Man]
| I think I know now what's making me sad |
|| [Continues]
[Boy]
Bang! Bang!
- Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
- || [Continues, Indistinct]
- It's ready.
- Bang! Bang!
Bang! Bang!
Quick, men! Duck!
- Bang! Bang!
- [Gunshot]
|| [Continues, Indistinct]
Bang! Bang! Bang!
[Boy] You're dead!
That's not fair! He'll get away!
You're supposed to be on my side!
Shh. Come on.
[Father]
What are you doing? Come on.
- || [Continues]
- And bring him with you.
It's getting late.
I've got to go now.
[Gunshot]
We can't waste time.
Come out now!
We have got to go now!
I... have got to go now.
[Murmuring]
Can't - Can't waste time.
We can't wa -
Come out now!
[Gunshot]
|| [Continues]
[Liquid Sloshes]
[Flames Ignite]
[Gunshot]
- || [Continues In Distance]
- Stay here.
[Dishware, Utensils Clattering]
- What happened?
- He said we were to go on ahead.
He said I wasn't to go out of his sight.
[Girl]
He'll catch us up later.
[Boy]
Do you know where to go?
[Girl]
Yes, of course.
This way.
[Flies Buzzing]
[Hissing]
[Children's Choir]
| Who saw him die |
| I, said the fly |
| With my little eye |
| I saw him die ||
[Scuttling]
[Birds Chirping]
[Clattering]
It's getting dark, isn't it?
Pass me that.
|| [Man Singing Pop On Radio, Indistinct]
- Aren't you tired?
- A bit.
- Are we going to stay here all night?
- If you like.
Yes, please.
But we didn't bring any blankets.
I don't think I'm really tired yet.
Where are you going?
In the bushes.
[Imitating Airplane]
[Man On Radio]
| Come what may, your life goes on |
Lizards!
What you looking at?
I'm looking for a light.
Why? There won't be anybody there.
|| [Continues, Indistinct]
It's time you went to sleep.
We've got to be up early in the morning.
I'm going to sleep here.
Shall we take turns at being sentries?
- No.
- Oh.
|| [Continues, Indistinct]
[Clicks Off]
We haven't even got any water, have we?
There's plenty of lemonade.
You can have some in the morning.
[Wristwatch Ticking]
|| [Choir Vocalizing]
|| [Continues]
[Birds Squawking In Distance]
Are you all right?
What are you doing?
Nothing.
Wasn't it nice last night?
- Did you like it?
- Yes.
- I had a dream.
- I know. You kept fidgeting.
[Utensils Clattering]
- You're dropping everything.
- What?
The ammunition's falling out.
I tore my blazer.
It doesn't matter. Come on.
- You won't tell Dad, will you?
- No.
What's up here?
We can see where we are from the top.
[Gulping]
Well, where are we now?
We've just got to climb that one.
- But you said -
- Then we can see where we are.
- But you said -
- Come on. I'll race you.
Oh, crikey. My legs ache.
[Boy]
There's the sea! It's the sea!
It is the sea, isn't it?
[Girl]
Maybe.
[Boy]
What sea is it? What's its name?
[Girl]
I don't really know.
[Woman On Radio]
Beneath the granite and basaltic crust...
is the mantle of iron magnesium
and possibly a sulfide-and-oxide shell...
an outer core of molten nickel iron -
[Boy] You must have lost it
when we were going up the cliff...
to find out where we were.
- I told you it was all falling out.
- [Woman Continues]...which means,
one day, the world will end.
Are you sure
it isn't in your satchel?
Yes.
[Woman Continues]
Apart from the scientific explanation,
the expectation that the world...
that is, that human society
will someday come to an end -
- It isn't there.
- I've made a hole.
- Look. Go on. Have a drink.
-...and that it is he who imparts dignity
and interest to the planet on which he lives...
- although not receiving importance from it.
- Leave some for me.
The idea that man has passed
through 10,000 years of trial and suffering...
in order that there might be, at last, a perpetual
succession of comfortable shopkeepers -
- I was listening.
- We mustn't waste the batteries.
Dad said they last for 400 hours.
- Are you hungry?
- Not yet.
- We ought to eat some salt.
- Why?
Uncle Ted said when they
were soldiers in the desert...
they always had to eat salt.
It doesn't taste salty.
[Fly Buzzing]
[Imitating Airplane]
- What are you doing?
- I mustn't step in those steps.
That means we won't
get home by tonight.
I'm fed up.
No, you're not. Come on.
I'll tell you what we'll do.
You walk on all the ridges,
and I'll practice my voice lessons.
- Puh, puh, puh.
- [Imitating Airplane]
Puh, puh, puh.
Puh, puh, puh, puh, puh.
Puh. Puh, puh, puh.
[Out Of Breath]
Puh, puh, puh.
[Wind Gusting]
Do you want a drink?
No. I'm not sweating now.
[Frequency Modulating]
[Girl]
Oh, come back!
I can't walk down there!
It isn't fair!
Oh, please make him come.
- [Fly Buzzing]
- I'm not coming back.
We've got to get on.
It's late.
I'm going now.
[Fly Buzzing]
Please. Please try.
It can't be much further.
It's silly to give in now.
It's getting late.
We've got to go.
- [Fly Buzzing]
- We can't waste time.
I'll carry you for a bit.
I'll carry you for a bit.
[Boy Groaning]
You're awake now.
[Boy]
What?
[Girl] If you're awake,
you should try and walk.
[Groans]
You should try and help me.
I'm tired too.
[Boy Groaning]
Look! What's that?
- What?
- That.
[Children's Choir]
| Who'll sing a psalm |
| I, said the thrush |
| As she sat on a bush |
| I'll sing a psalm ||
You said you were too tired to walk.
[Birds Chirping]
It tastes lovely.
[Chirping Continues]
It's all right.
The birds are eating it.
It tastes like meat.
- [Male Announcer] Today is Armistice Day.
- || [Girl Humming]
And at 12:00, there will be a three-minute silence
followed by a service of remembrance.
Meanwhile, we rejoin Captain Steele
and Dusty, counteragents...
in another episode of Enemy.
[Man]
If we make the bridge, Dusty -
Does drinking give you
a big, red, fat nose?
- Why?
- I was just wondering.
[Radio Program Continues, Indistinct]
Is that why Dad's nose is all freckly?
I don't know.
I've got a fly
without any wings in my cap.
[Dusty] The bridge is blown!
Brake, Captain! Brake!
[Tires Screeching]
[Vehicle Crashes]
Did our car crash?
You must look after your blazer.
It's got to last.
[Dusty]
Yes, skipper, I'm okay.
We don't want people thinking
we're a couple of tramps.
What people?
Did Dad tear his clothes?
Perhaps that's why he sent us on.
And you've got a hole in your pocket.
- When are we going there?
- Where?
Back home.
- In a few days.
- [Clicks Off]
That's the trouble with all these series.
You always know the superhero's
gonna get away with it.
That's the trouble with Batman.
and in The Saint.
You always know he's gonna win
all the fights in the end.
That's the trouble with all these series.
Even Bugs Bunny wins all the time.
If we were superheroes,
we would definitely win.
Yes.
- Are we superheroes?
- I don't know.
- I hope so.
- So do I.
We're lost, aren't we?
No, of course not.
|| [Girl Humming]
[Chirping]
- [Insects Buzzing]
- [Birds Chirping]
[Cacophony of Insects, Birds]
[Loud Clanging]
[Hissing]
[Sniffing]
Don't. You'll ruin your nice shoes.
What happened?
Birds ate it all.
But they couldn't have drunk all the water.
Is there any in the bottle?
No.
Why didn't you fill it up?
We should have picked some fruit.
Which way are we going today?
I hope we find lots of sand.
I don't like climbing up those hills much.
They make my legs ache.
I don't suppose it matters
which way we go.
We'll stay here.
Perhaps the water will come back.
Where from?
[Birds Squawking]
[Imitating Airplane]
You shouldn't walk about in the sun.
It's bad for you.
[Insects Buzzing]
[Wings Fluttering]
[Many Voices Chattering]
[Voices Continue]
[Voices Fade]
Dad.
[Speaks In Aboriginal Language]
[Speaking Aboriginal Language]
[Aboriginal Language]
[Flies Buzzing]
- I want a drink!
- Where are the others?
- You can't just go.
- Quick, stop him! He's getting away!
[Girl]
Oi! Oi! Uh, we're English!
English! Do you understand?
This is Australia, yes?
- Where is Adelaide?
- Ask him for water!
[Aboriginal Language]
Water. Drink.
We want water to drink.
You must understand.
Anyone can understand that.
We want to drink.
I can't make it any simpler.
Water - to drink.
The water hole has dried up.
Where do they keep the water?
Water!
[Gulping]
[Aboriginal Language, Laughing]
[Aboriginal Language]
[Children's Choir]
| Who'll carry the link |
| I, said the linnet |
| I'll fetch it in a minute |
| I'll carry the link ||
[Wild Dogs Howling]
Look! Look!
[Camels Grumbling]
[Grumbling Continues]
[Loud Grumbling]
[Wild Dog Howling]
[Screeching]
[Whimpering]
[Whimpering Continues]
[Snorts, Cries]
[Man On Radio]
For what set of values for "X"...
is 4-3(X-4)...
equal to X-2(4-X)?
Write 24, 48 -
[Boy] Seven fours are 28.
Eight fours are 32.
I can multiply 84 by 84.
I did it yesterday.
[Man]
Divide 3,893 by -
[Imitating Car]
- [Laughs, Speaking Aboriginal Language]
- [Man Continues, Indistinct]
- What is .5 of 12 minus a third?
- This is one of my soldiers.
Give your answer as a decimal.
Hey!
Put your shirt on.
- He hasn't got his shirt on.
- He hasn't got a shirt.
He can have mine.
It wouldn't fit him.
[Man Continues] Leaving Adelaide at noon,
Harry drives at a steady speed -
That's a soldier.
- [Girl] Give him one.
- No.
Don't be mean.
I expect he'd like to play.
He's never had any toys of his own.
- I haven't got any.
- [Aboriginal Language]
[Aboriginal Language]
[Announcer]
Peter left his home at Mildura...
and cycled towards his uncle's house
50 miles away.
After one hour,
traveling at 10 miles an hour...
he stopped for a drink,
which took him -
- [Radio Clicks Off]
- [Boy Laughing]
Give me a piggyback!
Give me a piggyback!
[Shrieking]
Ow! No! No! No!
It's your own fault.
He'll roast you in blood and eat you for dinner.
[Shrieking]
Help! Help! Put me down!
- Hey! Hey! Hey!
- Get up!
- Hey! No!
- [Aboriginal Language]
[All Laughing]
[Shrieks]
I'm not coming down!
[Speaking Aboriginal Language]
[Knocking, Clattering]
- No! Get down! No!
- [Shouting]
[Boy Screams]
[Chattering Continues]
Go on! It's great! Get up!
- Go on! Get up! I did!
- [Aboriginal Language]
Pull! Don't just hang there.
[Girl]
No. Carry me.
Jump! Jump!
[Shouts Aboriginal Word]
[All Chattering, Shouting]
[Boy]
Come on! Grab me! Hurry!
[Laughing, Shouting Continue]
[Boy]
Jump! It's my turn! It's my turn now!
[All Chattering, Laughing]
- [Laughing]
- [Boy] Come on! Jump! Let me go!
[Boy]
Come on! Swing me!
[Radio Static]
[Announcer On Radio] Waldo's Motor Mart
is in Allen Road, Camperdown, next to the hospital.
If you've got a good, clean,
low-mileage car you'd like to sell...
Waldo's Motor Mart will help you
turn that car into cash.
[Announcer On Radio]
And now, back to Night Beat.
[Announcer On Radio]
And now, back to Night Beat.
[Aboriginal Language]
Good night.
[Aboriginal Language]
[Aboriginal Language]
I'll be all right in the morning.
They got a bit sore from -
- Oh, dear.
- [Aboriginal Language]
[Aboriginal Language]
[Girl Inhales Sharply]
[Birds Chirping]
[Switching Radio Stations]
[Radio Static]
- [Father's Voice] All right, let's go now.
- [Bullet Ricochets]
Come out now!
[Echoing]
And bring him with you.
[Flames Ignite]
[Switching Radio Stations:
People Speaking Different Languages]
[Man On Radio]
Nothing can ever be created or destroyed.
[Switching Radio Stations]
|| [Man Singing Opera]
[People Laughing]
[Switching Radio Stations]
[Boy] Come on. It's my turn!
It's my turn now! Give me a go!
[Man On Radio]
Every man and every woman is a star.
What can we know -
[Radio Static]
By the telescope, a faint -
[Switching Radio Stations]
[Bird Squawking]
[Voices On Radio Fade]
[Boy Whimpering]
[Whimpering Continues]
[Gasps]
[Groans]
[Cries]
I told you to keep your clothes on.
- [Aboriginal Language]
- [Whimpering]
What?
No.
[Whimpering Continues]
[Bird Squawking]
[Birds Chirping]
[Boy]
I'll show you how to do karate.
[Girl]
There's a pool down there.
[Boy] So the boy said,
"I ought to be getting home from work."
[Camera Shutter Clicks]
He lived with his mother
in a house on top of the hill.
She had never spoken to him.
He'd never heard her say a word.
He thought she was dumb,
and she was blind too.
But every evening,
when he came up the hill...
he saw her sitting in the window,
and she was talking.
But as soon as she heard his key
in the lock, she'd stop.
And when he got inside,
she wouldn't say a word.
So, one evening, he made up his mind
to hear what she was saying.
- So he put the ladder -
- No, he went round the back.
[Boy] Oh, yes. He went round the back
and got the ladder.
- And he set it -
- He carried it.
[Boy] Yes, he carried it round
to the front of the house...
and set it up against the window.
[Girl] You didn't explain
that she was sitting upstairs.
- I did.
- You didn't. You left it out.
Well, anyway -
I don't know why you're telling him all this.
He can't understand.
He doesn't know what a ladder is.
I expect we're the first
white people he's seen.
[Boy]
It was very, very long and heavy...
and he only just managed
to get it in position in front of the house.
Next, he climbed up the ladder
and got on the windowsill.
But he couldn't hear a word.
She was only a few feet away
behind the window.
And her blind eyes
were staring straight at him...
and her mouth
was opening and shutting.
[Popping Lips]
But he couldn't hear
because she was speaking silently to herself.
So he put his ear to the glass,
but he still couldn't hear.
So he decided to come down.
But the windowsill was very narrow.
And when he turned round,
he knocked the ladder down!
[Aboriginal Language]
So he was stuck.
He couldn't jump down
because it was too far...
and he couldn't shout
to his mother...
because then she'd know
he'd been spying on her.
So he just sat there.
It got dark, and because there wasn't
very much room on the sill...
his legs grew very stiff.
Sometimes, some people went past...
but he couldn't shout to them for help
because his mother would hear.
So, there was a drainpipe
going down the wall...
and the boy thought,
"If I reach across and get hold of that...
I'll be able to climb down."
So he reached across,
but he slipped off the windowsill...
and fell down and broke his neck.
I told you.
He doesn't understand.
[Birds, Animals Chattering]
Well, his mother went on
sitting there and talking to herself...
and she began to get worried
because he was late home from work...
and his dinner would get spoiled.
So she said -
[Girl] No, she didn't.
She didn't say anything to him.
- She got up -
- Oh, that's right.
- and groped her way down the stairs -
- There's another aeroplane!
Do you think he understood
when I drew this house?
That doesn't look like a house.
You can't draw.
[Boy] That looks like a platypus
walking in space.
Or a pterodactyl flying under the sea.
I think he might take us to the moon.
[Girl]
I wish we had a proper pencil.
[Aboriginal Language]
Why did you say we were
the first white people he's ever seen?
I always thought you had lots of crayons
and pencils in your satchel.
Please have a look.
By the look of that,
I think he's gonna take us to Mars.
[Laughs]
[Frequency Modulating]
[Men Chattering In Various Languages]
[Chattering Continues]
[Men Continue Chattering]
Ah, we won't find it, Hil.
Once them balloons get loose,
they're away.
[Woman]
Perhaps.
Ah, you won't find that.
2-0-1.
Look from time to time, please.
They're expensive, and I don't like
to waste expensive things.
Sure. Sure.
Well, I better get back
to me mud pies.
Well, I'll be off then.
|| [French Café Accordion]
[Chattering In Italian]
[Nylons Rub]
You all right for smokes, Hil?
What?
On me.
- Oh, no, no, no.
- Go on.
But that is three packets
I have to owe you.
Well, don't worry about it.
I'm trying to give it up.
[Fly Buzzing]
- [Speaking Italian]
- Say, that's nice.
[Chattering Continues]
[Man] Hey! There goes another one!
Hey! Stop it!
Hey!
Hey, stop it!
So expensive.
[Man]
Hey! Stop it!
Stop it!
[Gasps]
[Lightning Cracks]
[Thunderclap]
[Lightning, Thunder Continue]
[Hissing]
[Wings Flapping]
[Radio Clicks On, Switching Stations]
[Man On Radio
Speaking Foreign Language]
- || [Radio: Soft Rock]
- [Chattering, Laughing]
|| [Continues]
- [Gasping]
- [Man] | Los Angeles |
| Los Angeles by morning
is so fine |
[Boy]
Hey, it's muddy in the water.
- | Especially in the early morning sunshine |
- [Girl Chattering]
[Girl]
It's muddy in the water.
| There you'll be in front of me |
| So I'll catch up and turn to see you
look my way |
- | And smile |
- [Girl Laughs]
- | We'll walk a while |
- Please. Put me down.
- | New, shiny day, Los Angeles is fine |
- [Laughing]
[Chorus]
| Los Angeles is fine |
- | Especially in the early morning sunshine |
- [Laughing Continues]
- [Chattering, Laughing]
- || [Fades]
How's it goin', boy?
I said, "How's things?"
- You got ear trouble?
- [Aboriginal Language]
Suit yourself.
- [Rooster Crows]
- [Chattering In Aboriginal Language]
[Dog Barking In Distance]
[Chattering Continues]
- [Children Laughing]
- Move it. Go on. Quicker. Move it.
- [Chattering Continues]
- [Man] Stick 'em right over there. That's right.
- [Child Crying]
- [Man Continues, Indistinct]
- [Chicken Clucking]
- Get that bloody dingo out of here!
- It's the last time I'm warning you!
- [Dingo Barks]
[Child Crying]
Here. Paint your titties with that.
[Laughs]
|| [Piano In Distance: Blues]
Lovely.
[Laughs]
[Children Chuckle]
Be careful with those.
They're valuable.
- || [Piano Continues]
- [Baby Crying In Distance]
[Man] Oi, knock off.
Knock off for about 10 minutes.
And no sneakin' off.
We got a lot of work to do.
- [Woman] You shut the door.
- [Man] The kids.
[Woman]
The window's open.
[Man]
I'm hot.
[Man Speaking Aboriginal Language]
[Boy]
Hey! Look what I found!
Over here! Come on!
[Device Ticking]
That must be a weather balloon.
[Boy] This black one's bigger.
And it's ticking.
I wonder where it came from.
Probably someone's listening to it.
[Ticking Continues]
Will it hurt me?
No, of course not.
How long will it take?
Ask him. Ask him how long it will be
before we get anywhere.
[Loud Pop]
Ask him how long.
Go on.
We'll be there today!
[Ticking Continues]
[Birds Squawking]
[Birds Chirping]
[Panting]
[Panting]
[Flies Buzzing]
[Metal Clattering In Wind]
[Clattering Continues]
[Flies Buzzing]
[Clattering Continues]
[Flies Buzzing]
[Rustling]
- [Clattering Continues]
- [Flies Buzzing]
[Speaking Aboriginal Language]
[Aboriginal Language]
[Laughs, Aboriginal Language]
[Flies Buzzing]
[Continues In Aboriginal Language]
[Continues In Aboriginal Language]
Hey! There's lots of water out there.
- It's coming up out the ground.
- [Girl] That's a spring.
[Aboriginal Language]
- [Boy Speaks Aboriginal Word]
- [Aboriginal Language]
[Aboriginal Language]
[Aboriginal Word]
He wants me to go and fetch some wood.
All right.
[Flies Buzzing]
[Chuckling]
[Chuckling Continues]
[Metal Jingles]
[Girl]
What are you doing?
Nothing.
[Flies Buzzing]
[Radio Clicks On, Switching Stations]
[Man On Radio]
...there's predestination or free will required.
We know now that
that that is, is.
[Switching Radio Stations]
|| [Radio: Man Singing]
[Radio Clicks Off]
[Aboriginal Language]
Water.
[Aboriginal Language]
Water.
Water.
Yes, water.
[Door Clatters]
[Clattering]
[Braying]
- [Aboriginal Language]
- Sorry, but that's all I could find.
- I didn't -
- [Aboriginal Language]
know where -
[Aboriginal Language]
Where are we going?
[High-pitched Humming]
It's a road!
- [Aboriginal Language]
- It's a real road!
[Aboriginal Language]
Where does it go?
You're making me drop my sticks.
- I like these.
- [Aboriginal Language]
All right.
[Vehicle Approaching]
[Gunshot]
[Gunshots Continue]
- [Birds Squawking]
- [Gunshots Continue]
- [Gunshot]
- [Bird Shrieks]
[Gunshots Continue]
[Gunshot]
[Gunshot]
[Squealing]
[Wings Flutter]
[Gunshots]
[Squealing]
- [Gunshots Continue]
- [Birds Squawking]
[Gunshots Continue]
[Gunshots Stop]
Hello.
[Flies Buzzing]
[Flies Buzzing]
[Insects Crunching]
[Insects Crunching]
|| [Men Vocalizing]
- || [Vocalizing Continues]
- || [Sticks Tapping]
|| [Vocalizing Continues]
- || [Vocalizing Continues]
- || [Sticks Tapping]
|| [Didgeridoo]
|| [Ends]
[Water Splashing]
|| [Didgeridoo]
|| [Didgeridoo Continues]
|| [Didgeridoo Stops]
|| [Didgeridoo Resumes]
|| [Didgeridoo Continues]
Didn't I get a lot?
There's lots more there. Didn't I get a lot?
[Girl]
Where have you been? I -
[Boy] Picking these.
He showed me where to get them.
Didn't I get a lot?
They're my favorites. Remember?
- Where are you going?
- Out.
No. Stay here.
Here.
I've got lots of them.
Why won't he speak?
What's he dancing for?
I don't know.
Perhaps he's pleased.
Why?
Because we got here at last.
|| [Radio: Sitar, Flute]
|| [Continues]
Where are you going now?
Aren't you hungry now?
[Girl]
Please leave him alone.
You haven't cooked the meat yet.
[Radio Static]
- [Radio Knob Clicking]
- The radio's gone.
- Oh.
- [Flies Buzzing]
- [Radio Knob Clicking]
- The battery's gone.
No. Dad said they last for 400 hours.
How long is that? It's longer than
we've been walking, I bet.
Leave it.
We won't need it much longer.
Put it down and go to sleep.
I want to start early in the morning.
[Boy]
I think he wants to stay here.
- [Girl] Why should he?
- It's nice.
I think that he wants
to stay here for a while.
There's lots of those
growing out there.
Anyway, I've already decided something.
We're going on our own tomorrow.
Why?
- That's best.
- No!
Suppose he wanted to do something
or something happened?
Suppose he tried to -
Suppose he went off and left us.
No, he won't.
He likes being with us.
Won't go.
You must have dropped it.
Will he dance all night?
[Girl] It's all right.
He won't keep you awake.
Can we go on the road?
What road?
Up there. We found a road.
Didn't he tell you?
What sort of road? A real road?
Yes.
Is that where we're going tomorrow?
Yes.
I knew we were getting somewhere.
- || [Didgeridoo]
- [Voice Murmuring]
- || [Didgeridoo Continues]
- [Murmuring Continues]
|| [Sticks Tapping]
|| [Fades]
[Birds Chirping]
[Boy's Voice: Distant, Echoing]
He's not there.
He's not there!
[Loud]
He's not there!
I went to sleep.
He's gone.
[Girl]
Oh.
[Boy]
Where's he gone?
- He's gone home.
- Why?
Well, there was no reason
for him to stay.
He just wanted
to bring us to the road.
We must be near a town.
So he's gone back to his family.
Ahh! Ooh! Ooh!
It's lovely and warm.
- He didn't say good-bye to us.
- Yes, he did.
That's what the dance was about. It's their way
of saying good-bye to people they love.
[Girl Laughs]
I'd love to have a warm bath
with clean towels...
and eat with real plates
and knives and forks.
And have proper sheets...
and records.
And clean my teeth properly...
and wear all my own clothes.
[Laughs]
I'm glad I washed your things.
We want to look nice
when they find us.
Did you keep that button?
We must be near somewhere
if there's a road.
I wanted to give him my penknife.
He's dead.
How?
I tried to give him my penknife,
but he wouldn't take it.
That doesn't mean that he's dead.
[Flies Buzzing]
He won't take it.
Should I see if the road's still there?
No, of course it's there.
Did you eat your breakfast properly?
Yes.
You should always
sit down when you eat.
You shouldn't wander about.
You ready then?
[Flies Buzzing]
[Creature Whoops]
There you are.
[Hard Footsteps]
[Footsteps]
[Girl]
What are you thinking?
Shall we sit down for a bit?
Stop sulking.
[Boy] Where's the radio?
You forgot it.
[Girl]
So what? It didn't work.
[Radio Static]
[Male Announcer]
It's time now for Hospital Requests.
You're listening
to the first network of the ABC...
Radio 2BL Sydney, 2FC Newcastle.
The time is half past 8:00.
|| [Radio: Pop Instrumental]
[Buzzing]
- Look!
- I know.
- Will Dad be there?
- No.
Ow!
[Grunts]
Is he dead too?
I'm not sure.
Did he shoot himself?
It was an accident.
No, it wasn't.
- Then I don't know.
- Look.
- Did it hurt?
- Not much.
- [Fly Buzzing]
- Well, why did he?
I suppose he thought
he was doing the best thing.
Well, that's silly.
I said I don't know, didn't I?
All right?
- You ready?
- Yes.
- What's the name of that town?
- I don't know.
[Coughs]
Morning.
Wait here. Hello?
Uh, excuse me!
Hello?
- [Knocks On Door]
- Hello?
I say, hello?
- Hello?
- Yes?
I'm sorry to trouble you.
We're lost.
We've had an accident in the desert.
Would you mind if -
- Put that down! Put that down!
- Please.
Put it down! Put that down!
- I have.
- This is all private property.
All this is private.
I'm an employee of the company.
- They own all this and the mine.
- What's the company?
You touch their cans
and you'll soon find out.
- Where's the mine?
- It's shut.
- Oh? What was in it?
- Nothing. That's why they shut it.
Do people come through here?
- We get the tourists, same as anyone.
- When will they -
I don't know.
They never send me a card.
- Well, how often do they usually -
- I don't know. You'll have to wait.
- You'll find it down the road.
- What?
Where you're staying.
Don't touch anything.
Would you like to see
the rest of the town?
We shan't have to wait long.
Someone will come soon.
Can we go and see the mines?
Yes, if you like.
- Can I go and play?
- Yes. Don't go far.
- Be careful.
- I'll be all right.
[Rubble Clatters]
- What's there?
- Nothing.
[Loud Clatter]
- Hey!
- Yes?
Watch!
What?
Watch!
- Are you watching?
- Yes.
Well?
[Wheels Squeaking]
[Metal Clatters, Echoes]
- What shall we do now?
- I know. Let's -
[Clanking]
[Clanking Continues]
[Horn Blowing In Distance]
[Vehicles Passing]
[Elevator Bell Dings]
[Motor Put-putting In Distance]
[Motor Continues, Faint]
Hi, doll.
Well, they've made a decision.
I get Graham's job when he leaves Friday,
Ian takes over mine...
and Robby and Alan go over to Accounts.
Which means old Mel
looks like being out of a job.
Still, it's his own fault. If you're gonna -
[Fades]
[Continues, Indistinct]
What?
Nothing.
Of course, with all this changing around...
there's bound to be good news
as far as salary's concerned.
I tell you, doll, in two years,
we'll be holidaying on the Gold Coast...
and shopping -
[Fades]
and shopping -
[Fades]
[Man Narrating]
"Into my heart an air that kills...
"from yon far country blows.
"What are those blue remembered hills?
"What spires,
what farms are those?
"That is the land of lost content.
"I see it shining plain.
"The happy highways where I went...
and cannot come again."
[Switching Radio Stations, Clicks Off]