Rabbit-Proof Fence
by Phillip Noyce
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Actor: David Gulpilil, Everlyn Sampi, Kenneth Branagh, Laura Monaghan, Tianna SansburyDirector: Phillip Noyce
Brand: BRANAGH,KENNETH
Producer: Christine Olsen
Writer: Christine Olsen
Producer: David Elfick
Producer: Emile Sherman
Producer: Jeremy Thomas
Producer: John Winter
Writer: Doris Pilkington
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 94 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-04-15
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Miramax Home Entertainment
DVD Reviews of Rabbit-Proof Fence
DVD Review: About Love and the Resiliency of the Human Spirit
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a brilliant movie about love and the resiliency of the human spirit. In
Australia during the early 20th century, half-caste Aboriginal children were
taken from their mothers and placed in orphanages. It was thought that if
they intermarried, their Aboriginal blood would be 'watered down' after three
generations.
This movie, based on a true story, is about three sister who escape from an
orphanage and make a trek along the Rabbit-Proof Fence, the longest fence
in the world, in order to find their way home again. It is a movie that will
make you cry and get up and cheer much like Slumdog Millionaire.
DVD Review: Again?
Summary: 5 Stars
Another story about invading white folks destroying indigenous people. SIGH. Branngh does evil very well as the embodiment of the invader. The very best part of this movie is the young Australian girls who play the leads. The girls are taken from their mothers so they can be saved from themselves and their culture. They spend very little time with the nuns before they escape by following the fence (of the title) that in effect divides white from aboriginal. I love the irony of the girls using what was meant to keep them out. Their track through the desert is a spiritual journey complete with animal spirits, angels in the guise of benevolent strangers, fences that disappear and reappear when you believe, etc. This movie is well worth watching but it left me with a sense of frustration wondering how many times are we going to live out this same drama in yet another setting. DVD Review: Talk about walkabout
Summary: 3 Stars
While there are plenty of panoramic shots of the vastness of the Australian outback, I never really felt the enormity of the accomplishment of a couple young girls walking over a thousand miles through this unforgiving land. I was expecting for the film to deal with the perils and struggles in this journey, but it dealt more with the politics of the adults trying to capture them. There was more weight given to eugenics than to establishing the personalities of the girls. There are scenes where people along the way assist the girls with food and coats, but in a walk of that distance that took a couple months, there must have been something more dramatic to deal with.(lack of water, dingos, poisonous snakes?)
The documentary in the special features was actually more interesting as you get to see the real personalities of the people involved. The scene where the girls were taken from their mother had the actors and onlookers emotionally overcome during the filming, but seemed to lose some of that power in the editing. Had to be there I guess. Not a bad movie, but it doesn't really fill in enough blanks.
DVD Review: Rabbit-Proof Fence
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great movie. It's sad though to see yet another example of man's inhumanity to man. I would highly recommend this film.DVD Review: A Powerful Story of the Price to be Free
Summary: 5 Stars
Based on a true story, the film chronicles one account from Australia's ''Stolen Generation'' and the powerful yearning for freedom and family
During a period of around 100 years, Aboriginal children were removed from their homes and placed in government institutions that had been established to train them to be domestic workers. The movie is set in the early-1930s and centers on Molly Craig (played by Everlyn Sampi), age 14, who had been taken - with a younger sister and cousin - 1,500 miles from their home in Jigalong to the Moore River Native Settlement, north of Perth. Craig led the girls in an escape and they walked back home - while being pursued by Aboriginal trackers - by following a rabbit-proof fence.
This is an incredibly moving story.
Description of Rabbit-Proof Fence
RABBIT-PROOF Fence -- featuring the Golden Globe-nominated score by Peter Gabriel -- is a powerful true story of hope and survival and has been met with international acclaim! At a time when it was Australian government policy to train aboriginal children as domestic workers and integrate them into white society, young Molly Craig decides to lead her little sister and cousin in a daring escape from their internment camp. Molly and the girls, part of what would become known as Australia's "Stolen Generations," must then elude the authorities on a dangerous 1,500-mile adventure along the rabbit-proof fence that bisects the continent and will lead them home. As shown by this outstanding motion picture, their universally touching plight and unparalleled courage are a beautiful testament to the undying strength of the human spirit!Based on a true story, Rabbit-Proof Fence moves with dignified grace from its joyful opening scenes to a conclusion that's moving beyond words. The title refers to a 1,500-mile fence separating outback desert from the farmlands of Western Australia. It is here, in 1931, that three aboriginal girls are separated from their mothers and transported to a distant training school, where they are prepared for assimilation into white society by a racist government policy. Gracie, Daisy, and Molly belong to Australia's "stolen generations," and this riveting film (based on the book by Molly's daughter, Doris Pilkington Garimara) follows their escape and tenacious journey homeward, while a stubborn policy enforcer (Kenneth Branagh) demands their recapture. Director Phillip Noyce chronicles their ordeal with gentle compassion, guiding his untrained, aboriginal child actors with a keen eye for meaningful expressions. Their performances evoke powerful emotions (subtly enhanced by Peter Gabriel's excellent score), illuminating a shameful chapter of Australian history while conveying our universal need for a true and proper home. --Jeff Shannon
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