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Rabbit-Proof Fence |
starring: Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Kenneth Branagh, Laura Monaghan, David Gulpilil
directed by: Phillip Noyce
directed by: Phillip Noyce
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: BRANAGH,KENNETH
EAN: 0786936199338
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Miramax Home Entertainment
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Manufacturer: Miramax Home Entertainment
MPN: 786936199338
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Miramax Home Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 15, 2003
Running Time: 94 minutes
Studio: Miramax Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
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Product Description:
Three mixed-race Australian girls, having been taken from their Aboriginal families, escape and return home on foot, without supplies or gear, while trying to evade recapture.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: PG
Release Date: 25-JAN-2005
Media Type: DVD
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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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- Rabbit-Proof FenceThis 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.
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- A Powerful Story of the Price to be FreeBased 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 - ... Read More
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- a heart-wrenching story that deserves to be toldRabbit Proof Fence tells the gripping and extremely painful story of three young "half-caste" girls who were forcibly taken from their mother in Australia in 1931. These girls joined other children of mixed race in a "settlement" camp where they were taught values and customs against their will with the goal of making them maids and servants for the white people living in Australia. It was also hoped that without any "inbreeding" between white people and the aboriginal people, the aborigines would ... Read More
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- Remarkable achievement; Riveting true storyDirector Philip Noyce has a solid reputation for his first-class film achievements, and adds another big feather in his cap with "Rabbit-Proof Fence". Many films have been made about intrusions from outsiders to change a native culture, whether our own Native Americans, Hawaiians, Amazonians, tribal Africans, etc. It's Australia's turn, and the horrible subject is handled with sensitivity and care. Plucked from their homes and families, 3 young girls are determined to find their way home. It's all ... Read More
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- dvdI have always loved this movie. The courage and determenation of those 2 girls traveling all that way to get home to their family was amazing. It's one to watch 1000 times and not get tired of.
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