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0:00:12 > 0:00:19This film contains some strong language and scenes some viewers may find disturbing.

0:00:51 > 0:00:55RADIO TUNES BETWEEN STATIONS

0:00:58 > 0:01:01MAN: Faites vos jeux, messieurs, dames, s'il vous plait?

0:01:03 > 0:01:06DIDGERIDOO BEGINS PLAYING

0:01:26 > 0:01:29GIRLS PANT SOFTLY

0:01:54 > 0:01:56PIANO NOTE STRIKES

0:01:56 > 0:01:58GIRLS HUM PIANO NOTE

0:02:13 > 0:02:15GIRLS CHANT: Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh,

0:02:15 > 0:02:17Oo-Oh, Oo-Oh,

0:02:17 > 0:02:20B, B, B, B, B,

0:02:20 > 0:02:23P, P, P, P, P,

0:02:23 > 0:02:26A, E, I, O, U.

0:02:26 > 0:02:29DIDGERIDOO AND CLAPPING STICKS

0:03:53 > 0:03:57RADIO: 'The ortolan is the name given to the European singing bird.

0:03:57 > 0:03:59'It's extremely rare.

0:03:59 > 0:04:00'When fattened for eating,

0:04:00 > 0:04:02'they are left in dark cardboard boxes

0:04:02 > 0:04:06'and packets of grain are pressed to a hole in the box

0:04:06 > 0:04:08'through which a light is shone.

0:04:08 > 0:04:10'The bird picks desperately at the grain,

0:04:10 > 0:04:12'hoping to penetrate through to the light

0:04:12 > 0:04:14'which he mistakes for the sun.

0:04:14 > 0:04:16'This goes on for several weeks.

0:04:16 > 0:04:20'When it has eaten itself so full that it cannot stand or see,

0:04:20 > 0:04:22'it is drowned in cognac.

0:04:22 > 0:04:25'Gourmets regard it as an exceptional delicacy.

0:04:25 > 0:04:29'You will find vinegar is an acceptable substitute for cognac...'

0:04:29 > 0:04:31- BOY: - Stay there. Don't move.

0:04:31 > 0:04:33GIRL: Come on. Swim out.

0:04:33 > 0:04:36Come on. Further.

0:04:36 > 0:04:38- Go on. - Help! Stop!

0:04:38 > 0:04:40I'll swim back.

0:04:40 > 0:04:43Come on, let's go up the deep end.

0:04:43 > 0:04:46- Let's do laps. Come on! - Oh, all right.

0:04:48 > 0:04:49GIRL: Not far.

0:04:49 > 0:04:51- BOY: - Watch, Dad!

0:04:54 > 0:04:58'..although there are a few available in tins in better shops.'

0:05:08 > 0:05:09GIRL: Give me the radio.

0:05:15 > 0:05:18RADIO: 'Learn to tell a fish knife from meat knife

0:05:18 > 0:05:20'and fish fork from meat fork.

0:05:20 > 0:05:22'If there's no fish knife and fork,

0:05:22 > 0:05:24'use the smaller cutlery for fish.

0:05:24 > 0:05:25'If you make a mistake...'

0:05:25 > 0:05:27- This one's red. - '..continue eating.

0:05:27 > 0:05:30- 'Don't put the silver back.' - This one's yellow.

0:05:30 > 0:05:31'Be nonchalant.

0:05:31 > 0:05:34- 'Place the napkin on the lap.' - This one is...

0:05:34 > 0:05:37Please, don't speak with your mouth full, Son.

0:05:37 > 0:05:40'Fish will be served on your left side...'

0:05:40 > 0:05:42- This one's green. - 'Take the serving fork...'

0:05:42 > 0:05:45- This one's white. - '..serving spoon in your right.'

0:05:45 > 0:05:46There's another red one!

0:05:46 > 0:05:48'Don't eat chicken with your fingers...'

0:05:48 > 0:05:50SWITCHES OFF RADIO

0:05:50 > 0:05:51ENGINE STARTS

0:06:21 > 0:06:23You've stopped again.

0:06:23 > 0:06:26- Come back! - He's all right.

0:06:28 > 0:06:31Don't go out of sight.

0:06:35 > 0:06:37We'll eat now.

0:06:53 > 0:06:56HUMS LIKE AN AEROPLANE

0:07:05 > 0:07:08BOY IMITATES MACHINE GUN FIRE

0:07:12 > 0:07:14BOY IMITATES BOMBS EXPLODING

0:07:15 > 0:07:18Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

0:07:18 > 0:07:21BANG! BANG! BANG!

0:07:21 > 0:07:24- CONTINUES SHOUTING: - Bang! Bang...

0:07:32 > 0:07:34Bang! You're dead!

0:07:35 > 0:07:37I'm hot!

0:07:44 > 0:07:46The wheel's come off.

0:07:51 > 0:07:54Dad, my wheel's come off.

0:07:56 > 0:07:58The wheel's come off!

0:08:14 > 0:08:16SWITCHES ON RADIO

0:08:16 > 0:08:19SONG PLAYS ON RADIO

0:08:21 > 0:08:24- Chicken or ham? - Both!

0:08:38 > 0:08:40AEROPLANE FLIES OVERHEAD

0:08:40 > 0:08:42Bang! Bang!

0:08:42 > 0:08:45Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

0:08:45 > 0:08:47It's ready.

0:08:47 > 0:08:49Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

0:08:52 > 0:08:54Quick, men, duck!

0:08:56 > 0:08:57Bang! Bang!

0:08:57 > 0:08:59GUNSHOT

0:09:02 > 0:09:04BANG! Bang! Bang!

0:09:04 > 0:09:06GUNSHOT

0:09:06 > 0:09:08You're dead!

0:09:09 > 0:09:10That's not fair!

0:09:10 > 0:09:12He'll get away!

0:09:12 > 0:09:14You're supposed to be on my side.

0:09:23 > 0:09:25- FATHER:- What are you doing?

0:09:26 > 0:09:27Come on.

0:09:28 > 0:09:31And bring him with you.

0:09:31 > 0:09:33It's getting late.

0:09:33 > 0:09:35I've got to go now.

0:09:35 > 0:09:37GUNSHOT

0:09:38 > 0:09:39Can't waste time.

0:09:41 > 0:09:43- ANGRILY:- Come out now!

0:09:45 > 0:09:47WE have got go now!

0:09:48 > 0:09:50I...have got to go now.

0:09:51 > 0:09:54- SLURS: - Can't...can't waste time.

0:09:54 > 0:09:56- MURMURS: - We can't waste...

0:09:56 > 0:09:58- SHOUTS: - Come out NOW!

0:09:58 > 0:09:59GUNSHOT

0:10:20 > 0:10:23RUMBLING

0:10:27 > 0:10:28GUNSHOT

0:10:39 > 0:10:41Stay.

0:11:11 > 0:11:14- What happened? - He said we're to go on ahead.

0:11:14 > 0:11:17He said I mustn't go out of his sight.

0:11:18 > 0:11:20He'll catch us up later.

0:11:24 > 0:11:26Do you know where to go?

0:11:27 > 0:11:28Yes, of course.

0:11:38 > 0:11:40This way.

0:11:42 > 0:11:45FLIES BUZZ

0:12:25 > 0:12:28SONG PLAYS SOFTLY ON RADIO

0:12:34 > 0:12:36It's getting dark, isn't it?

0:12:36 > 0:12:37Pass me that.

0:12:41 > 0:12:43Aren't you tired?

0:12:43 > 0:12:44A bit.

0:12:45 > 0:12:48Are we going to stay here all night?

0:12:48 > 0:12:50- If you like. - Yes, please!

0:12:50 > 0:12:53But we didn't bring any blankets.

0:12:53 > 0:12:55I don't think I'm really tired, yet.

0:12:58 > 0:13:00- Where are you going? - In the bushes!

0:13:00 > 0:13:03HUMS QUIETLY TO HIMSELF

0:13:13 > 0:13:15Lizard!

0:13:15 > 0:13:16What are you looking at?

0:13:20 > 0:13:21I'm looking for a light.

0:13:21 > 0:13:24Why? There won't be anybody there.

0:13:29 > 0:13:31It's time you went to sleep.

0:13:31 > 0:13:34You've got to be up early in the morning.

0:13:34 > 0:13:36I'm going to sleep here.

0:13:36 > 0:13:39RADIO KEEPS PLAYING SOFTLY

0:13:51 > 0:13:54Shall we take turns at being sentries?

0:13:54 > 0:13:55- No.- Aw!

0:13:55 > 0:13:59ROCK'N'ROLL SONG ON RADIO

0:14:03 > 0:14:05SWITCHES OFF RADIO

0:14:16 > 0:14:19We haven't got any water, have we?

0:14:21 > 0:14:22There's plenty of lemonade.

0:14:22 > 0:14:25You can have some in the morning.

0:15:16 > 0:15:18BIRD WARBLES

0:15:31 > 0:15:35BIRDS WARBLE

0:15:57 > 0:15:59Are you all right?

0:15:59 > 0:16:02- What are you doing? - Nothing.

0:16:03 > 0:16:05Wasn't it nice last night?

0:16:05 > 0:16:08- Did you like it? - Yes.

0:16:08 > 0:16:09I had a dream.

0:16:09 > 0:16:11I know...you kept fidgetting.

0:16:13 > 0:16:16CUTLERY CLATTERS DOWN THE ROCK

0:16:16 > 0:16:18- You're dropping everything! - What?

0:16:18 > 0:16:21The amunition's falling out.

0:16:22 > 0:16:25I tore my blazer.

0:16:26 > 0:16:29It doesn't matter. Come on.

0:16:31 > 0:16:33- You won't tell Dad, will you? - No.

0:16:34 > 0:16:36What's up here?

0:16:36 > 0:16:39We can see where we are from the top.

0:17:30 > 0:17:32- GRUMPILY: - Well, where are we now?

0:17:32 > 0:17:35We've just got to climb that one.

0:17:35 > 0:17:38- But you said... - Then we'll see where we are.

0:17:38 > 0:17:40- But you said... - Come. I'll race you.

0:17:40 > 0:17:42Oh crikey, my legs ache!

0:18:07 > 0:18:08There's the sea!

0:18:08 > 0:18:10It's the sea!

0:18:11 > 0:18:14- It is the sea, isn't it? - Maybe.

0:18:14 > 0:18:15What sea is it?

0:18:15 > 0:18:17What's its name?

0:18:17 > 0:18:19I don't really know.

0:18:48 > 0:18:51RADIO: 'Beneath the granite and the salty crust

0:18:51 > 0:18:53'is the mantle of iron magnesium.

0:18:53 > 0:18:55'Then possibly a sulfide and oxide shell,

0:18:55 > 0:18:57'an outer core of molten nickel iron...'

0:18:57 > 0:19:01You must've lost it when we were going up the cliff

0:19:01 > 0:19:03to find out where we were.

0:19:03 > 0:19:05I told you it was all falling out.

0:19:05 > 0:19:09- You sure it isn't in your satchel? - Yes!

0:19:11 > 0:19:13'Apart from the scientific explanation,

0:19:13 > 0:19:14'the expectation that the world -

0:19:14 > 0:19:18'that is that human society will some day come to an end...'

0:19:18 > 0:19:20It isn't there.

0:19:20 > 0:19:22I've made a hole!

0:19:22 > 0:19:24Look!

0:19:24 > 0:19:26Go on. Have a drink.

0:19:26 > 0:19:28'..the planet in which he lives,

0:19:28 > 0:19:31'but does not receive importance from it.'

0:19:31 > 0:19:32Leave some for me.

0:19:32 > 0:19:34'The idea that man has passed

0:19:34 > 0:19:36'through 10,000 years of trial and suffering

0:19:36 > 0:19:40'so there might be, finally, a perpetual succession of comfortable shopkeepers...'

0:19:40 > 0:19:42- SWITCHES OFF RADIO:- I was listening!

0:19:42 > 0:19:43Mustn't waste the batteries.

0:19:43 > 0:19:46Dad said they'd last for 400 hours.

0:19:46 > 0:19:48- Are you hungry?- Not yet.

0:19:48 > 0:19:51- We ought to eat some salt.- Why?

0:19:52 > 0:19:57Uncle Ted said...when they were soldiers in the desert,

0:19:57 > 0:20:00they always had to eat salt.

0:20:08 > 0:20:09Doesn't taste salty.

0:20:29 > 0:20:32ZOOMS LIKE AN AEROPLANE

0:20:51 > 0:20:53What are you doing?

0:20:53 > 0:20:55I mustn't step in those dips.

0:20:55 > 0:20:58That means we won't get home by tonight.

0:21:02 > 0:21:04I'm fed up.

0:21:04 > 0:21:06No, you're not. Come on.

0:21:06 > 0:21:08I'll tell you what we'll do.

0:21:08 > 0:21:12You walk on all the ridges and I'll practise my voice lessons.

0:21:13 > 0:21:16REPEATS: P, P, P, P, P...

0:21:16 > 0:21:19IMITATES AN AEROPLANE

0:21:25 > 0:21:27WIND BLOWS

0:21:27 > 0:21:28GASPS SLOWLY: P, P...

0:21:36 > 0:21:39HARSH WIND SWELLS

0:21:52 > 0:21:53Do you want a drink?

0:21:54 > 0:21:57No. I'm not sweating now.

0:22:53 > 0:22:55Oh, come back!

0:22:57 > 0:22:59I can't walk down there.

0:22:59 > 0:23:01It isn't fair!

0:23:05 > 0:23:07Oh, please, make him come.

0:23:09 > 0:23:11I'm not coming back.

0:23:12 > 0:23:14We've got to get on.

0:23:14 > 0:23:16It's late.

0:23:19 > 0:23:21I'm going now.

0:23:26 > 0:23:29Please. Please try.

0:23:30 > 0:23:32It can't be much further.

0:23:35 > 0:23:38It's silly to give in now.

0:23:38 > 0:23:39It's getting late.

0:23:39 > 0:23:41We've got to go.

0:23:42 > 0:23:44We can't waste time.

0:23:49 > 0:23:51I'll carry you for a bit.

0:23:57 > 0:24:00WHIMPERS: You're awake now.

0:24:00 > 0:24:02HE CROAKS HOARSELY

0:24:03 > 0:24:05If you're awake, you should try and walk.

0:24:05 > 0:24:07MOANS

0:24:09 > 0:24:11You should try and help me.

0:24:12 > 0:24:14I'm tired too.

0:24:31 > 0:24:34Look! What's that?

0:24:34 > 0:24:36- What?- That!

0:25:20 > 0:25:23You said you were too tired to walk.

0:25:33 > 0:25:35- WHISPERS: - It tastes lovely.

0:25:37 > 0:25:40LORIKEET TWITTERS

0:25:43 > 0:25:45It's all right. The birds are eating it.

0:25:45 > 0:25:48It tastes like meat.

0:25:51 > 0:25:53RADIO: 'Today is Armistice Day.

0:25:53 > 0:25:55'At 12 o'clock, there'll be a three-minute silence

0:25:55 > 0:25:57'followed by a service of remembrance.

0:25:57 > 0:26:01'Meanwhile, we rejoin Captain Steel and Dusty...counteragents,

0:26:01 > 0:26:04'in another episode of "Enemy"!'

0:26:04 > 0:26:06SHE HUMS: "The Skye Boat Song"

0:26:06 > 0:26:10Does drinking give you a big red fat nose?

0:26:10 > 0:26:12- Why?- I was just wondering.

0:26:12 > 0:26:14CAPTAIN STEEL: 'I've only been here once...'

0:26:14 > 0:26:17Is that why Dad's nose is all freckly?

0:26:17 > 0:26:21I don't know. DUSTY: 'Captain, ahead of you!'

0:26:21 > 0:26:24I've got to play without any wings on my cap.

0:26:24 > 0:26:27'The bridge is blown. Brake, Captain! Brake!

0:26:27 > 0:26:29SCREECHING TYRES ON RADIO

0:26:29 > 0:26:30EXPLOSION AS CAR CRASHES

0:26:32 > 0:26:34Did our car crash?

0:26:34 > 0:26:37You must look after your blazer.

0:26:37 > 0:26:39It's got to last.

0:26:39 > 0:26:40DUSTY: 'Yes, skipper. I'm OK!'

0:26:40 > 0:26:43We don't want people thinking we're a couple of tramps.

0:26:43 > 0:26:45What people?

0:26:46 > 0:26:48Did Dad tear his clothes?

0:26:48 > 0:26:51Perhaps that's why he sent us on.

0:26:51 > 0:26:54And you've got a hole in your pocket.

0:26:54 > 0:26:56When are we going there?

0:26:56 > 0:26:58- Where?- Back home.

0:26:58 > 0:27:00In a few days. SWITCHES OFF RADIO

0:27:01 > 0:27:04That's the trouble with all these series -

0:27:04 > 0:27:08you always know the superhero's going to get away with it.

0:27:08 > 0:27:11That's the trouble with Batman.

0:27:11 > 0:27:14You always know who's going to win all the fights in the end.

0:27:14 > 0:27:17That's the trouble with all these series.

0:27:18 > 0:27:21Even Bugs Bunny... wins all the time.

0:27:21 > 0:27:24If we were superheroes, we would definitely win.

0:27:26 > 0:27:28Yes.

0:27:30 > 0:27:34- Are we superheroes? - I don't know.

0:27:34 > 0:27:36- I hope so. - So do I.

0:27:37 > 0:27:39We're lost, aren't we?

0:27:42 > 0:27:44No, of course not.

0:27:46 > 0:27:49SHE HUMS: "The Skye Boat Song"

0:28:17 > 0:28:20BIRDS SCREECH

0:28:25 > 0:28:28SWARMS OF BIRDS SCREECH

0:29:45 > 0:29:48Don't. You'll ruin your nice shoes.

0:29:49 > 0:29:50What happened?

0:29:52 > 0:29:54Birds ate it all.

0:29:54 > 0:29:57But they couldn't have drunk all the water.

0:29:58 > 0:30:01- Is there any in the bottle? - No.

0:30:03 > 0:30:05Why didn't you fill it up?

0:30:08 > 0:30:10We should've picked some fruit.

0:30:14 > 0:30:16Which way are we going today?

0:30:19 > 0:30:22I hope we find lots of sand.

0:30:22 > 0:30:25I don't like climbing up those hills much.

0:30:25 > 0:30:27They make my legs ache.

0:30:29 > 0:30:32I don't suppose it matters which way we go.

0:30:35 > 0:30:36We'll stay here.

0:30:39 > 0:30:41Perhaps the water will come back.

0:30:44 > 0:30:45Where from?

0:30:46 > 0:30:48BIRD SQUAWKS

0:31:27 > 0:31:30You shouldn't walk about in the sun.

0:31:30 > 0:31:31It's bad for you.

0:31:43 > 0:31:47INSECTS BUZZ

0:32:43 > 0:32:45Dad.

0:33:45 > 0:33:47SPEAKS ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE

0:34:05 > 0:34:07BUZZING

0:34:13 > 0:34:15- I want a drink! - Where are the others?

0:34:15 > 0:34:18- He can't be alone. - Quick! Stop him!

0:34:18 > 0:34:19- He's going away!- Oi!

0:34:19 > 0:34:21We're English!

0:34:21 > 0:34:22English!

0:34:22 > 0:34:24Do you understand?

0:34:25 > 0:34:27This is Australia, yes?

0:34:28 > 0:34:32- Where is Adelaide? - ASK HIM FOR WATER!

0:34:35 > 0:34:37Water.

0:34:37 > 0:34:38Drink.

0:34:38 > 0:34:41We want water to drink.

0:34:41 > 0:34:45You MUST understand. Anyone can understand that.

0:34:46 > 0:34:48We want to drink.

0:34:49 > 0:34:51I can't make it any simpler!

0:34:52 > 0:34:54Water...to drink.

0:34:54 > 0:34:57The waterhole has dried up.

0:34:57 > 0:35:00Where do they keep the water?

0:35:02 > 0:35:04WATER! Glug! Glug! Glug!

0:37:03 > 0:37:05Look! Look!

0:38:29 > 0:38:31CAWS

0:39:13 > 0:39:15CRIES

0:39:24 > 0:39:25CRIES

0:39:51 > 0:39:55RADIO: 'For one set of values for "x"

0:39:55 > 0:40:00is 4-3 (x-4) =

0:40:00 > 0:40:05x-2 (4-x),

0:40:05 > 0:40:08'write 24, 48 as binary numbers.'

0:40:08 > 0:40:10- BOY CHANTS:- Seven fours are 28,

0:40:10 > 0:40:15eight fours are 32... I can multiply 84 by 84.

0:40:15 > 0:40:17I did it yesterday.

0:40:18 > 0:40:22'Divide 3,893 by...'

0:40:22 > 0:40:24Brrrrrm! Brrrrrrm!

0:40:26 > 0:40:28HE LAUGHS

0:40:28 > 0:40:30SPEAKS ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE

0:40:30 > 0:40:32'..by 3.5.

0:40:32 > 0:40:35- 'What is 0.5...?' - This is one of my soldiers.

0:40:35 > 0:40:39'..minus a third. Give your answer as a decimal.

0:40:39 > 0:40:41'What is a...' HEY!

0:40:42 > 0:40:44Put your shirt on.

0:40:44 > 0:40:48- 'Divide 37.3...' - He hasn't got his shirt on.

0:40:48 > 0:40:50- He hasn't got a shirt. - He can have mine.

0:40:50 > 0:40:55'..and 0.0383 by 0.25...'

0:40:55 > 0:40:57It wouldn't fit him.

0:41:01 > 0:41:03That's a soldier.

0:41:03 > 0:41:05- Give him one.- No!

0:41:05 > 0:41:08Don't be mean. I expect he'd like to play.

0:41:08 > 0:41:10He's never had any toys of his own.

0:41:10 > 0:41:12He's got one.

0:41:16 > 0:41:18HE SPEAKS ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE

0:41:23 > 0:41:26'..One centimetre to ten miles or one inch to 20 miles...

0:41:28 > 0:41:30'Peter left his home at midday

0:41:30 > 0:41:33'and cycled towards his uncle's house 50 miles away.

0:41:33 > 0:41:37'After one hour, travelling at ten miles an hour,

0:41:37 > 0:41:40'he stopped for a drink which took him...'

0:41:40 > 0:41:42HE LAUGHS

0:41:42 > 0:41:45Give me a piggy back! Give me a piggy back!

0:41:45 > 0:41:47HE SQUEALS

0:41:51 > 0:41:55- SCREAMS:- No! Put me down!

0:42:00 > 0:42:01LAUGHS

0:42:04 > 0:42:05I'm not coming down!

0:42:16 > 0:42:17No, get down!

0:42:20 > 0:42:21HE SHOUTS AND SQUEALS

0:42:38 > 0:42:40Jump! Jump!

0:43:02 > 0:43:05THEY LAUGH AND SHOUT

0:43:14 > 0:43:17CHEERY MALE RADIO VOICE: '..Motor Mart is in Camperdown,

0:43:17 > 0:43:18'next to the hospital!

0:43:18 > 0:43:21'Want to sell a good, clean, low mileage car?

0:43:21 > 0:43:24'Waldo's Motor Mart will give you cash.

0:43:24 > 0:43:25'And now, back to Nightbeat.'

0:43:32 > 0:43:34HE SPEAKS

0:43:34 > 0:43:35Good night.

0:43:58 > 0:43:59HE SPEAKS

0:44:10 > 0:44:12I'll be all right in the morning.

0:44:12 > 0:44:15They got a bit sore from...

0:44:31 > 0:44:32Oh, dear...

0:44:32 > 0:44:35HE SPEAKS GENTLY

0:45:55 > 0:45:57- FATHER:- ..Go now! - GUNSHOT

0:45:57 > 0:45:58Come on now!

0:46:00 > 0:46:03And bring HIM with you... with you...

0:46:03 > 0:46:04GUNSHOTS

0:46:15 > 0:46:21SCANNING DIFFERENT RADIO STATIONS

0:46:21 > 0:46:24'Nothing can ever be created or destroyed.'

0:46:24 > 0:46:29OPERA, LAUGHTER, CRASHING OCEAN WAVES ON RADIO

0:46:38 > 0:46:41CHILD: 'It's my turn now. Give me a go!'

0:46:41 > 0:46:44MAN: 'Every man and woman is a star...'

0:46:47 > 0:46:49'..like a telescope...

0:46:49 > 0:46:51'..a faint...'

0:46:51 > 0:46:54VOICES MERGE AND FADE

0:46:54 > 0:46:57BIRD CAWS SHRILLY

0:47:23 > 0:47:28BOY MAKES FEEBLE NOISES

0:47:38 > 0:47:39HE COUGHS

0:47:39 > 0:47:42HE WHIMPERS

0:47:51 > 0:47:54I told you to keep your clothes on.

0:47:54 > 0:47:56HE SPEAKS BOY GROANS

0:47:56 > 0:47:58What?

0:47:59 > 0:48:01No.

0:48:57 > 0:49:00I'll show you how to do karate!

0:49:00 > 0:49:02There's a pool down there.

0:49:02 > 0:49:06"So the boy said, 'I ought to be getting home.'

0:49:08 > 0:49:12"He lived with his mother in a house on top of the hill.

0:49:12 > 0:49:16"She'd never spoken to him. He'd never heard her say a word.

0:49:16 > 0:49:20"He thought she was dumb and she was blind, too.

0:49:20 > 0:49:23"But every evening, he saw her sitting in the window

0:49:23 > 0:49:25"and she was talking!

0:49:25 > 0:49:29"When she heard his key in the lock, she stopped.

0:49:29 > 0:49:32"When he got inside, she wouldn't say a word.

0:49:32 > 0:49:37"One evening, he made up his mind to hear what she was saying.

0:49:37 > 0:49:40- "He put the ladder..." - No. He went round the back.

0:49:40 > 0:49:44"Oh, yes! He got the ladder and he set it..."

0:49:44 > 0:49:45He carried it.

0:49:45 > 0:49:49"Carried it to the front and set it against the window."

0:49:49 > 0:49:52You didn't explain she was upstairs.

0:49:52 > 0:49:54- I did! - You didn't. You left it out.

0:49:54 > 0:49:56Well, anyway...

0:49:56 > 0:50:00I don't know why you're telling all this. He can't understand.

0:50:00 > 0:50:02He doesn't know what a ladder is.

0:50:02 > 0:50:05I expect we're the first white people he's seen.

0:50:05 > 0:50:10"It was very, very long and heavy. He only just got it in position.

0:50:10 > 0:50:15"He climbed the ladder and got on the window sill.

0:50:15 > 0:50:17"But he couldn't hear a word

0:50:17 > 0:50:20"and she was only a few feet away behind the window.

0:50:20 > 0:50:23"Her blind eyes stared straight at him.

0:50:23 > 0:50:25"Her mouth was opening and shutting."

0:50:27 > 0:50:29"But he couldn't hear

0:50:29 > 0:50:31"because she was speaking silently to herself.

0:50:31 > 0:50:35"He put his ear to the glass but still couldn't hear.

0:50:35 > 0:50:37"So, he decided to climb down.

0:50:37 > 0:50:39"The window sill was very narrow

0:50:39 > 0:50:42"and when he turned he knocked the ladder down!"

0:50:42 > 0:50:44SPEAKS

0:50:44 > 0:50:50"So he was stuck...he couldn't jump down because it was too far

0:50:50 > 0:50:53"and he couldn't shout to his mother

0:50:53 > 0:50:55"because she'd know he'd been spying on her.

0:50:55 > 0:50:57"So he just sat there.

0:50:59 > 0:51:00"It got dark

0:51:00 > 0:51:06"and as there wasn't much room on the sill his legs got very stiff.

0:51:06 > 0:51:09"When people passed, he couldn't shout for help

0:51:09 > 0:51:10"because his mother would hear.

0:51:10 > 0:51:13"There was a drain pipe going down the wall.

0:51:13 > 0:51:17"The boy thought, 'If I reach across to that, I can climb down.'

0:51:17 > 0:51:22"So, he reached across but slipped off the window sill!

0:51:22 > 0:51:25"And fell down and broke his neck."

0:51:27 > 0:51:30I told you. He doesn't understand.

0:51:30 > 0:51:34KOOKABURRAS LAUGH IN DISTANCE

0:51:35 > 0:51:39"Well, his mother went on sitting there and talking to herself.

0:51:39 > 0:51:42"She started worrying because he was late

0:51:42 > 0:51:45"and his dinner would get spoilt, so she said..."

0:51:45 > 0:51:48No, she didn't say anything.

0:51:48 > 0:51:50- She got up... - That's right!

0:51:50 > 0:51:52..and groped her way downstairs.

0:51:52 > 0:51:54There's another aeroplane!

0:52:00 > 0:52:03Do you think he understood when I drew this house?

0:52:03 > 0:52:06That doesn't look like a house.

0:52:06 > 0:52:08You can't draw.

0:52:10 > 0:52:13That looks like a diplodocus walking in space

0:52:13 > 0:52:17or a pterodactyl flying under the sea.

0:52:17 > 0:52:20I think he might take us to the moon.

0:52:20 > 0:52:23I wish we had a proper pencil.

0:52:23 > 0:52:27HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE

0:52:27 > 0:52:31Why did you say we were the first white people he'd ever seen?

0:52:31 > 0:52:35I thought you had lots of crayons and pencils in your satchel.

0:52:35 > 0:52:37Please have a look.

0:52:37 > 0:52:41I think he's going to take us to Mars!

0:52:52 > 0:52:55MEN SPEAK IN ITALIAN

0:53:09 > 0:53:13We won't find it. Once them balloons get loose, they're away.

0:53:13 > 0:53:15Perhaps.

0:53:15 > 0:53:18- You won't find that.- Says you.

0:53:18 > 0:53:20Look from time to time, please.

0:53:20 > 0:53:24They're expensive and I don't like to waste expensive things.

0:53:24 > 0:53:26Sure, sure.

0:53:26 > 0:53:30Well, I'd better get back to me mud pies.

0:53:32 > 0:53:34I'll be off, then.

0:53:40 > 0:53:42MEN SPEAK ITALIAN

0:54:07 > 0:54:10- You all right for smokes, Ella? - What?

0:54:11 > 0:54:13- On me. - Oh...no, no, no.

0:54:13 > 0:54:16- Go on! - Then I'll owe you three packets.

0:54:16 > 0:54:18Don't worry about it.

0:54:18 > 0:54:20I'm trying to give it up.

0:55:12 > 0:55:15Hey! Hey, stop it!

0:55:15 > 0:55:16Hey!

0:55:18 > 0:55:19Hey, stop it!

0:55:19 > 0:55:21They're so expensive.

0:58:26 > 0:58:29THUNDER CRASHES

0:59:14 > 0:59:16SWITCHES ON RADIO

0:59:16 > 0:59:19MAN SPEAKS RUSSIAN

0:59:36 > 0:59:38LAUGHTER

0:59:38 > 0:59:40MUSIC PLAYS

0:59:44 > 0:59:46SONG ON RADIO: # Los Angeles...

0:59:46 > 0:59:53# Los Angeles By morning it is so fine

0:59:53 > 1:00:00# Especially in the early morning sunshine

1:00:00 > 1:00:04# There you'll be in front of me

1:00:04 > 1:00:08# So I'll catch up Turn to see you look my way

1:00:08 > 1:00:14# And smile and walk awhile... #

1:00:14 > 1:00:16SHE LAUGHS: Put me down.

1:00:16 > 1:00:21- # ..Los Angeles is fine - Los Angeles is fine...

1:00:21 > 1:00:23# Especially in the early morning sun... #

1:00:23 > 1:00:26GIRL LAUGHS

1:00:36 > 1:00:39How's it going, boy?

1:00:40 > 1:00:43I said, "How's things?" ..You got ear trouble?

1:00:43 > 1:00:46HE RESPONDS

1:00:46 > 1:00:48Suit yourself.

1:01:23 > 1:01:27HUM OF BACKGROUND CHATTER

1:01:35 > 1:01:38Go on! Quicker! Move it!

1:01:40 > 1:01:42CHILD CRIES

1:01:44 > 1:01:48Get that bloody dingo out of here! That's your last warning!

1:01:51 > 1:01:55Here, paint your titties with that!

1:02:03 > 1:02:05Lovely!

1:02:11 > 1:02:14Be careful! Those are valuable.

1:02:21 > 1:02:25Knock off for about ten minutes. But no sneaking off!

1:02:43 > 1:02:47- 'Who shut the door?'- 'The kids.' - 'The window's open.'

1:02:47 > 1:02:50'I'm home.'

1:03:24 > 1:03:26Hey! Look what I found.

1:03:27 > 1:03:31Over here! Come on!

1:03:50 > 1:03:52That must be a weather balloon.

1:03:52 > 1:03:56This black one's bigger and it's ticking.

1:03:56 > 1:03:58I wonder where it came from.

1:03:58 > 1:04:01Probably someone's listening to it.

1:04:04 > 1:04:06- Will it hurt me? - No, of course not.

1:04:06 > 1:04:08How long will it take?

1:04:10 > 1:04:13Ask him how long it will be before we get anywhere?

1:04:15 > 1:04:16BANG!

1:04:22 > 1:04:24Ask him how long!

1:04:25 > 1:04:28Go on.

1:04:28 > 1:04:30TICKING

1:04:34 > 1:04:36We'll be there today!

1:08:03 > 1:08:07HE SPEAKS

1:08:16 > 1:08:22HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE

1:08:51 > 1:08:54HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE

1:09:02 > 1:09:04Hey! There's lots of water out there!

1:09:04 > 1:09:07It's coming up out of the ground.

1:09:07 > 1:09:08That's a spring.

1:09:08 > 1:09:11HE SPEAKS BOY REPLIES

1:09:25 > 1:09:26HE REPLIES

1:09:26 > 1:09:29- He wants me to fetch some wood. - All right.

1:09:54 > 1:09:58SHE WEEPS QUIETLY

1:10:27 > 1:10:29What are you doing?

1:10:29 > 1:10:31Nothing.

1:11:21 > 1:11:26MAN ON RADIO: '..We know now that that is, is.'

1:11:35 > 1:11:39SHE TRIES TO SPEAK ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE

1:11:39 > 1:11:40Water?

1:11:40 > 1:11:42Water.

1:11:43 > 1:11:45Water?

1:11:45 > 1:11:46Yes. Water.

1:12:20 > 1:12:22DONKEYS BRAY

1:12:24 > 1:12:26HE GIVES ORDERS

1:12:26 > 1:12:28Sorry. That's all I could find.

1:12:28 > 1:12:30I didn't...know where...

1:12:30 > 1:12:32HE HURRIES BOY

1:12:32 > 1:12:34Where are we going?

1:12:40 > 1:12:42It's a road!

1:12:42 > 1:12:44It's a real road!

1:12:46 > 1:12:48Where does it go?

1:12:49 > 1:12:51You're making me drop my sticks!

1:12:58 > 1:13:00- I like these. - HE SPEAKS

1:13:03 > 1:13:04All right.

1:13:35 > 1:13:37GALLOPING HOOVES

1:13:37 > 1:13:39TRUCK ENGINE

1:14:11 > 1:14:16GUNSHOTS BLAST

1:15:58 > 1:15:59Hello.

1:16:45 > 1:16:52LONG ECHOING CHANT ACCOMPANIED BY STICKS

1:17:12 > 1:17:16DIDGERIDOO PLAYS

1:19:08 > 1:19:10DOOR CREAKS

1:19:10 > 1:19:13Didn't I get a lot? There's lots more there.

1:19:13 > 1:19:14Didn't I get a lot?

1:19:14 > 1:19:16Where have you been?

1:19:16 > 1:19:17Picking these.

1:19:17 > 1:19:21He showed me where to get them. Didn't I get a lot?

1:19:21 > 1:19:23They're my favourites. Remember?

1:19:23 > 1:19:25- Where are you going?- Out.

1:19:25 > 1:19:27No, stay here.

1:19:28 > 1:19:32Here. I've got lots of them.

1:19:34 > 1:19:35Why won't he speak?

1:19:37 > 1:19:39What's he dancing for?

1:19:42 > 1:19:43I don't know.

1:19:44 > 1:19:46Perhaps he's pleased.

1:19:46 > 1:19:49- Why?- Because we got here at last.

1:20:10 > 1:20:12MUSIC ON RADIO

1:20:21 > 1:20:23Where are you going now?

1:20:25 > 1:20:26Aren't you hungry now?

1:20:26 > 1:20:29Please leave him alone.

1:20:29 > 1:20:31You haven't cooked the meat yet.

1:20:31 > 1:20:33RADIO CUTS OUT

1:20:35 > 1:20:37- The radio's gone.- Oh.

1:20:40 > 1:20:41The battery's gone.

1:20:41 > 1:20:44No. Dad said they last for 400 hours.

1:20:44 > 1:20:46How long is that?

1:20:47 > 1:20:49Longer than we've been walking, I'll bet.

1:20:49 > 1:20:52Leave it. We won't need it much longer.

1:20:55 > 1:20:57Put it down and go to sleep.

1:20:57 > 1:21:00I want to start early in the morning.

1:21:01 > 1:21:03I think he wants to stay here.

1:21:03 > 1:21:05- Why should he? - It's nice.

1:21:05 > 1:21:09I think he wants to stay here for a while.

1:21:09 > 1:21:11There's lots of those growing.

1:21:11 > 1:21:13Anyway, I've already decided something.

1:21:13 > 1:21:15We're going on our own tomorrow.

1:21:15 > 1:21:17Why?

1:21:17 > 1:21:20- That's best. - No!

1:21:20 > 1:21:24Suppose he wanted to do something or something happened?

1:21:24 > 1:21:26Suppose he...tried to...

1:21:27 > 1:21:30- Suppose he went off and left us. - No, he won't.

1:21:30 > 1:21:32He likes being with us.

1:21:33 > 1:21:35Won't go.

1:21:35 > 1:21:36You must have dropped it.

1:21:38 > 1:21:40Will he dance all night?

1:21:41 > 1:21:43It's all right. He won't keep you awake.

1:21:46 > 1:21:48Can we go on the road?

1:21:50 > 1:21:52What road?

1:21:52 > 1:21:55Out there. We found a road.

1:21:56 > 1:21:57Didn't he tell you?

1:21:58 > 1:22:00What sort of road?

1:22:00 > 1:22:02A real road?

1:22:02 > 1:22:05Yes. Is that where we're going tomorrow?

1:22:05 > 1:22:07Yes.

1:22:08 > 1:22:10I knew we were getting somewhere.

1:23:14 > 1:23:16BIRDS TWITTER

1:23:16 > 1:23:17..not there.

1:23:17 > 1:23:19He's not there.

1:23:21 > 1:23:23He's not there.

1:23:25 > 1:23:27- I went to sleep. - He's gone.

1:23:29 > 1:23:30Oh.

1:23:32 > 1:23:34Where's he gone?

1:23:35 > 1:23:37- He's gone home. - Why?

1:23:40 > 1:23:43Well, there was no reason for him to stay.

1:23:44 > 1:23:47He just wanted to bring us to the road.

1:23:49 > 1:23:51We must be near a town.

1:23:51 > 1:23:53So he's gone back to his family.

1:23:57 > 1:24:01Oh! Ooh! It's lovely and warm.

1:24:01 > 1:24:04He didn't say goodbye to us.

1:24:04 > 1:24:06Yes, he did - the dance.

1:24:06 > 1:24:09It's their way of saying goodbye to people they love.

1:24:09 > 1:24:12It'll be lovely to have a warm bath with clean towels.

1:24:12 > 1:24:16And eat with real plates and knives and forks.

1:24:17 > 1:24:18And have proper sheets.

1:24:18 > 1:24:20And records.

1:24:20 > 1:24:22And clean my teeth properly.

1:24:22 > 1:24:24And wear all my own clothes.

1:24:31 > 1:24:33I'm glad I washed your things.

1:24:33 > 1:24:36We want to look nice when they find us.

1:24:36 > 1:24:38Did you keep that button?

1:24:40 > 1:24:43We must be near somewhere if there's a road.

1:24:43 > 1:24:46I wanted to give him my penknife.

1:24:47 > 1:24:48He's dead.

1:24:51 > 1:24:52How?

1:24:54 > 1:24:58I tried to give him my penknife but he wouldn't take it.

1:25:01 > 1:25:03That doesn't mean that he's dead.

1:25:04 > 1:25:06BLOWFLIES BUZZ

1:25:16 > 1:25:17He won't take it.

1:25:18 > 1:25:21Shall I see if the road's still there?

1:25:22 > 1:25:24No. Of course it's there.

1:25:26 > 1:25:28Did you eat your breakfast properly?

1:25:28 > 1:25:30Yes.

1:25:30 > 1:25:32You should always sit down when you eat.

1:25:32 > 1:25:34You shouldn't wander about.

1:25:40 > 1:25:41Are you ready then?

1:26:21 > 1:26:23There you are.

1:27:03 > 1:27:05What are you thinking?

1:27:07 > 1:27:08Shall we sit down for a bit?

1:27:10 > 1:27:12Stop sulking.

1:27:13 > 1:27:15Where's the radio?

1:27:15 > 1:27:18You forgot it.

1:27:18 > 1:27:21So what? It didn't work.

1:27:26 > 1:27:29RADIO ANNOUNCER: 'It's time now for Hospital Requests.

1:27:29 > 1:27:32'You're listening to the first network at the ABC,

1:27:32 > 1:27:34'Radio 2BL Sydney, 2FC Newcastle.

1:27:34 > 1:27:36'The time is half past eight.'

1:27:40 > 1:27:42JOLLY TUNE PLAYS

1:27:58 > 1:28:00- Look!- I know.

1:28:00 > 1:28:02Will Dad be there?

1:28:02 > 1:28:04- No.- Ow!

1:28:05 > 1:28:06Is he dead too?

1:28:06 > 1:28:08I'm not sure.

1:28:08 > 1:28:10Did he shoot himself?

1:28:10 > 1:28:13It was an accident.

1:28:14 > 1:28:16No, it wasn't.

1:28:17 > 1:28:19- I don't know. - Look!

1:28:19 > 1:28:21- Did it hurt? - Not much.

1:28:22 > 1:28:25Why did he?

1:28:25 > 1:28:28I suppose he thought he was doing the best thing.

1:28:28 > 1:28:30That's silly.

1:28:30 > 1:28:32I said I don't know, didn't I?

1:28:32 > 1:28:34All right?

1:28:37 > 1:28:40- You ready? - Yes.

1:28:40 > 1:28:42What's the name of that town?

1:28:42 > 1:28:44I don't know.

1:29:16 > 1:29:18Morning.

1:29:19 > 1:29:21Wait here.

1:29:21 > 1:29:23Hello? Ah, excuse me.

1:29:23 > 1:29:24Hello?

1:29:25 > 1:29:28SHE KNOCKS Hello?

1:29:28 > 1:29:30I say, hello?

1:29:30 > 1:29:32Hello?

1:29:32 > 1:29:33Yes?

1:29:33 > 1:29:36I'm sorry to trouble you. We're lost.

1:29:36 > 1:29:38We've had an accident - in the desert.

1:29:38 > 1:29:41- Would you mind if...? - Put that down.

1:29:41 > 1:29:42- Put that down!- Please...

1:29:42 > 1:29:45Put it down! Put that down!

1:29:45 > 1:29:47- I have! - This is all private property.

1:29:47 > 1:29:51All this is private. I'm an employee of the company.

1:29:51 > 1:29:54- They own all this and the mine. - What's a company?

1:29:54 > 1:29:57You touch their cans and you'll soon find out.

1:29:57 > 1:29:59- Where's the mine? - It's shut.

1:29:59 > 1:30:01Oh? What was in it?

1:30:01 > 1:30:03Nothing. That's why they shut it.

1:30:03 > 1:30:07- Do people come through here?- We get tourists.- When will they...?

1:30:07 > 1:30:09I don't know. They never send me cards.

1:30:09 > 1:30:12- How often do they usually...? - I don't know!

1:30:12 > 1:30:13You'll have to wait.

1:30:13 > 1:30:15- You'll find it down the road.- What?

1:30:15 > 1:30:17Where you stay.

1:30:23 > 1:30:25Don't touch anything.

1:30:49 > 1:30:52Would you like to see the rest of the town?

1:30:52 > 1:30:55We shan't have to wait long. Someone'll come soon.

1:30:55 > 1:30:58Can we see the mine?

1:30:58 > 1:31:00Yes, if you like.

1:31:08 > 1:31:10- Can I go and play?- Yes.

1:31:10 > 1:31:11Don't go far.

1:31:11 > 1:31:13Be careful.

1:31:13 > 1:31:14I'll be all right.

1:31:21 > 1:31:23KICKS CAN

1:31:26 > 1:31:28- What's there?- Nothing.

1:31:43 > 1:31:45- Hey!- Yes?

1:31:45 > 1:31:47- Watch!- What?

1:31:48 > 1:31:49Watch!

1:31:49 > 1:31:52- Are you watching? - SHE GIGGLES: Yes.

1:31:53 > 1:31:55Well?

1:32:06 > 1:32:08CRASHING

1:32:09 > 1:32:12What shall we do now?

1:32:12 > 1:32:14I know. Let's...!

1:32:14 > 1:32:18CLANKING

1:32:29 > 1:32:31TRAFFIC ROARS

1:32:43 > 1:32:45ELEVATOR PINGS

1:33:22 > 1:33:23Hello.

1:33:24 > 1:33:26Well, they've made a decision.

1:33:26 > 1:33:30I get Graham's job when he leaves Friday, Ian takes over mine

1:33:30 > 1:33:32and Robbie and Alan go to Accounts

1:33:32 > 1:33:36which means Doug Mayall looks like being out of a job...

1:34:00 > 1:34:02Still, I don't expect that we'll...

1:34:05 > 1:34:06What?

1:34:08 > 1:34:11Nothing.

1:34:11 > 1:34:13Course with all this changing around,

1:34:13 > 1:34:16there's bound to be good news as far as salary's concerned.

1:34:16 > 1:34:20Darl', in two years, we'll be holidaying on the Gold Coast...

1:34:38 > 1:34:41MAN RECITES: "Into my heart an air that kills

1:34:41 > 1:34:43"From yon far country blows:

1:34:43 > 1:34:46"What are those blue remembered hills,

1:34:46 > 1:34:48"What spires, what farms are those?

1:34:49 > 1:34:52"That is the land of lost content,

1:34:52 > 1:34:54"I see it shining plain,

1:34:54 > 1:34:56"The happy highways where I went

1:34:56 > 1:34:58"And cannot come again."