Voila! Finally, the Walkabout
script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the Jenny Agutter movie. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly
transcribed using the screenplay and/or viewings of Walkabout. I know, I know, I still need to get the cast names in there and I'll be eternally
tweaking it, so if you have any corrections, feel free to
drop me a line. You won't
hurt my feelings. Honest.
The "Ortolan" is the name given
to a European singing bird.
It is extremely rare.
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 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.
Stay there. Don't move.
Come on. Swim out.
Come on.
Further. Go on.
- Help!
- Stop.
Swim back.
- Not far.
- Watch, Dad.
Although there are a few
of them available in tins
in the better shops now.
Give me the radio.
So you have to learn
to tell a fish knife from a meat knife,
and a fish fork
from a meat fork.
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.
- This one's red.
- Don't put the silver
back on the tables.
- This one's yellow.
Be nonchalant.
- The place for the napkin is on the lap.
- This one's brown.
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.
- Take the serving fork
in your left hand...
- This one's white.
- And the serving spoon in your right.
- Oh, there's another red one.
- Don't use your fingers...
You stopped again.
Come back!
He's all right.
Don't go out of sight!
We'll eat now.
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.
The wheel's come off.
- Chicken or ham?
- Both!
I think I know now
what's making me sad
Bang! Bang!
Bang! Bang!
Bang! Bang!
- It's ready.
- Bang! Bang!
Bang! Bang!
Quick, men! Duck!
Bang! Bang!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
You're dead!
That's not fair!
He'll get away!
You're supposed to be on my side!
Come on.
What are you doing?
Come on!
And bring him with you.
It's getting late.
I've got to go now.
We can't waste time.
Come out now!
We have got to go now!
I... have got to go now.
Can't... Can't waste time.
We can't...
Come out now!
Stay here.
What happened?
He said we were
to go on ahead.
But he said I wasn't
to go out of his sight.
He'll catch us up later.
Do you know where to go?
Yes, of course.
This way.
Who saw him die I, said the fly With my little eye I saw him die
It's getting dark, isn't it?
Pass me that.
Aren't you tired?
A bit.
- Are we going to stay here all night?
- If you'd 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.
Whoo, whoo, whoo.
Lizards!
What you looking at?
I'm looking for a light.
Why? There won't be
anybody there.
It's time you went to sleep. You've
got to be up early in the morning.
I'm going to sleep here.
Shall we take turns
at being sentries?
- No.
- Oh.
We haven't even got
any water, have we?
There's plenty of lemonade.
You'll have some in the morning.
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.
You're dropping everything.
- What?
- The ammunition's falling out.
I tore my blazer.
It doesn't matter.
Come on.
Won't tell Dad, will you?
No.
What's up here?
We can see where we are
from the top.
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, my legs ache!
There's the sea!
It's the sea!
A peaceful sea, isn't it?
Maybe.
What sea is it?
What's its name?
I don't really know.
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...
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.
Are you sure it isn't
in your satchel?
Yes!
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.
- Leads me to believe that man is more...
- I've made a hole!
- Than the complement of root and matter.
- Look.
- Go on. Have a drink.
- It is he who imparts dignity
to the planet in which he lives,
- although not receiving
importance from it.
- Leave some for me.
The idea that man has passed
through years of trials,
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 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.
What are you doing?
I mustn't step
in your 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 in all the ridges,
and I'll practice my voice lessons.
Do you want a drink?
No. I'm not sweating now.
Oh, come back!
I can't walk down there!
It isn't fair!
Oh, please make him come.
I'm not coming back.
We've got to get on.
It's late.
I'm going now.
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.
- We can't waste time.
I'll carry you for a bit.
You're awake now.
I'm what?
If you're awake,
you should try and walk.
You should try and help me.
I'm trapped too.
Look! What's that?
- What?
- That.
Who'll sing my song I, said the dove As she sat on a bush I'll sing your song
You said you were
too tired to walk.
It tastes lovely.
It's all right.
The birds are eating it.
It tastes like meat.
Today is Armistice Day.
At : 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."
Does drinking give you
a big, red, fat nose?
- Why?
- I was just wondering.
I've only been
over this road once before...
Is that why Dad's nose
is all freckly?
I don't know.
I've got a fly
without any wings in my cap.
The bridge is blown!
Brake, Captain! Brake!
Did our car crash?
You must look after your blazer.
It's got to last.
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 put a hole
in your pocket.
When are we going there?
- Where?
- Back home.
In a few days.
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.
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.
Don't. You'll ruin
your nice shoes.
What happened?
The birds ate it all.
But they couldn't
have drank 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?
You shouldn't walk about
in the sun.
It's bad for you.
Dad.
- I want a drink!
- Where are the others?
Quick, stop him!
He's getting away!
Uh, uh, uh, we're English!
English!
Do you understand?
This is Australia, yes?
- Where is Adelaide?
- Ask him for water!
Water! Drink!
We want water to drink.
You must understand.
Anyone can understand that.
We want a drink.
I can't make it any simpler.
Water. To drink.
The water hole has dried up.
Where do they keep the water?
Water!
Who'll carry the leaves I, said the wind I'll carry the leaves
Look! Look!
The one set of values for "X"...
is - (X- )...
equal to X- ( -X).
Write ...
Seven fours are .
Eight fours are .
I can multiply by .
I did it yesterday.
Divide ...
This is one of my soldiers.
Twelve minus a third.
If your answer
is a decimal, what is...
Put your shirt on.
He hasn't got his shirt on.
- He hasn't got a shirt.
- He can have mine.
...and. by. .
It wouldn't fit him.
Leaving Adelaide, Harry drives...
That's a soldier.
- Give him one. Don't be mean.
- No.
I expect he'd like to play.
He's never had any toys of his own.
We've got plenty.
Vito left his home at midday
and cycled towards his uncle's
house miles away.
After one hour,
traveling at ten miles an hour,
he stopped for a drink,
which took him...
Give me a piggyback!
Give me a piggyback!
No! No! No! No!
Watch out. He'll roast you
and eat you for dinner.
Hey, put me down!
- Hey! No!
I'm not coming down!
No! Get down! No!
Go on! It's great! Get up!
Go on! Get up! I did!
Pull! Don't just hang there.
No!
Jump! Jump!
Come on!
Grab me! Hurry!
It's my turn now!
Jump! Let me go!
Come on! Swing me!
Waldo's Motor Mart...
is on Allen Road
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.
And now, back to "Night Beat."
Good night.
I'll be all right
in the morning.
It got a bit sore from...
Oh, dear.
All right, let's go now.
Come out now!
And bring him with you.
Nothing can
ever be created or destroyed.
Come on. It's my turn!
It's my turn now!
Every man and every woman is a star.
What do we know...
By the telescope, a faint...
I told you to keep
your clothes on.
What?
No.
I'll show you how to do karate.
There's a pool down there.
So the boy said,
"I ought to be getting home from work."
He lived with his mother
in a house on top of the hill.
She'd 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.
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.
Oh, yes. He went round the back
and got the ladder.
- And he set it...
- He carried it.
Yes, he carried it round
to the front of the house...
and set it up
against the window.
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.
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.
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!
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 people went past,
but he couldn't shout to them
because his mother would hear.
So there was a drainpipe
going down the wall,
and the boy thought, "If I make it
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.
Well, his mother went on sitting there
and talking to herself,
and she began to get worried
because he was late home from work,
that his dinner
would get spoiled.
- So she said...
- No, she didn't.
She didn't say anything.
- She got off...
- 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.
That looks like a platypus
walking in space...
or a pterodactyl
flying under the sea.
I think he might
take us to the moon.
I wish we had
a proper pencil.
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.
Well, we won't find it.
Once them balloons
get loose, they're away.
Perhaps.
. Look from time
to time, please.
They're expensive, and I
don't like to waste expensive things.
Sure. Sure.
Well, I'd better get back
to my mud pies.
Well, I'll be off then.
You all right for smokes?
- What?
- On me.
- Oh, no, no.
- Go on.
That is three packets
I have to owe you.
Don't worry about it.
I'm trying to give it up.
Hey! There goes another one!
Hey! Stop it!
Hey!
Hey, stop it!
They're so expensive.
Stop it!
Los Angeles Los angeles
My morning is so fine
Hey, it's muddy underwater.
Especially in the
early morning sunshine There you'll be
in front of me So I'll catch up
and turn to see You look my way And smile - We'll walk a while
- Please. Put me down.
How's it goin', boy?
I said, "How's things?"
You got ear trouble?
Suit yourself.
Move it. Go on.
Quicker. Move it!
Get that bloody dingo
out of here.
It's the last time
I'm warning you!
Here.
Paint your titties with that.
Lovely.
Be careful with those.
They're valuable.
Hey, knock off. Knock off
for about ten minutes.
No sneakin' off.
We've got a lot of work to do.
Will you shut the door?
The kids?
The window's open.
I'm hot.
Hey!
Look what I found!
Over here!
Come on!
That must be a weather balloon.
This black one's bigger...
and it's ticking.
I wonder where it came from.
Probably someone's listening to it.
- Will it hurt me?
- No, of course not.
How long will it take?
Ask him. Ask him how long it will be
before we can get anywhere.
Ask him how long!
Go on.
We'll be there today!
Hey! There's lots of water out there,
coming up out of the ground.
That's a spring.
- Jon-ge.
- Jon-ge.
Jon-ge. He wants me
to go and fetch some wood.
All right.
What are you doing?
Nothing.
There's predestination
and free will required.
We know now that
that that is, is.
Water. Water.
Water.
Yes, water.
Sorry, that's all
I could find.
I didn't know where...
Where are we going?
It's a road!
It's a real road!
Where does it go?
You're making me
drop my stick.
I like these.
All right.
Hello.
Didn't I get a lot?
There's lots more there.
Didn't I get a lot?
Where've you been?
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.
Where are you going now?
- Aren't you hungry now?
- Please, leave him alone.
You haven't cooked
the meat yet.
- The radio's gone.
- Hmm.
The battery's gone.
No. Dad said
they'd last for 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.
I think he wants to stay here.
- Why should he?
- It's nice.
I think that he wants
to stay here for a while.
There's lots of ferns
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?
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.
He's not there.
He's not there!
He's not there!
I went to sleep.
He's gone.
Oh.
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.
It's not really warm.
- He didn't say good-bye to us.
- Yes, he did.
That's the dancing about. It's their way
of saying good-bye to people they love.
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.
I'm glad I washed your things.
You 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.
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?
There you are.
What are you thinking?
Shall we sit down for a bit?
Stop sulking.
Where's the radio?
You forgot it.
So what?
It didn't work.
It's time now for hospital requests.
You're listening
to the first network of the ABC,
Radio BL Sydney,
FC Newcastle.
The time is half-past eight.
- Look!
- I know.
- Will dad be there?
- No.
Ow!
- 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.
Well, why did he?
I suppose he thought
he was doing the best thing.
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.
Morning.
Wait here. Hello?
Uh, excuse me!
Hello?
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.
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.
- What was in it?
- Nothing. That's why they shut it.
Do people come through here?
- We give them tours, same as anyone.
- When will they...
I don't know.
They never send me a card.
- How often do they...
- 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 see the mines?
Yes, if you like.
- Can I go and play?
- Yes. Don't go far.
- Be careful.
- I'll be all right.
What's there?
Nothing.
- Hey!
- Yes!
Watch!
- What?
- Watch!
- Are you watching?
- Yes.
Well?
- What shall we do now?
- I know. Let's...
Hi, doll.
Well, they've made a decision.
I get Graham's job when he
leaves Friday, lan takes over mine...
and Robby and Alan
go over to accounts.
Which means Old Mal
looks like being out of a job.
Still, it's his own fault.
What?
Nothing.
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.
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.