Walkabout to Hollywood (1980): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 1980, Walkabout to Hollywood is a historie and dokumentarfilm film directed by Bill Leimbach, running about 49 minutes. “A rare glimpse into the early life of an Australian icon” — that tagline sets the tone.

What it’s about. Produced and directed this documentary for BBC in the 1980’s, about David Gulpilil, acclaimed Australian Aboriginal actor, dancer and musician. The film shows how Gulpilil is always working to bridge the gap between the tribal Aboriginal and Western worlds. He divides his time between a traditional tribal lifestyle and his artistic work, which has included major film roles, collaboration with contemporary dance and music groups and teaching Aboriginal dance and culture. Bill and David travel to Hollywood where David was the most popular Australian in the world at that time, with FOUR films playing in America – WALKABOUT, STORM BOY, THE LAST WAVE and MAD DOG MORGAN. After relating to both the black and native American cultures and filming a quick scene for a big Hollywood picture, he pines to head back through the Outback to his beloved Arnhem Land. Edited by Simon Dibbs and shot by Ray Henman.

Who’s in it. Walkabout to Hollywood stars Robert Powell as Narrator (voice), Buffy Sainte-Marie as Self, David Gulpilil as Self and Peter Weir as Self, among others.

Where to watch. In Australien you can stream it on DocPlay and DocPlay Amazon Channel and rent or buy it from Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube and Beamafilm. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Walkabout to Hollywood page.

If you liked it. Fans of Walkabout to Hollywood tend to enjoy Schindlers Liste, Der Soldat James Ryan, Hacksaw Ridge - Die Entscheidung and Green Book - Eine besondere Freundschaft.