| Uniform Title |
Earthling (Motion picture : 1980) |
| Title |
The earthling. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Umbrella Entertainment, ©2016. |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (97 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Umbrella Entertainment : DAVID3454. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 1980. |
| "Two alone in the outback. One learned to survive, the other to love"-- Cover. |
| Credits |
Directed by Peter Collinson ; written by Lanny Cotler ; produced by Samuel Z. Arkoff. |
| Performers |
William Holden, Ricky Schroder, Jack Thompson. |
| Summary |
Patrick Foley has been on the move all his life. Tired of drifting, he wants to spend his last days in an isolated Australian valley where he grew up. On his difficult journey he meets Shawn, a little desperate city-boy whose parents were killed in an accident in this remote inhospitable territory. Being unable to accompany the boy back to the civilized world he reluctantly takes him with him on his trip to that valley and teaches him in a rugged way how to survive. |
| Target audience note |
Classification : PG. |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 2.0 ; NTSC ; Region ALL ; Full frame 4:3 Standard. |
| Language note |
In English. |
| Subjects |
Cancer -- Patients -- Drama |
| Orphans -- Drama |
| Survival skills -- Drama |
| Older men -- Drama |
| Friendship -- Drama |
| Traffic accidents -- Drama |
| Feature films -- United States |
| Motion pictures, American |
| Feature films -- Australia |
| Motion pictures, Australian |
| Outback (Australia) -- Drama |
| Genre |
Action and adventure films |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Other Names |
Collinson, Peter, 1936-1980 director. |
| Cotler, Lanny, 1941- screenwriter. |
| Arkoff, Samuel Z., 1918-2001 producer. |
| Holden, William, 1918-1981 actor. |
| Schroder, Rick, 1970- actor. |
| Thompson, Jack, 1940- actor. |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Authors:
- Arkoff, Samuel Z., 1918-2001 .
- Collinson, Peter, 1936-1980 .
- Cotler, Lanny, 1941- .
- Holden, William, 1918-1981 .
- Schroder, Rick, 1970- .
- Thompson, Jack, 1940- .
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