David Gulpilil

David Gulpilil Ridjimiraril Dalaithngu AM, known professionally as David Gulpilil and posthumously for cultural reasons as David Dalaithngu for three days, was an Aboriginal Australian (Yolŋu) actor and dancer, known for the films Walkabout, Storm Boy, Rabbit-Proof Fence, and The Tracker.

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Australia (2008)

Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Baz Luhrmann
CAST:  Nicole Kidman  •  Hugh Jackman  •  Essie Davis  •  David Wenham

Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Baz Luhrmann
CAST:  Nicole Kidman  •  Hugh Jackman  •  Essie Davis  •  David Wenham

Crocodile Dundee (1986)

When a New York reporter plucks crocodile hunter Mick Dundee from the Australian Outback for a visit to the Big Apple, it's a clash of cultures and a recipe for good-natured comedy as naïve Dundee negotiates the concrete jungle. He proves that his instincts are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Faiman
CAST:  Paul Hogan  •  Linda Kozlowski  •  John Meillon  •  David Gulpilil

When a New York reporter plucks crocodile hunter Mick Dundee from the Australian Outback for a visit to the Big Apple, it's a clash of cultures and a recipe for good-natured comedy as naïve Dundee negotiates the concrete jungle. He proves that his instincts are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Faiman
CAST:  Paul Hogan  •  Linda Kozlowski  •  John Meillon  •  David Gulpilil

Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)

Thought provokingTear-jerker

In 1931, three Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff, and set off on a trek across the Outback.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phillip Noyce
CAST:  Everlyn Sampi  •  Tianna Sansbury  •  Laura Monaghan  •  Kenneth Branagh

In 1931, three Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff, and set off on a trek across the Outback.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phillip Noyce
CAST:  Everlyn Sampi  •  Tianna Sansbury  •  Laura Monaghan  •  Kenneth Branagh

Storm Boy (1977)

Mike is a lonely Australian boy living in a coastal wilderness with his reclusive father. In search of friendship he encounters an Aboriginal native loner and the two form a bond in the care of orphaned pelicans.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Safran
CAST:  Greg Rowe  •  Peter Cummins  •  David Gulpilil  •  Judy Dick

Mike is a lonely Australian boy living in a coastal wilderness with his reclusive father. In search of friendship he encounters an Aboriginal native loner and the two form a bond in the care of orphaned pelicans.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Safran
CAST:  Greg Rowe  •  Peter Cummins  •  David Gulpilil  •  Judy Dick

Ten Canoes (2006)

A story within a story within a story. In Australia's Northern Territory, an Aboriginal narrator tells a story about his ancestors on a goose hunt. A youngster on the hunt is being tempted to adultery with his elder brother's wife, so an elder tells him a story ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rolf de Heer  •  Peter Djigirr
CAST:  Crusoe Kurddal  •  Jamie Gulpilil  •  Richard Birrinbirrin  •  David Gulpilil

A story within a story within a story. In Australia's Northern Territory, an Aboriginal narrator tells a story about his ancestors on a goose hunt. A youngster on the hunt is being tempted to adultery with his elder brother's wife, so an elder tells him a story ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rolf de Heer  •  Peter Djigirr
CAST:  Crusoe Kurddal  •  Jamie Gulpilil  •  Richard Birrinbirrin  •  David Gulpilil

The Last Wave (1977)

Thought provokingIntenseGrippingMysterious

Australian lawyer David Burton agrees with reluctance to defend a group of Aboriginal people charged with murdering one of their own. He suspects the victim was targeted for violating a tribal taboo, but the defendants deny any tribal association. Burton, plagued ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Weir
CAST:  Richard Chamberlain  •  Olivia Hamnett  •  David Gulpilil  •  Frederick Parslow

Australian lawyer David Burton agrees with reluctance to defend a group of Aboriginal people charged with murdering one of their own. He suspects the victim was targeted for violating a tribal taboo, but the defendants deny any tribal association. Burton, plagued ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Weir
CAST:  Richard Chamberlain  •  Olivia Hamnett  •  David Gulpilil  •  Frederick Parslow

The Proposition (2005)

Thought provokingViolentDisturbingDark

In 1880s Australia, a lawman offers renegade Charlie Burns a difficult choice. In order to save his younger brother from the gallows, Charlie must hunt down and kill his older brother, who is wanted for rape and murder. Venturing into one of the Outback's most ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Hillcoat
CAST:  Guy Pearce  •  Ray Winstone  •  Emily Watson  •  Danny Huston

In 1880s Australia, a lawman offers renegade Charlie Burns a difficult choice. In order to save his younger brother from the gallows, Charlie must hunt down and kill his older brother, who is wanted for rape and murder. Venturing into one of the Outback's most ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Hillcoat
CAST:  Guy Pearce  •  Ray Winstone  •  Emily Watson  •  Danny Huston

The Right Stuff (1983)

EpicFast pacedAdventurous

A chronicle of the original Mercury astronauts in the formation of America's space program: Alan Shepherd, the first American in space; Gus Grissom, the benighted astronaut for whom nothing works out as planned; John Glenn, the straight-arrow 'boy scout' of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Kaufman
CAST:  Sam Shepard  •  Scott Glenn  •  Ed Harris  •  Dennis Quaid

A chronicle of the original Mercury astronauts in the formation of America's space program: Alan Shepherd, the first American in space; Gus Grissom, the benighted astronaut for whom nothing works out as planned; John Glenn, the straight-arrow 'boy scout' of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Kaufman
CAST:  Sam Shepard  •  Scott Glenn  •  Ed Harris  •  Dennis Quaid

Until the End of the World (1991)

Epic

In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers, who enlist her help to take the money to a drop in Paris. On the way, she runs into another fugitive from the law — an American doctor on the run from the CIA. They ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wim Wenders
CAST:  Solveig Dommartin  •  William Hurt  •  Tom Waits  •  Chick Ortega

In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers, who enlist her help to take the money to a drop in Paris. On the way, she runs into another fugitive from the law — an American doctor on the run from the CIA. They ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wim Wenders
CAST:  Solveig Dommartin  •  William Hurt  •  Tom Waits  •  Chick Ortega

Walkabout (1971)

Boring

Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them. When he fails, he turns the gun on himself, and the two city-bred children must contend with harsh wilderness ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicolas Roeg
CAST:  Jenny Agutter  •  Luc Roeg  •  David Gulpilil  •  John Meillon

Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them. When he fails, he turns the gun on himself, and the two city-bred children must contend with harsh wilderness ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicolas Roeg
CAST:  Jenny Agutter  •  Luc Roeg  •  David Gulpilil  •  John Meillon

Satellite Boy (2012)

When his grandfather's drive-in cinema and home in the outback town of Wyndham is threatened with demolition, a twelve-year-old Aboriginal boy must journey through Australia's bush country — equipped only with ancient survival skills — to stop the city developers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Catriona McKenzie
CAST:  David Gulpilil  •  Cameron Wallaby  •  Joseph Pedley  •  Rohanna Angus

When his grandfather's drive-in cinema and home in the outback town of Wyndham is threatened with demolition, a twelve-year-old Aboriginal boy must journey through Australia's bush country — equipped only with ancient survival skills — to stop the city developers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Catriona McKenzie
CAST:  David Gulpilil  •  Cameron Wallaby  •  Joseph Pedley  •  Rohanna Angus

Gulpilil: One Red Blood (2002)

An hour-long documentary on the life and career of actor David Gulpilil.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Darlene Johnson
CAST:  David Gulpilil

An hour-long documentary on the life and career of actor David Gulpilil.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Darlene Johnson
CAST:  David Gulpilil

Crocodile Dreaming (2007)

Crocodile Dreaming is a modern day supernatural myth about two estranged brothers, played by iconic Indigenous actors David Gulpill and Tom E. Lewis. Separated at birth, they have different fathers. One is readily accepted as a full-fledged member of the tribe and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Darlene Johnson
CAST:  David Gulpilil  •  Tom E. Lewis

Crocodile Dreaming is a modern day supernatural myth about two estranged brothers, played by iconic Indigenous actors David Gulpill and Tom E. Lewis. Separated at birth, they have different fathers. One is readily accepted as a full-fledged member of the tribe and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Darlene Johnson
CAST:  David Gulpilil  •  Tom E. Lewis

Dark Age (1987)

In the Australian outback, a park ranger and two local guides set out to track down a giant crocodile that has been killing and eating the local populace..  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arch Nicholson
CAST:  John Jarratt  •  Nikki Coghill  •  Max Phipps  •  Burnham Burnham

In the Australian outback, a park ranger and two local guides set out to track down a giant crocodile that has been killing and eating the local populace..  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arch Nicholson
CAST:  John Jarratt  •  Nikki Coghill  •  Max Phipps  •  Burnham Burnham

Serenades (2001)

Set in the 1890s in the central desert region of Australia, 'Serenades' tells the tale of Jila who is conceived when her Afghan cameleer father wins her Aboriginal mother in a card game.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mojgan Khadem
CAST:  Aden Young  •  David Gulpilil  •  Alice Haines  •  Celine O'Leary

Set in the 1890s in the central desert region of Australia, 'Serenades' tells the tale of Jila who is conceived when her Afghan cameleer father wins her Aboriginal mother in a card game.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mojgan Khadem
CAST:  Aden Young  •  David Gulpilil  •  Alice Haines  •  Celine O'Leary

The Tracker (2002)

Somewhere in Australia in the early 20th century outback, an Aboriginal man is accused of murdering a white woman. Three white men are on a mission to capture him with the help of an experienced Indigenous man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rolf de Heer
CAST:  David Gulpilil  •  Gary Sweet  •  Damon Gameau  •  Grant Page

Somewhere in Australia in the early 20th century outback, an Aboriginal man is accused of murdering a white woman. Three white men are on a mission to capture him with the help of an experienced Indigenous man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rolf de Heer
CAST:  David Gulpilil  •  Gary Sweet  •  Damon Gameau  •  Grant Page

Charlie's Country (2013)

Blackfella Charlie is getting older, and he's out of sorts. The intervention is making life more difficult on his remote community, what with the proper policing of whitefella laws that don't generally make much sense, and Charlie's kin and ken seeming more ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rolf de Heer
CAST:  Peter Djigirr  •  Luke Ford  •  Jennifer Budukpuduk Gaykamangu  •  David Gulpilil

Blackfella Charlie is getting older, and he's out of sorts. The intervention is making life more difficult on his remote community, what with the proper policing of whitefella laws that don't generally make much sense, and Charlie's kin and ken seeming more ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rolf de Heer
CAST:  Peter Djigirr  •  Luke Ford  •  Jennifer Budukpuduk Gaykamangu  •  David Gulpilil

Goldstone (2016)

Indigenous Detective Jay Swan arrives in the frontier town of Goldstone on a missing persons inquiry. What seems like a simple investigation unearths an intricate web of crime, corruption, human trafficking, and coordinated exploitation of indigenous people’s land. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Sen
CAST:  Aaron Pedersen  •  Alex Russell  •  Jacki Weaver  •  Cheng Pei-pei

Indigenous Detective Jay Swan arrives in the frontier town of Goldstone on a missing persons inquiry. What seems like a simple investigation unearths an intricate web of crime, corruption, human trafficking, and coordinated exploitation of indigenous people’s land. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Sen
CAST:  Aaron Pedersen  •  Alex Russell  •  Jacki Weaver  •  Cheng Pei-pei

MESSiAH (2016)

In a playful collision of cultures, a hapless Irishman and his Parisian girlfriend get more than they bargained for when they encounter a particularly mischievous stranger in the spectacular Australian wilderness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Damian Walshe-Howling
CAST:  Chloé Boreham  •  Mark Coles Smith  •  David Gulpilil  •  Stephen Hunter

In a playful collision of cultures, a hapless Irishman and his Parisian girlfriend get more than they bargained for when they encounter a particularly mischievous stranger in the spectacular Australian wilderness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Damian Walshe-Howling
CAST:  Chloé Boreham  •  Mark Coles Smith  •  David Gulpilil  •  Stephen Hunter

Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence (2003)

This documentary follows Phillip Noyce as he tries to find three aboriginal girls able to act in his film Rabbit Proof Fence. The film sees a cast of 100's whittled down to the eventual three girls and follows them through workshops and into the difficult shoot.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Darlene Johnson
CAST:  Kenneth Branagh  •  Stacey Bedford  •  Cheryl Carter  •  Jason Clarke

This documentary follows Phillip Noyce as he tries to find three aboriginal girls able to act in his film Rabbit Proof Fence. The film sees a cast of 100's whittled down to the eventual three girls and follows them through workshops and into the difficult shoot.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Darlene Johnson
CAST:  Kenneth Branagh  •  Stacey Bedford  •  Cheryl Carter  •  Jason Clarke
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