Bush Christmas
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Chips Rafferty, John Fernside, Pat Penny, Stan Tolhurst, Thelma Grigg Director: Ralph Smart Brand: Sony DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language) Format: Black & White, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 80 minutes DVD Release Date: 2005-11-08 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: MGM (Video & DVD) |
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Movie Reviews of Bush Christmas
Movie Review: "Walkabout" for a Pre-Teen and Middle School Audience
Summary: 4 Stars
Don't be scared away by the title, "Bush Christmas" (1947) has nothing to do with George W. or his father. They are referring to the Australian "Bush" and this is a children's film that no doubt was a heavy influence on Nicholas Roeg"s "Walkabout" (1971); as well as its source novel by James Vance Marshall. In both a small band of children find themselves in the bush country and out of their element, getting survival tips from a native boy. "A Far Off Place" (1993) and "Alaska" (1996) also appropriated many elements of the story. "Bush Christmas" is the least gritty of the four films but the most believable and the least manipulative.
It should remind the viewer of the modern Australian television show "Saddle Club" as the kids are around horses all the time; even riding them to and from school. And the plot involves Grinch-inspired horse thieves who almost ruin Christmas for the family when they steal their prize mare, leaving her young colt behind. So the five children head into the bush to track down the horse thieves, while their parents and the police search for them. There is even a Ghost Town (also found in "Walkabout") although you have to suspend disbelief when the until now very perceptive children inexplicably take too long to recognize that the horse thieves are its only residents.
Worth noting is that Helen Grieve plays the only girl in this group of adventurous children but there is no condescension to her, she rides better than the boys and takes on a kind of "Wendy" from "Peter Pan" role in the group.
Christmas in the southern hemisphere is a summer event but the holiday is still celebrated with winter wonderland decorations, presents, and a tree.
Then again, what do I know? I'm only a child.