Dot and The Kangaroo

Dot and The Kangaroo
by Yoram Gross

Dot and The Kangaroo
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Actor: Barbara Frawley, Joan Bruce, June Salter, Ross Higgins, Spike Milligan
Director: Yoram Gross
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0
Format: Animated, Color, DVD-Video, Live, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 72 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-10-30
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Henstooth Video

Movie Reviews of Dot and The Kangaroo

Movie Review: Kid favorite
Summary: 5 Stars

I use to love this when I was a kid, and I wanted to share it with my kids. With no surprise, they loved it too!

Summary of Dot and The Kangaroo

Dot and the Kangaroo is an award-winning family classic based on the beloved children's book by Ethel Pedley. Using a unique combination of animation and live-action backgrounds, Dot and the Kangaroo has delighted audiences for 25 years. It follows the adventures of Dot, a settler's young daughter who loses her way in the bush. Terrified by the dark shadows and unfamiliar sounds, she is befriended by a kangaroo. Safely tucked in the kangaroo's pouch, Dot has an adventure-packed and song-filled journey. She meets many indigenous Australian creatures (including a koala, platypus and kookaburra) along the way. With the help of her new friends, Dot finally finds her way home.
An Australian settler girl gets lost in the outback, but she is befriended by a kangaroo who gives her a ride in her pouch as they search for the girl's home. Aiding the pair are musically gifted koalas, platypuses, and kookaburras in this 72-minute film based on Ethel Pedley's 1899 children's book, with animated humans and animals superimposed upon a live background. Children will be touched by the relationship between the child and her marsupial protector, who has lost her own joey. But they may also be frightened by the mythical bunyip (a threatening animal-bird hybrid) or the heroines' violent confrontation with snarling dingoes. Finally, children who are used to happy endings will be mystified that the kangaroo never finds her own baby, and Dot, although returned home, sobs when separated from her beloved kangaroo. The film movingly dissolves from a weeping Dot to footage of real kangaroos bounding through the Australian bush. Ages 3 to 8. --Kimberly Heinrichs

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