The Naked Country

Tim Burstall | Australia 1993 | 90 min

Based on a novel by Morris West, The Naked Country is a classic American cowboy tale set in Australia’s exotic outback, with the Aboriginal people pitted against a rancher, Lance Dillon because he is on their land.

After a renegade Aboriginal man, Mundara, kills Lance’s newly purchased Brahma bull and a ranch hand who gets involved, Mundara spears the fleeing Lance in the shoulder but does not catch up with him to finish the job.

The story of Lance’s survival is the focus of The Naked Country, along with a parallel story of his wife Mary temporarily falling for Lance’s opposite, Sgt. Neil Adams. Incredibly, the wounded Lance manages to fend off and kill three healty Aborginal men.

The characters of Lance, Adams and Mundara are contrasted against a setting of conflict that escalates out of control.

Cast	Stanton, John Rebecca Gilling Ivor Kants Tommy Lewis Simon Chilvers John Jarratt Neela Dey Hector Thomas Donald Blitner Kevin McKellar Marlene Bell Malcolm Cork Michael Cockatoo
Release dates	1993 - Australia (other sources say 1984, 1985, 1987)
Video/DVD Release Date	Video: 1 September 1993; DVD: 5 September 2005
Awards
Rating	M - Mature
Language level	easy
Distributor	Filmways Australasian Distributors
Soundtrack
Genre	Drama
Notes	The Naked Country is based on a novel by Morris West (fiction, 1960, published under the pseudonym “Michael East”).
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