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Barney is a 1976 Australian film for children set during the Convict Era. A 12-year-old boy and a convict are shipwrecked together.[2]

Barney
Directed byDavid Waddington
Written byColin Drake
Produced byDavid Waddington
Starring
CinematographyRichard Wallace
Edited byRod Hay
Music byTommy Tycho
Production
company
Columbia Pictures
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
16 December 1976
Running time
93 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$230,000[1]

It was also known as Lost in the Wild.[3]


Plot


In the 1880s, a small boy called Barney, a wombat called Amanda and an Irish convict called Rafe are the sole survivors of a shipwreck. They head off to Ballarat together to find Barney's father. On the way two gypsy woman drug Rafe and try to steal Barney's money. Rafe is wrongly accused of horse theft and he is imprisoned, but Barney helps him escape. Barney is eventually reunited with his father.


Cast



Production


The budget was provided by Columbia Pictures and Australian Film Commission. Shooting began in May 1976 on the New South Wales coast and at the Australiana Pioneer Village at Wilberforce.[1]


Release


Despite the involvement of a Hollywood studio, commercial results were disappointing in Australia.[1] However it performed better in Hong Kong and Japan.[4]


References


  1. Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 307
  2. Vagg, Stephen (24 July 2019). "50 Meat Pie Westerns". Filmink.
  3. Barney at National Film and Sound Archive
  4. "New Markets", Cinema Papers, April 1977 p 296






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