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Barney (1976)

Barney poster
Directed by
David Waddington
Genre
adventure
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 33m
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A 12-year-old boy and a convict get shipwrecked together in the Australian wilderness. They have to find a way to survive and get along.

adventurouslightheartedearnestslow-pacedwhimsicalhistoricalsurvivalpastoral

What happens

Barney is a 1976 Australian film for children set during the Convict Era. A 12-year-old boy and a convict are shipwrecked together. It was also known as Lost in the Wild. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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