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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 ko...( read more  read more... )alas, 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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G, 72 min.

Directed by: Yoram Gross

Release Date: January 1, 1981

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DVD Release Date: October 30, 2001

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  • Deano78
    September 6, 2008
    Deano78
    A mix of cartoon and nature documentary with a live film background.
  • carolannhangel
    March 12, 2009
    carolannhangel
    OMG i loved this when i was younger how sad am i lol
  • suzanne773
    August 13, 2008
    suzanne773
    Loved this cartoon first watched this wen i was 3 and a half, my old time favourite.
    Great Cartoon!
  • nayita23
    June 9, 2008
    nayita23
    My father said I LOVED THIS MOVIE ...
    I just can rmember some parts
  • wildeenchantress
    July 24, 2007
    wildeenchantress
    I always loved the Dot cartoons when I was young.
  • swirlgrrlele
    July 7, 2007
    swirlgrrlele
    Kid memory movie.l think its this one that had the creepy music. I must get it AND waterbabies.
  • bunnidarkhunni1
    June 26, 2007
    bunnidarkhunni1
    This was one of my childhood favourites.
  • amberembps
    June 16, 2007
    amberembps
    omg i luved this movie wen i was lil.so sad
  • nigelwillis
    May 20, 2007
    nigelwillis
    I vaguely remember seeing this on TV when I was eight years old, which is longer ago than I care to admit. I do remember enjoying it immensely all those years ago, though, and watched it several times, so it should prove popular with the youngsters.

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