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'A year after the loss of his father, Ridley and his mother, Gloria, move to Western Australian to live with Ridley's estranged grandfather Spencer. Once there Spencer tries to connect with Ridley but all efforts usually lead to conflict. Ridley ends up lost deep in the outback on a quest to try to get home. Meanwhile, Spencer and Gloria search the outback for Ridley. Spencer tries to reassure Gloria that her son will be OK, all the while trying to come to terms with the loss of his only child. While suffering the elements of the Australian outback (especially for a kid from New York), Ridley manages to save a dingo, Buckley, from a leg trap. The two develop a bond and both boy and dog try to survive the elements to get Ridley back home.' (Production summary)
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Works about this Work
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An Outsider’s Perspective
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 26 June 2021; (p. 13)
— Review of Buckley's Chance 2021 single work film/TV'Buckley’s Chance is a co-production between Australia and Canada in which British actor Bill Nighy plays a crusty old coot who runs an outback sheep station in the back of beyond. It’s the sort of role Bryan Brown plays to perfection and at first Nighy seems a bit uncomfortable, a bit displaced. But, experienced professional that he is, he succeeds eventually in creating a convincing character.' (Introduction)
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Meat Pies, Desert, Bloody Dingoes: New Australian Film Buckley’s Chance Brims with Dated Cultural Cliches
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 24 June 2021;
— Review of Buckley's Chance 2021 single work film/TV'It’s a classic trope of Australian cinema: a foreigner comes here and discovers a wild, rugged place, replete with dangerous and surreal animals and dangerous and weird people.' (Introduction)
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Meat Pies, Desert, Bloody Dingoes: New Australian Film Buckley’s Chance Brims with Dated Cultural Cliches
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 24 June 2021;
— Review of Buckley's Chance 2021 single work film/TV'It’s a classic trope of Australian cinema: a foreigner comes here and discovers a wild, rugged place, replete with dangerous and surreal animals and dangerous and weird people.' (Introduction)
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An Outsider’s Perspective
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 26 June 2021; (p. 13)
— Review of Buckley's Chance 2021 single work film/TV'Buckley’s Chance is a co-production between Australia and Canada in which British actor Bill Nighy plays a crusty old coot who runs an outback sheep station in the back of beyond. It’s the sort of role Bryan Brown plays to perfection and at first Nighy seems a bit uncomfortable, a bit displaced. But, experienced professional that he is, he succeeds eventually in creating a convincing character.' (Introduction)
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