Back to the Outback
Back to the Outback is a 2021 computer-animated adventure comedy film directed by Clare Knight and Harry Cripps, in both their directorial debuts, from a screenplay written by Cripps, and a story by Gregory Lessans and Cripps. The voice cast includes Isla Fisher, Tim Minchin, Eric Bana, Guy Pearce, Miranda Tapsell, Angus Imrie, Keith Urban, and Jacki Weaver. Produced by Weed Road Pictures, Reel FX Creative Studios, Netflix Animation, and distributed by Netflix.
Plot
At the Australian Wildlife Park in Sydney, zookeeper Chaz Hunt has a show that demonstrates scary and deadly animals. Maddie, a inland taipan, appears regularly at the show but is feared by the public. Maddie is supported by Jackie, a motherly saltwater crocodile, who tells her and her three best friends —Frank, a funnel-web spider, Zoe, a thorny devil, and Nigel, a marbled scorpion— about the Outback, a place recognizable with three mountains where creatures like them belong. One day, Jackie is removed from the zoo after she tries to save Chaz's son, Chazzie, from a moat; the staff and patrons believed she was trying to eat him. Saddened and in despair, Maddie decides to escape to the Outback with her companions to find a place where they can live happily. During their escape, Pretty Boy, a celebrity koala, tries to alert the park's security but is paralyzed by Nigel. The group decides to take him with them, but not before he is caught on a security camera exhibiting signs of rabies.
More details
author | Harry Cripps |
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contentLocation | Australia Sydney Uluru |
director | Clare Knight Harry Cripps |
editor | Marcus Taylor |
genre | adventure animation comedy |
keywords | australian wildlife park best friend blue mountains canyon circular quay cry fall fire truck flood florida funnel-web spider great white shark hadronyche cerberea hear inland taipan kill koala lose lychas marbled scorpion mother being move new life on the road one night orphan outback paralyze port jackson quokka rescue saltwater crocodile scar secret society sydney harbour taronga zoo tasmanian devil television show their way thorny devil |
musicBy | Rupert Gregson-Williams |
producer | Daniela Mazzucato |
publisher | Netflix |
theme | animated northern urban |