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August 25, 2026… #movieoftheday is Kangaroo (full movie) (1986).
" Kangaroo is a 1986 Australian drama film directed by Tim Burstall and starring Colin Friels , Judy Davis and John Walton . It is based on the 1923 novel of the same name by D. H. Lawrence .” - more at Wikipedia
D.H. Lawrence, one of the greatest modernist novelists, wrote Kangaroo as a semi-autobiographical account of his 1922 visit to Australia.
Pioneer Australian director Tim Burstall’s adaptation casts Colin Friels as mild-mannered English novelist Richard Somers and Judy Davis as his wife Harriet (Davis delivers a brilliant, AFI award-winning performance).
The Somers leave Europe in the early 1920s for a new life in Australia. The couple are captivated by the openness and hospitality with which they are received but are soon enveloped in a web of political intrigue, adultery and murder as they encounter battles between the rising trade unions and an underground fascist group led by “Kangaroo,” the code-name for its charismatic but dangerous leader.
Kangaroo was Burstall’s finest theatrical film and, through its AFI award-winning achievements in performance and period costume design, stands as a testament to a remarkable career.
FULL MOVIE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv5NeHzbmHc
#Kangaroo #tangled #Wikipedia #2026
" Kangaroo is a 1986 Australian drama film directed by Tim Burstall and starring Colin Friels , Judy Davis and John Walton . It is based on the 1923 novel of the same name by D. H. Lawrence .” - more at Wikipedia
D.H. Lawrence, one of the greatest modernist novelists, wrote Kangaroo as a semi-autobiographical account of his 1922 visit to Australia.
Pioneer Australian director Tim Burstall’s adaptation casts Colin Friels as mild-mannered English novelist Richard Somers and Judy Davis as his wife Harriet (Davis delivers a brilliant, AFI award-winning performance).
The Somers leave Europe in the early 1920s for a new life in Australia. The couple are captivated by the openness and hospitality with which they are received but are soon enveloped in a web of political intrigue, adultery and murder as they encounter battles between the rising trade unions and an underground fascist group led by “Kangaroo,” the code-name for its charismatic but dangerous leader.
Kangaroo was Burstall’s finest theatrical film and, through its AFI award-winning achievements in performance and period costume design, stands as a testament to a remarkable career.
FULL MOVIE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv5NeHzbmHc
#Kangaroo #tangled #Wikipedia #2026
