The Tracker
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Director Rolf de Heer Music director Graham Tardif Duration Country Australia | 7.6/10 IMDb Genre Drama, History, Western Producers Rolf de Heer, Julie Ryan Writer Rolf de Heer Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 2002 Initial release August 8, 2002 (Australia) Cast David Gulpilil (The Tracker), Gary Sweet (The Fanatic), Damon Gameau (The Follower), Grant Page (The Veteran), Noel Wilton (The Fugutive)Similar movies Pitch Perfect 2 , The Last Witch Hunter , Captain America: The First Avenger , Jupiter Ascending , The Avengers , The Matrix Tagline 1922, somewhere in Australia...Some men lead, others follow. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Tracker is an Australian drama film produced in 2002. It was directed and written by Rolf de Heer. It is set in 1922 in outback Australia where a racist white colonial policeman (Gary Sweet) used the tracking ability of an Indigenous Australian tracker (David Gulpilil) to find the murderer of a white woman. The tagline is 'All men choose the path they walk.'
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Plot
1922, somewhere in Australia. An Aboriginal man is accused of murdering a white woman, and three white men (The Fanatic, The Follower and The Veteran) are on a mission to capture him with the help of an experienced Native man (The Tracker).
As they travel through the rugged Australian outback, each suffers under the stern hand and racist attitude of The Fanatic, who will stop at nothing to bring the accused to justice, even if that means sacrificing the others to reach the goal.
Meanwhile, the motives of the tracker remain elusive, and despite their relentless pursuit the men always seem to be a half-day behind their quarry.
After the death of one of the men, and a surprise mutiny, what endgame awaits for the group, and the enigmatic Tracker to which they have entrusted their survival.
Cast
Production
The film was shot in the semi-arid, rugged Arkaroola Sanctuary, in South Australia's Flinders Ranges. De Heer used an intentionally small film crew, saying that “It's all a much better process ...”. The film is intercut with paintings by Peter Coad which portray brutal actions not shown, while the lyrics of the soundtrack (written by De Heer) form part of the narrative, and are sung by Archie Roach with music composed by Graham Tardif.
Receptions
Film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes assessed the film at 88% on its tomatometers with an average 7.1/10 rating. Renowned film critic Roger Ebert gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four calling the film "haunting" and the performances "powerful". David Stratton described the film as "remarkable".
References
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