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Afiche de Dot and the Kangaroo

Animation · Adventure · Family · 1977 · 1h 15min

Dot and the Kangaroo.

AnimationAdventureFamily

An Australian girl gets lost in the Outback, but she's 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 koalas, platypuses, and kookaburras in this film based on Ethel Pedley's 1899 children's book, with animated humans and animals superimposed upon a live-action background.

Director: Yoram Gross

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Barbara Frawley

Joan Bruce

The Kangaroo / Mother (voice)

Spike Milligan

Mr. Platypus (voice)

June Salter

Mrs. Platypus (voice)

Ross Higgins

Willie Wagtail (voice)

Ron Haddrick

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Yoram Gross Films

Yoram Gross Films Australian Film Commission

Australian Film Commission

Australian Film Commission

Country

🇦🇺Australia

Languages

English

Part of The Adventures of Dot

Actual
Dot and the Kangaroo
1977
Around the World with Dot
1981
Dot and the Bunny
1983
Dot and the Koala
1985
Dot And Keeto
1986
Dot and the Whale
1986
Dot and the Smugglers
1987
Dot Goes to Hollywood
1988
Dot in Space
1994

The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock
1998
The Inseparables
2023
Extinct
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The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water
2002
Back to the Outback
2021
Watership Down
1978
The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze
2001
Walking with Dinosaurs
2013
Spirit Untamed
2021
Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Hidden Adventure
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The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends
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The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration
2003

🇺🇸Estados UnidosMay 14, 1977

🇩🇪AlemaniaSep 15, 1977

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IMDb

6.9 /10

927 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

The tomato isn't ripe

Metacritic

Metacritic took the day off

TMDB

7.3 /10

10 votes

Letterboxd

6.6 /10

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Weighted average

6.9/10

IMDb6.9
TMDB7.3
Lbxd6.6