Kangaroo Dundee

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Movie
German title Kangaroo Dundee
Original title Kangaroo Dundee
Country of production United Kingdom
original language English
Publishing year 2013
length 118 (59 + 59) minutes
Rod
Director Andrew Graham-Brown ,
Tom Mustill
production Andrew Graham-Brown,
Tom Mustill
cut Nigel Buck
occupation

Kangaroo Dundee is a documentary of the BBC series "Natural World" from the year 2013 through a sanctuary for orphaned kangaroos .

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Red giant kangaroo

Protagonist of the film is the former tour guide Chris "Brolga" Barns (born 14 September 1972), which at Alice Springs in Australia's Northern Territory a Kangaroo Sanctuary founded called sanctuary for orphaned kangaroo boy and heads today. In the 36 hectare reserve he founded, there are around 20 orphans he found and fostered, most of whose dams were run over. A giant red kangaroo named Roger, found in 2006 at the age of four months, is the group's alpha animal .

Charisma

The film was first broadcast by the BBC as a double episode of its documentary series Natural World, which has been running since 1983, on January 26 and February 2, 2013 (season 32, episode 7/8). The German version was first released under the original title on the Austrian ORF 2 on 18./25. It was broadcast in June 2013, in Germany the film was broadcast over four episodes by the ARD broadcasters under the title Der Kangaroo-Mann . The film will also be distributed on the RTL pay channel Geo Television and DVD. A one-hour sequel produced by the BBC in 2014 was also broadcast over two episodes in Germany.

Trivia

  • In 2014 Barns was nominated as a finalist for the Northern Territory in the “Local Hero” category for the title Australian of the Year
  • In 2015, Roger became known in media and social networks when the muscular male was holding a crushed metal bucket in a photo.
  • The film title alludes to the successful feature film series Crocodile Dundee .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ TV tip: The animal documentary "Kangaroo Dundee" , June 18, 2013, Kurier.at
  2. ↑ website of Australian of the Year ( Memento of the original from June 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.australianoftheyear.org.au
  3. ↑ Genevieve Shaw Brown, The Real Story Behind Roger the 'Roo , June 10, 2015, Good Morning America , ABC News , in English
  4. ↑ Christoph Sydow, Kangaroo power pack: Don't mess with Roger , June 8, 2015 at Spiegel Online