A young girl gets lost in the Australian outback and befriends a kangarooA young girl gets lost in the Australian outback and befriends a kangarooA young girl gets lost in the Australian outback and befriends a kangaroo
Barbara Frawley
- Dot
- (voice)
Joan Bruce
- The Kangaroo
- (voice)
- …
Spike Milligan
- Mr. Platypus
- (voice)
June Salter
- Mrs. Platypus
- (voice)
Ross Higgins
- Willie Wagtail
- (voice)
Ron Haddrick
- Father
- (voice)
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- TriviaDot has a brown patch on her right sleeve which is not seen in any of the sequels.
- GoofsThe film's opening title, set in the font Lazybones, has an "H" substituted for the "K" in "Kangaroo".
- Alternate versionsThe Digiview Entertainment US DVD print of the film cuts out two songs: the first "In the Kangaroo Pouch" and "Quack Ducks".
- ConnectionsFeatured in Dot and Santa Claus (1981)
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Animated Australiana
Australian cinema was in a vibrant state between the 1970's and the mid 1980's.....We had Mountain Men!, Disappearing Girls!, Apocalyptic Futures! and Crocodile Wrestling! We also had "Dot!"....A fun little tale about a lost girl, A Kangaroo and an Adventure In the Australian bush!...With Animation on a live action background, Which was cutting edge in 1977 and secured the movie as a children's favourite.
However, Looking back on this movie (After recently buying the boxset!), It's painfully obvious as too the age of it, As The Writing, The Animation, Music and Songs don't stand up well now....Though, It's the type of movie, Where it's good natured charm Overcomes it's obvious flaws.
It's certainly worth showing to children..Or adults for that matter?, As it's one of the far too few examples of good Feature length Australian Animation.
However, Looking back on this movie (After recently buying the boxset!), It's painfully obvious as too the age of it, As The Writing, The Animation, Music and Songs don't stand up well now....Though, It's the type of movie, Where it's good natured charm Overcomes it's obvious flaws.
It's certainly worth showing to children..Or adults for that matter?, As it's one of the far too few examples of good Feature length Australian Animation.
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- Mar 16, 2008
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