The Tracker

Name: The Tracker
Director: Rolf de Heer
Released: 2002-01-01

2002 film by Rolf de Heer

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Also known as Tracker

Released: 2002
Director: Rolf de Heer
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0212132/Retrieved 2016-05-01
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Screenwriter: Rolf de Heer
Cast: Gary Sweet
, David Gulpilil
, Damon Gameau
, Grant Page
Genre: Western film
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0212132/Retrieved 2016-05-01
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Country of origin: Australia
Original language: English
Box office: 818,388 AUD(2002)
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1.web.archive.org/web/20110218045303/http://film.vic.gov.au/resources/documents/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdfRetrieved 2023-10-04
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The Tracker is a 2002 Australian Western directed and written by Rolf de Heer and starring David Gulpilil, Gary Sweet and Damon Gameau. It is set in 1922 in outback Australia where a colonial policeman (Sweet) uses the tracking ability of an Indigenous Australian tracker (Gulpilil) to find the alleged murderer of a white woman.

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Narrative location: Australia
Title: The Tracker
Filming location: Arkaroola
Performer: Archie Roach
Review score: 88%(October 8, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 33 critic review
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1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“The Tracker”Retrieved 2021-10-08
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7.1/10(October 8, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“The Tracker”Retrieved 2021-10-08
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Nominations: AACTA Award for Best Film(2002) nominee: Rolf de Heer, Julie Ryan
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1.aacta.org/aacta-awards/awards-history/2002/loadwinners/feature-film
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AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role(2002) nominee: David Gulpilil
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1.aacta.org/aacta-awards/awards-history/2002/loadwinners/feature-film
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AACTA Award for Best Cinematography(2002)
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1.aacta.org/aacta-awards/awards-history/2002/loadwinners/feature-film
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AACTA Award for Best Direction(2002) nominee: Rolf de Heer
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1.aacta.org/aacta-awards/awards-history/2002/loadwinners/feature-film
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AACTA Award for Best Editing(2002) nominee: Tania Nehme
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1.aacta.org/aacta-awards/awards-history/2002/loadwinners/feature-film
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AACTA Award for Best Original Screenplay(2002) nominee: Rolf de Heer
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1.aacta.org/aacta-awards/awards-history/2002/loadwinners/feature-film
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