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![courtship dance, back view](images/walkdance_small.jpg) |
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![closeup of his face with lighting](images/walkeye_small.jpg) |
In
1970 Gulpilil, then about fifteen, appeared in Nicholas Roeg's
film Walkabout
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![eyes closed, smiling](images/madog1_small.jpg) |
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![didgeridoo](images/david_playing_small.jpg) |
In
1976, Gulpilil costarred in Mad Dog Morgan with Dennis Hopper.
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![closeup](images/wave2_small.jpg)
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![with Richard Chamberlain in The Last Wave](images/wave4_small.jpg) |
Gulpilil
was transcendent in The
Last Wave with Richard Chamberlain in 1977, a critically acclaimed
Peter Weir film.
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Gulpilil
had a guest appearance in Paul Hogan's Crocodile Dundee in 1987
-- a role in which he had the opportunity to display his skill at
traditional dancing. Unfortunately, he was paid a flat rate for the job
and did not benefit from the film's multi-million dollar revenue.
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In
1996 he appeared in Dead Heart starring Brian Brown. |
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The Movie Star:
David Gulpilil on Bondi Beach, 1985,
a photograph by
Tracey Moffatt, hangs in the National Portrait Gallery, Sydney Australia. |
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Gulpilil when interviewed by Mark Baker
at his home at Ramingining in 1999.
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Book cover
and images from The Birirrk, text by Gulpilil, photographs by
Neal McLeod (out of print.)
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![Book cover The Birirrk](images/book_cover_small.jpg) |
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Book cover for Gulpilil's
Stories of the Dreamtime -- text by David Gulpilil, compiled
by Hugh Rule and Stuart Goodman, illustrated by Allan Hondow,
photography by Stuart Goodman: Collins, Sydney, Auckland. |
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Album cover: NOMAD: SONGMAN,
1999 Australian Music International, Inc. This CD was produced by New York
musician Adam Plack. It features vocal and instrumental performances by
Gulpilil and other elder songmen from the town of Ramingining in
Australia's Northern Territory. |
![photo from "Dreamtime" on Nomad album cover](images/nomad2_small.jpg) |