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The Outback
“From Zero to Hero”
56%
Movie
1h 25m
AI Analysis
The Outback (2012) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Outback (2012) — a movie tagged as Animation, Adventure, and Family with balanced tone moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: Being teased for his color, Johnny the white koala joins a traveling carnival with Hamish, a Tasmanian devil, and Higgens, a photographer monkey as talent agents. On the way through the Australian outback desert, the trailer they are in comes loose and crashes. Johnny must live up to the hero status Hamish presents … Our models also surface themes such as ai from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for families with kids, family viewing, and casual background watching. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~85 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Outback 56% (48 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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TMDb audience score
56%
from 48 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
Being teased for his color, Johnny the white koala joins a traveling carnival with Hamish, a Tasmanian devil, and Higgens, a photographer monkey as talent agents. On the way through the Australian outback desert, the trailer they are in comes loose and crashes. Johnny must live up to the hero status Hamish presents him as while the outback locals try to rescue a kidnapped koala from Bog, a giant crocodile and his dingo lackeys.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2012-01-12
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- TMDB rating
- 5.6
- TMDB ID
- 136405
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What is The Outback about?
Being teased for his color, Johnny the white koala joins a traveling carnival with Hamish, a Tasmanian devil, and Higgens, a photographer monkey as talent agents. On the way through the Australian ... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for The Outback?
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How long is the movie The Outback?
The official runtime for The Outback is approximately 85 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
Jenni Pulos
Charlotte (voice)
Frank Welker
Higgens / Bull (voice)
Tim Curry
Blacktooth (voice)
Alan Cumming
Bog (voice)
Nolan North
Hex (voice)
Charlie Bewley
Loki (voice)
Neil Ross
Monty (voice)
Eric Lopez
The Wild Bushman / Bill / Merlin (voice)
Norm Macdonald
Quint (voice)
Bret McKenzie
Hamish (voice)
Phil Proctor
Lug (voice)
Rob Schneider
Johnny (voice)
Yvonne Strahovski
Miranda (voice)
Fred Tatasciore
Cutter (voice)
Chris Edgerly
Boris (voice)
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