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Movie Info

A surveying team led by Australian geologist Lance Hackett (Bruce Spence) is setting off subterranean explosions deep in the outback, searching for possible uranium mining sites. Hackett's work is interrupted by Aborigines Miliritbi (Wandjuk Marika) and Dayipu (Roy Marika), who claim that green ants dream underneath this land, and, if the insects' slumbers are interrupted, the world will come to an end. The dispute between the two sides becomes both a court case and a philosophical debate.

Rating:

R
Genre:

drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Werner Herzog
Producer:

Werner Herzog, Lucki Stipetic
Writer:

Werner Herzog, Bob Ellis
Release Date (Streaming):

Jan 19, 2017
Runtime:

1h 40m

Cast & Crew

Bruce Spence
Lance Hackett

Norman Kaye
Baldwin Ferguson

Wandjuk Marika
Miliritbi

Roy Marika
Dayipu

Ray Barrett
Cole

Ralph Cotterill
Fletcher

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Critic Reviews for Where the Green Ants Dream

All Critics (5) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (1)

Werner Herzog believes in the voodoo of locations, in the possibility that if he shoots a movie in the right place and at the right time, the reality of the location itself will seep into the film and make it more real.

October 23, 2004 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
As a conventional narrative, it's extremely simple and fairly slapdash, but it's never simple-minded, being too full of moments of inspired craziness and wisdom.

August 30, 2004 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Vincent Canby
New York Times
Made in Australia, this effort is a slight, by-the-numbers rehash of Herzog's increasingly offensive noble savage theme.

January 1, 2000 | Full Review…

Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
The director's eye shifts from the indigenous totem poles being celebrated to the less waxen eccentrics swarming in the sidelines

September 25, 2009 | Full Review…

Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion
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July 7, 2005 | Rating: 4/5

Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com