ued ▁by ▁the ▁Jen - D iki ▁tribe . ▁B ax ter : ▁[ The ] ▁early ▁scripts ▁contrast ed ▁present ▁and ▁future ▁l ifest yles , ▁and ▁involved , ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁the ▁love ▁story , ▁and ▁eleg iac ▁relationship ▁between ▁the ▁girl ▁and ▁P ren z ler , ▁an ▁old ▁man ▁in ▁the ▁nearby ▁town ▁who ▁held ▁the ▁key ▁to ▁certain ▁inc idents ▁in ▁her ▁future . ▁There ▁were ▁elements ▁of ▁sat ire : ▁conce ived ▁as ▁descend ants ▁of ▁contemporary ▁poll ut ers , ▁our ▁Jen - D iki ▁were ▁various ly ▁the ▁rem n ants ▁of ▁a ▁min ing ▁con gl omer ate ▁ ▁or ▁of ▁a ▁labour ▁union . ▁The ▁mod est ▁action ▁clim ax ▁used ▁a ▁minimum ▁of ▁special ▁effects . ▁Hann ant ▁and ▁B ax ter ▁received ▁two ▁Australian ▁Film ▁Commission ▁gr ants ▁and ▁had ▁their ▁script ▁option ed ▁to ▁two ▁local ▁production ▁companies . ▁They ▁eventually ▁sold ▁it ▁to ▁Ch ate au ▁Produ ctions , ▁and ▁succeeded ▁in ▁raising ▁fin ance ▁from ▁New ▁World ▁Pictures ▁and ▁with ▁the ▁help ▁of ▁Anton y ▁I . ▁G inn ane ▁at ▁Hem dale . ▁According ▁to ▁Hann ant ▁the ▁$ 8 ▁million ▁budget ▁was ▁raised ▁in ▁two ▁days ▁but ▁of ▁that ▁$ 1 ▁million ▁went ▁to ▁bro k ers . ▁The ▁film ▁obtained ▁pre - s ales ▁worth ▁$ 4 . 8 ▁million ▁to ▁Hem dale ▁Film ▁Corporation . ▁ ▁Produ cer ▁Tom ▁Wil kin son ▁said ▁" Here ▁at ▁last ▁was ▁a ▁special ▁effects ▁story ▁that ▁had