The Facts of Life Down Under
| The Facts of Life Down Under | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Gordon Cotler |
| Directed by | Stuart Margolin |
| Starring |
Cloris Leachman Lisa Whelchel Kim Fields Mindy Cohn Nancy McKeon Mackenzie Astin |
| Music by | Fred Karlin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Virginia Carter |
| Producer(s) | Michael Lake |
| Cinematography | Ron Hagen |
| Editor(s) | David Stiven |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Crawford Productions Embassy Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | February 15, 1987 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | The Facts of Life Goes to Paris |
| Followed by | The Facts of Life Reunion |
| Related shows | The Facts of Life |
The Facts of Life Down Under is a 1987 American made-for-television comedy film based on the sitcom The Facts of Life starring Cloris Leachman, Lisa Whelchel, Kim Fields, Mindy Cohn, Nancy McKeon and Mackenzie Astin. The film originally aired February 15, 1987 on NBC between the 17th and 18th episode of the 1986–1987 eighth season of The Facts of Life. When the series went into syndication, the film was split into four half-hour episodes and added to The Facts of Life syndication package.
Beverly Ann Stickle and the girls – Blair, Jo, Natalie and Tootie (plus Andy Moffett) – fly to Sydney, Australia to meet up with Miss Carstairs (Barbara-Jane Cole) and the female students of the Koolunga School, their sister school establishment, where they will participate in a cultural exchange program. Blair and Jo get involved with jewel thieves and are pursued by two men, both of whom claim to be the police who accuse Jo and Blair to be the criminals. Jo and Blair place the jewel into Natalie's bag who is off exploring with Tootie. Meanwhile, Andy convinces Beverly Ann to take him to a sheep ranch owned by her old boyfriend Roger (Noel Trevarthen). During their stay at the ranch, Roger and Beverly Ann slowly begin to rekindle their old romance and Roger shows Andy the ropes of sheep farming.
Meanwhile, Natalie is exploring the great outback with a cattle rancher named Ren (Andrew McKaige) and Tootie is viewing ancient caves with a handsome American anthropologist (Mario Van Peebles) who lets her think he is an Aborigine. Blair and Jo escape the jewel thieves and arrive at their Australian sister school where they hope to find Natalie with the jewel. Natalie admits that Ren tossed the seemingly-worthless stone out of a helicopter and the thieves are arrested. The girls are all surprised to hear about one another's adventures, and Beverly Ann explains that she is not staying with Roger after all and is remaining with her "new family".
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