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12A
26/12/2008 (GB)
Adventure, Romance, Drama
2h 45m
- 66% (2338 votes)
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Overview
Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin by Japanese forces firsthand.
- Baz LuhrmannDirector, Screenplay
- Stuart BeattieScreenplay
- Ronald HarwoodScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$130,000,000
Revenue
$211,787,511
Keywords
- australia
- missionary
- world war ii
- ranch
- cattle drive
- racist
- prejudice
- suspicion of adultery
- australian outback
- 1940s
- 1930s
- stampede
- trampled to death
Top Billed Cast
Nicole Kidman
Lady Sarah Ashley
Hugh Jackman
The Drover
Essie Davis
Katherine
David Wenham
Neil Fletcher
Bryan Brown
King Carney
David Gulpilil
King George
John Jarratt
Sergeant
Shea Adams
Carney Boy
Nathin Art Butler
Carney Boy
John Walton
Carney Boy
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