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Australia (2008)

12A
26/12/2008 (GB)
Adventure, Romance, Drama
2h 45m

Welcome to Australia!

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
  • Ronald HarwoodScreenplay
  • Richard FlanaganScreenplay
  • 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

Nicole Kidman

Lady Sarah Ashley

Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman

The Drover

Essie Davis

Essie Davis

Katherine

David Wenham

David Wenham

Neil Fletcher

Bryan Brown

Bryan Brown

King Carney

David Gulpilil

David Gulpilil

King George

John Jarratt

John Jarratt

Sergeant

Shea Adams

Shea Adams

Carney Boy

Nathin Art Butler

Nathin Art Butler

Carney Boy

John Walton

John Walton

Carney Boy

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