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Release Date:
26 November 2008 (USA)
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Plot:
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, Australia, by Japanese forces firsthand. full summary | full synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar.
Another 7 wins
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18 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(60 articles)
Foreign Box Office Booming
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 9 July 2009, 1:17 PM, PDT)
Jackman Torn About How To Respond To Gay Rumours
(From WENN. 22 April 2009, 2:55 PM, PDT)
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 9 July 2009, 1:17 PM, PDT)
Jackman Torn About How To Respond To Gay Rumours
(From WENN. 22 April 2009, 2:55 PM, PDT)
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Enjoyable Romantic Adventure
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Shea Adams | ... | Carney Boy #3 | |
| Eddie Baroo | ... | Bull | |
| Ray Barrett | ... | Ramsden | |
| Tony Barry | ... | Sergeant Callahan | |
| Jamal Bednarz-Metallah | ... | Mission Boy | |
| Damian Bradford | ... | Constable #1 | |
| Bryan Brown | ... | King Carney | |
| Nathin Butler | ... | Carney Boy #1 | |
| Tara Carpenter | ... | Essential Services Woman | |
| Rebecca Chatfield | ... | Magarri's Niece | |
| Lillian Crombie | ... | Bandy Legs | |
| Max Cullen | ... | Old Drunk | |
| Essie Davis | ... | Cath Carney | |
| Arthur Dignam | ... | Father Benedict | |
| Michelle Dyzla | ... | Hairdresser |
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Also Known As:
Untitled Baz Luhrmann Project (Australia) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some violence, a scene of sensuality, and brief strong language.
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165 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:M |
South Korea:12 |
USA:PG-13 (certificate #44939) |
Singapore:PG |
Ireland:12A |
Finland:K-13 |
Norway:11 |
UK:12A |
Czech Republic:U |
Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) |
Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) |
Netherlands:12 |
Portugal:M/12 (Qualidade) |
New Zealand:M |
Brazil:12 |
Argentina:Atp |
Germany:12 |
Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) |
Hong Kong:IIA |
Spain:7 |
Taiwan:GP |
South Africa:13V |
Peru:PT |
Chile:TE |
Sweden:11 |
Mexico:B |
Iceland:12
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Stock footage from Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) was used for the Japanese attack.
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Continuity: After Sarah Ashley fired Neil Fletsher, she talks to Kipling Flynn. He takes a new bottle of rum, but when you see him opening it, it is empty. It is also a different kind of bottle, the empty one is more straight, while the full one is more round.
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Featured in "At the Movies: (2008-11-26)" (2008)
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Soundtrack:
Waltzing Matilda
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In 1939, the aristocratic Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) travels from Great Britain to Australia to meet her husband Maitland Ashley in northern Australia. The husband's drover (Hugh Jackman) comes to the city of Darwin to bring Sarah to their farm; however, when they reach Faraway Downs Farm, they find that Maitland was murdered apparently by the aborigine King George (David Gulpilil). Sarah befriends the half-breed boy Nullah (Brandon Walters), who tells her that the administrator Neil Fletcher (David Wenham) is stealing her cattle; has killed her husband; and is working for the cattle baron King Carney (Bryan Brown). Sarah fires Fletcher and his men and together with Drover, Nullah and a group of loyal employees, they ride together to bring the cattle to supply the army and win a tender in times of war. But the ambitious Fletcher has other intentions and uses Nullah to press Sarah.
"Australia" is an enjoyable romantic adventure in times of war. The story is narrated by the storyteller Nullah and uses many historical events in Australia. For example, the lost generation was wonderfully depicted by Phillip Noyce in his "Rabbit-Proof Fence" and is brought back in this story. The movie has some moments of soap-opera, is too long but never boring. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Australia"