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Australia (2008) -- 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
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Overview

User Rating:
6.9/10   31,694 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Stuart Beattie (screenplay) and
Baz Luhrmann (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
26 November 2008 (USA) more
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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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 6 wins & 17 nominations more
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)

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Uneven, hulking monster of a film more (366 total)

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Additional Details

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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Trivia:
Brandon Walters was discovered by Baz Luhrmann, who had been searching for a young boy to play the important role of Nullah for over 12 months, through a series of nationwide radio call outs in Australia. After a series of workshops at Fox Studios Australia, Luhrmann and his team traveled to Broome and had the privilege of camping with Walter's family at 80 Mile Beach, WA. It was during this time that Luhrmann and the family decided they would take the leap and become involved in the film together. more
Goofs:
Plot holes: When the Japanese patrol arrives at the beach, they cannot see the 30 foot sailboat close enough to shore that little children could walk or easily swim out to it. more
Quotes:
Nullah: Let's get them no good cheeky bull in the big bloody metal ship! more
Movie Connections:
References Jedda (1955) more
Soundtrack:
By The Boab Tree more

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59 out of 97 people found the following comment useful.
Uneven, hulking monster of a film, 25 January 2009
5/10
Author: NonSequitur_1 from Australia

This film struggled, throughout its epic length, to stay upright. Unfortunately at the end it stumbled and fell like a pile of bricks.

It tried to juggle so much, but in the end, turned out to be too little. The film starts like a corny slapstick comedy, turns into a romantic fantasy, then into an outback adventure, then into a war movie, a heartfelt drama, a comment on the stolen generation, a comment on racism... etc, etc. It's just too much. Yes, it's supposed to be an epic, but things like this need to be handled with finesse. Unfortunately, it isn't in this case. The themes were too muddled, the script too stretched - it's a mess. The characters are cardboard cutouts, the acting is over the top and cheesy, the pacing is off, the bizarre use of Somewhere Over the Rainbow... It's just a broken film.

Being an Australian, I did hope that this movie would be alright, but it turned out to be almost 3 hours of wankery that disgracefully cost our taxpayers over $40m.

On a more positive note, on the whole it wasn't BORING, and it was aesthetically and aurally pleasing - even though it made use of countless, shameless green screen shots which were simply unnecessary.

There was ONE great scene in the film, and that's when Hugh Jackman and his Aboriginal friend enter the ruined pub. That was absolutely excellent. Too bad the rest of the film couldn't live up to that in the slightest.

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