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Australia

  • 2008
  • PG-13
  • 2h 45m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
127K
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Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman in 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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Set in northern Australia before WWII, an Englishwoman who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscapes.Set in northern Australia before WWII, an Englishwoman who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscapes.Set in northern Australia before WWII, an Englishwoman who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscapes.

  • Director
    • Baz Luhrmann
  • Writers
    • Stuart Beattie
    • Baz Luhrmann
    • Ronald Harwood
  • Stars
    • Nicole Kidman
    • Hugh Jackman
    • Shea Adams
  • See production, box office & company info
  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    127K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Baz Luhrmann
    • Writers
      • Stuart Beattie
      • Baz Luhrmann
      • Ronald Harwood
    • Stars
      • Nicole Kidman
      • Hugh Jackman
      • Shea Adams
    • 512User reviews
    • 178Critic reviews
    • 53Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 12 wins & 37 nominations total

    Videos7

    Australia: Trailer #2
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    Australia: Australia's Changing Social Policies (Exclusive)
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    Australia: Shooting Locations Featurette
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    Australia: Cinematography Featurette
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    Australia: Working with Baz Featurette
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    Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman in Australia (2008)
    Hugh Jackman in Australia (2008)
    Hugh Jackman in Australia (2008)
    Hugh Jackman in Australia (2008)
    Hugh Jackman in Australia (2008)
    Nicole Kidman and David Ngoombujarra in Australia (2008)
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    Nicole Kidman in Australia (2008)
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    Hugh Jackman in Australia (2008)
    Hugh Jackman in Australia (2008)

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    Nicole Kidman
    Nicole Kidman
    • Lady Sarah Ashley
    Hugh Jackman
    Hugh Jackman
    • Drover
    Shea Adams
    • Carney Boy #3
    Eddie Baroo
    Eddie Baroo
    • Bull
    Ray Barrett
    Ray Barrett
    • Ramsden
    Tony Barry
    Tony Barry
    • Sergeant Callahan
    Jamal Sydney Bednarz
    • Mission Boy
    • (as Jamal Bednarz-Metallah)
    Damian Bradford
    • Constable #1
    Bryan Brown
    Bryan Brown
    • King Carney
    Nathin Art Butler
    Nathin Art Butler
    • Carney Boy #1
    • (as Nathin Butler)
    Tara Carpenter
    • Essential Services Woman
    Rebecca Chatfield
    • Magarri's Niece
    Lillian Crombie
    • Bandy Legs
    Max Cullen
    Max Cullen
    • Old Drunk
    Essie Davis
    Essie Davis
    • Cath Carney
    Arthur Dignam
    Arthur Dignam
    • Father Benedict
    Michelle Dyzla
    • Hairdresser
    Haidee Gaudry
    • Essential Services Woman
    • Director
      • Baz Luhrmann
    • Writers
      • Stuart Beattie
      • Baz Luhrmann
      • Ronald Harwood
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      In an interview that aired October 16, 2008, Hugh Jackman told 60 Minutes (1979) that Nicole Kidman agreed to star in the film without reading the script. According to Jackman, she told him at a Super Bowl party that she had to be in the movie. When Jackman told her he didn't even have a script, Kidman told him to forget the script, because Baz Luhrmann was directing.
    • Goofs
      When discussing Nullah's future, Sarah mentions "a wonderful School of the Air." School of the Air is a correspondence course that uses shortwave radio (and, now, the internet) to teach children in the Outback. The Alice Springs School of the Air covers over a million square kilometers. School of the Air started in 1951.
    • Quotes

      Drover: Most people like to own things. You know, land, luggage, other people. Makes them feel secure. But all that can be taken away. And in the end, the only thing you really own is your story. Just tryin' to live a good one.

    • Crazy credits
      The Bazmark logo features a watermill wheel which the emu knocks to move it around a little, revealing the words "Darlinghurst-Sydney-Australia" on it.
    • Connections
      Edited from Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
    • Soundtracks
      By the Boab Tree
      Music by Felix Meagher, Baz Luhrmann and Angela Little

      Lyrics by Baz Luhrmann, Felix Meagher, Anton Monsted, Angela Little and Schuyler Weiss

      Performed by Angela Little

      Produced by BLAM (Baz Luhrmann & Anton Monsted), Felix Meagher and Angela Little

      Mixed by Eden Martin

    User reviews512

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    Majestic
    "In a way Australia is like Catholicism. The company is sometimes questionable and the landscape is grotesque. But you always come back." Thomas Keneally

    It's a shame old-fashioned epics are out of fashion because Baz Luhrmann's Australia is one of the best ever, a down under Gone with the Wind and Giant. The identification with a time and place is effective as the film highlights the grandeur of an untamable land and the despair of World War II. The romance of history and adventure, so much a part of the Australian character, is present in every frame.

    In 1939 Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) voyages from London to meet her husband and sell their large ranch in northern Australia. His death and the competition with the largest land owner, King Carney (Bryan Brown), over supplying cattle for the Australian Army's war effort propel the plot into the epic struggle of driving 2000 head of cattle to Darwin. But more than that very American Western cinematic motif, right to the chase to stop the cattle from being driven over a cliff, is the struggle to save the Aborigines from cultural extinction.

    Drover (Hugh Jackman) is the embodiment of the competent and romantic Aussie, who also is driven to save the Aborigines symbolized in the form of young Nullah (Brandon Walters). Nullah frames the film's story without sentimentality but with the wisdom of one who has learned mightily from his experiences. (The idea of having one's "story" is as aboriginal as an American having an automobile.) Luhrmann neatly dovetails the parallel stories of family and survival through Sarah and Nullah. The real prize for this film must go to the cinematography with its full-screen sweep and robust movement. As he did in Moulin Rouge, Luhrmann creates visuals that draw the audience in and thrill them with innovation and vitality.

    Comparisons will be made with GWTW, unfairly because the latter is the original and grandest of the screen epics. Australia lacks the ample characters (although it is great to see a seedy Jack Thompson again) and the awful grandeur of the Civil War (WWII does not play that powerful role in Australia), but it has its style and humor (the opening Coen Bros. Oh-Brother-style sequence is exciting and funny).

    Australia is a majestic holiday feast best seen on the biggest screen you can find.
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    • Nov 25, 2008

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 26, 2008 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • Australia
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Aboriginal
      • Chinese
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Chuyện Tình Nước Úc
    • Filming locations
      • Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
    • Production companies
      • Twentieth Century Fox
      • Bazmark Films
      • ScreenWest
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $130,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $49,554,002
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $14,800,723
      • Nov 30, 2008
    • Gross worldwide
      • $211,787,511
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 45 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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