Australia
2008 · Movie · 2h 45m · PG-13
AdventureRomanceDrama
"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.
Ratings
TMDB
6.6/10
Key crew
- Baz LuhrmannDirector
- Baz LuhrmannScreenplay
- Stuart BeattieScreenplay
- Ronald HarwoodScreenplay
- Richard FlanaganScreenplay
- David HirschfelderOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Nicole KidmanLady Sarah Ashley
- Hugh JackmanThe Drover
- Essie DavisKatherine
- David WenhamNeil Fletcher
- Bryan BrownKing Carney
- David GulpililKing George
- John JarrattSergeant
- Shea AdamsCarney Boy
- Nathin Art ButlerCarney Boy
- John WaltonCarney Boy
- Nigel HarbachCarney Boy
- Eddie BarooBull
Stills
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Themes
australiamissionaryworld war iiranchcattle driveracistprejudicesuspicion of adulteryaustralian outback1940s1930sstampede