1. Australia - Full Cast & Crew - TV Guide
Gripping epic, set just prior to WWII, bursts at the seams with charismatic star turns by Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman.
Learn more about the full cast of Australia with news, photos, videos and more at TV Guide
2. Australia (2008) - Cast & Crew — The Movie Database (TMDB)
Cast 47 · Nicole Kidman. Lady Sarah Ashley · Hugh Jackman. The Drover · Essie Davis. Katherine · David Wenham. Neil Fletcher · Bryan Brown. King Carney · David ...
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.
3. Australia - Rotten Tomatoes
With the globe on the brink of World War II, Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) travels from Britain to Australia to inspect a cattle ranch she inherited.
With the globe on the brink of World War II, Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) travels from Britain to Australia to inspect a cattle ranch she inherited. Reluctantly joining forces with a rugged local known as the Drover (Hugh Jackman), she sets out on a cattle drive across hundreds of miles of harsh terrain to save her ranch. But when they finally reach the town of Darwin, they must contend with the same Japanese bombers that just rained death upon Pearl Harbor.
4. Australia (2008 film) | The JH Movie Collection's Official Wiki | Fandom
Australia is a 2008 epic romantic historical drama film directed by Baz Luhrmann [2] and starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman.
Template:Use Australian English Australia is a 2008 epic romantic historical drama film directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. The screenplay was written by Luhrmann and screenwriter Stuart Beattie, with Ronald Harwood and Richard Flanagan. The film is a character story, set between 1939 and 1942 against a dramatised backdrop of events across northern Australia at the time, such as the bombing of Darwin during World War II. Production took place in Sydney, Darwin,
5. Australia | film by Luhrmann [2008] - Britannica
Sep 6, 2024 · The multithemed Australia (2008), starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman; it unleashed a fierce national debate over its historical accuracy.
Other articles where Australia is discussed: Baz Luhrmann: …filmic effort was the multithemed Australia (2008), starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman; it unleashed a fierce national debate over its historical accuracy, though its director had not intended a documentary. Luhrmann’s following project was a series of eight short videos—featuring Judy Davis as fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli, who died…
6. 'Australia' the Film — the Story, Characters, Locations - Fiona Lake
Who are the actors in 'Australia' the movie, and what characters do they play? · Nicole Kidman · Hugh Jackman · Brandon Walters · David Gulpilil · David Wenham ...
These 3 coffee-table style books are designed to be a set. They contain more than 800 fascinating photos taken on nearly 60 huge cattle stations spread across the top of Australia.
7. Australia (2008 film) | Moviepedia - Fandom
Australia (2008 film) ; Produced by. Baz Luhrmann; Catherine Knapman; G. Mac Brown ; Screenplay by. Baz Luhrmann; Ronald Harwood; Stuart Beattie; Richard Flanagan ...
Australia is a 2008 epic romantic historical drama film directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. The screenplay was written by Luhrmann and screenwriter Stuart Beattie, with Ronald Harwood and Richard Flanagan. The film is a character story, set between 1939 and 1942 against a dramatised backdrop of events across northern Australia at the time, such as the bombing of Darwin during World War II. Production took place in Sydney, Darwin, Kununurra and Bowen. The film wa
8. Australia (2008) directed by Baz Luhrmann • Reviews, film + cast
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 ...
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.
9. Australia (2008) (Film) - TV Tropes
No Name Given - Thoroughly played straight with Drover. Advertisement: One-Word Title · Orange/Blue Contrast - And how. It's almost easier to count the scenes ...
For those interested in the country itself, you may wish to try TV Tropes' Australia: Useful Notes, Land Down Under, or view the search results for "Australia". Set in the Northern Territory of the 1940s, Australia, director Baz Luhrmann's fourth …
10. 'Australia' Movie Review: A Special Kind of Period Drama
Feb 22, 2020 · Australia Movie (2008) Review. We open as young Nullah fishes in the ... Jackman and Kidman are well cast together and even with two other actors ...
‘Australia’ Movie Review: A Special Kind of Period Drama. A review of the 2008 period drama with Nicole Kidman & Hugh Jackman.
11. Once upon a time in a land, far, far away | Baz Luhrmann - The Guardian
Dec 15, 2008 · ... played by tobacco in the enslavement of Australian Aborigines. The film's greatest asset is Brandon Walters, the 12-year-old who plays ...
Germaine Greer: By glossing over the appalling exploitation of Aboriginal workers, Baz Luhrmann's film Australia bears more relation to fairytale than fact
12. Movie Review: Australia (2008) - Travel Books and Movies
Review Score: 4-stars, Liked it a lot! Rating: PG-13. Genre: Fiction, Drama, Historical. Places Featured: Australia. Baz Luhrmann is an award-winning ...
Just under three hours, Australia is an epic with three distinct acts, a dramatic storyline, and fantastic imagery that is characteristic of Baz Luhrmann.
13. All of the faraway land under one melodramatic umbrella - Roger Ebert
Nov 25, 2008 · Cast · Hugh Jackman as Drover · Nicole Kidman as Lady Sarah · Bryan Brown as King Carney · Brandon Walters as Nullah · David Wenham as Neil Fletcher ...
Baz Luhrmann dreamed of making the Australian "Gone With the Wind," and so he has, with much of that film's lush epic beauty and some of the same awkwardness
14. Baz Luhrmann's “Australia” (presented by 10 Years Ago: Films ...
Nov 30, 2018 · Ray Barrett, an actor with a career spanning five decades who played ... In 2008, my approach to this subject matter, to these one ...
This review originally appeared as a guest post on 10 Years Ago: Films in Retrospective, a film site in which editor Marcus Gorman and various contributors revisit a movie on the week of its tenth …
15. Baz Luhrmann Turning His 2008 Movie Australia into Limited Series
Jun 28, 2022 · Baz Luhrmann is expanding upon his 2008 film Australia. The ... starred Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. Titled Faraway Downs, the ...
Director Baz Luhrmann said the new limited series version, titled 'Faraway Downs,' will have 'different layers, nuances and even alternative plot twists'
16. "AUSTRALIA" (2008) Review - CTrent29 Journal - LiveJournal
Jan 15, 2015 · "AUSTRALIA" struck me as a character study of its three main characters – Lady Sarah Ashley, a British aristocrat who inherits her late ...
"AUSTRALIA" (2008) Review I might as well say it. I have never been a fan of director Baz Luhrmann’s films . . . well, some of them. "STRICTLY BALLROOM" (1992) had failed to generate my interest. I could say the same about the 1996 version of "ROMEO AND JULIET" . As for "MOULIN ROUGE!" (2001) , I…
17. Australia (2008) Movie Trailer - Full HD 1080p - SchoolTube
Get ready for an epic adventure set against the stunning backdrop of the Australian outback! This trailer for the 2008 film "Australia" starring Nicole ...
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18. Australia (2008) - Decent Films
Directed by Baz Luhrmann. Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Brandon Walters, Bryan Brown, David Wenham. 20th Century Fox. Artistic/Entertainment Value. Moral/ ...
Much like Scorsese’s Gangs of New York, it’s a film that has been long labored over, and the artist’s love of the material is clear, but the inspiration has been lost along the way and the characters reduced to cartoony types.
19. Baz Luhrmann Making 'Faraway Downs' From 'Australia ... - Variety
Nov 26, 2023 · Director Baz Luhrmann delves into why he created the Hulu series 'Faraway Downs' out of his 2008 film 'Australia' — and why he changed the ...
Director Baz Luhrmann delves into why he created the Hulu series 'Faraway Downs' out of his 2008 film 'Australia' — and why he changed the ending.
20. Australia (2008) - The Goods: Film Reviews
Aug 3, 2022 · Australia tells the story of Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman), an English widow who takes over her late husband's cattle farm in the remote outback.
Australia is Baz Luhrmann’s best film. I wish this wasn’t a minority opinion, but it is. It’s actually not even a minority opinion, but actively contrary to the consensus: Out of Baz Luhrmann’s six films released as of August 2022, Australia has the lowest Metacritic, IMDb, and Letterboxd averages.
21. 'Australia' Review: 2008 Movie - The Hollywood Reporter
Nov 17, 2008 · Cast: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson, David Gulpilil, Brandon Walters; Director: Baz Luhrmann; ...
Despite some cringe-making Harlequin Romance moments between homegrown Hollywood stars Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman, the 1940s-set 'Australia' defies all but the most cynical not to get carried away by the force of its grandiose imagery and storytelling.
22. Storylines in Baz Luhrmann's Australia (2008) - Senses of Cinema
Jul 11, 2010 · In this preceding action, there are two iconic faces from Australian cinema: David Gulpilil playing King George, and Jack Thompson playing ...