Australia Movie (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. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by Japanese forces firsthand.
In northern Australia at the beginning of World War II, an English aristocrat inherits a cattle station the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn stock-man to drive 2,000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the country's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier.
In northern Australia at the beginning of World War II, an English aristocrat inherits a cattle station the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn stock-man to drive 2,000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the country's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier.
Movie Comments & Discussion (3)
I absolutely love this movie - it's definitely in my top 10!
Filmed on location in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, the cinematography on this film is breathtaking! I didn't really know which catagory to put this in, but I would say it is an "epic romance", because it is far from just a run-of-the-mill love story!
"Australia is the story of Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman), an English, aristocratic woman who leaves England to follow her husband to Australia. He is in Australia with the intention of selling his cattle station the size of Belgium. However, Lady Ashley believes he is having an affair and travels out there to confront him. The property is in the north of Australia, and she embarks on an African Queen type journey, accompanied by a rough, hewn cattle drover (Hugh Jackman). Ultimately, Lady Ashley finds herself inheriting the cattle station and, in order to save it, she and the drover must undertake an epic cattle drive to Darwin. In the course of that journey, she falls in love with the drover, and the Australian landscape, and realises that her life is not over, and there's always a new life to be had. The title Australia is intended to sum up the story of her life - her journey, the landscape, and the people she meets - all of which transform her life forever".
Filmed on location in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, the cinematography on this film is breathtaking! I didn't really know which catagory to put this in, but I would say it is an "epic romance", because it is far from just a run-of-the-mill love story!
"Australia is the story of Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman), an English, aristocratic woman who leaves England to follow her husband to Australia. He is in Australia with the intention of selling his cattle station the size of Belgium. However, Lady Ashley believes he is having an affair and travels out there to confront him. The property is in the north of Australia, and she embarks on an African Queen type journey, accompanied by a rough, hewn cattle drover (Hugh Jackman). Ultimately, Lady Ashley finds herself inheriting the cattle station and, in order to save it, she and the drover must undertake an epic cattle drive to Darwin. In the course of that journey, she falls in love with the drover, and the Australian landscape, and realises that her life is not over, and there's always a new life to be had. The title Australia is intended to sum up the story of her life - her journey, the landscape, and the people she meets - all of which transform her life forever".
I am NOT a Nicole Kidman fan, but she was so bloody funny in this movie. She was excellent.
I love this movie.. It shows some really great cinematography as the reviewer said..and Hugh Jackman has never looked better
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Storyline
In northern Australia at the beginning of World War II, an English aristocrat inherits a cattle station the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn stock-man to drive 2,000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the country's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier.Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Runtime: 2:45 hours
- Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
- Director: Baz Luhrmann
- Writer: Stuart Beattie (screenplay), Baz Luhrmann (screenplay), Ronald Harwood (screenplay), Richard Flanagan (screenplay), Baz Luhrmann (story)
- Actors: Shea Adams, Eddie Baroo, Ray Barrett, Tony Barry
- Language: English, Aboriginal, Chinese, Japanese
- Country: UK, Australia, USA
- Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 11 wins & 33 nominations
- Production Company: 20th Century Fox
- Box Office: $49,420,849
- ASIN: B0045H6V8Y
- Year Released: 2008
- Release Date: Nov 25, 2008
- DVD Date: Mar 2, 2009
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