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Australia (2008)
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Essie Davis, David Wenham
6.6
53%Runtime165 min
Rating12A
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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.
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Fans of epic adventure films and sweeping romance will be captivated by Baz Luhrmann's 2008 film 'Australia', which blends grand scale storytelling with intimate character-driven drama, all brought to life through Luhrmann's distinct visual style and the powerful performances of Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman.
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Australia is a 2008 epic adventure 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, and government policies of seizing half-caste Aboriginal children then in effect.
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