Australia

Australia
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: 2008-11-26

Starring: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Jack Thompson, Bryan Brown

Directed by Baz Luhrmann
Produced by Baz Luhrmann
Written by Baz Luhrmann, Stuart Beattie

A romantic action-adventure set in northern Australia prior to World War II, Australia centers on an English aristocrat (Kidman) who inherits a ranch the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn cattle driver (Jackman) to drive 2000 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. With his new film, Luhrmann is painting on a vast canvas, creating a cinematic experience that brings together romance, drama, adventure and spectacle.

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