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.
Run Time
165 min
Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Rating Details
Rated PG-13 for some violence, a scene of sensuality, and brief strong language.
Genre
Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War, Western
Language
English, Aboriginal
Keyword
Cattle, Australia, Baron, Drover, Bombing
Movie Rating
Sound Mix
DTS, Dolby Digital
Colour
Color
Special Genre
Epic
Film Type
Feature
Film Class
Period Film, Romantic Epic
Themes
Haunted By the Past, Class Differences, Life on the Homefront, Ranchers
Tones
Passionate, Rousing, Lavish, Sweeping
Language
Chinese, Japanese
Keyword
Cattle Baron, Aristocrat, Bombing Of Darwin
Has Detailed Data (New)
1, 2, 3, 7, 8
Wikipedia Text
Australia is a 2008 epic historical romance film directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. It is the second-highest grossing Australian film of all time, behind Crocodile Dundee. The screenplay was written by Luhrmann and screenwriter Stuart Beattie, with Ronald Harwood. 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 movie was released in both Australia and the United States on 26 November 2008, with subsequent worldwide release dates throughout late December 2008 and January and February 2009.
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