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Australia (2008)

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Reviews Counted:1078

Fresh:757

Rotten:321

Average Rating:6.6/10

Consensus: Built on lavish vistas and impeccable production, Australia is unfortunately burdened with thinly drawn characters and a lack of originality.

Australian Rating: M [See Full Rating] Violence and coarse language

Runtime: 2 hrs 45 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Australian Theatrical Release:
Nov 26, 2008 Wide

US Box Office: $49,420,849

Synopsis: MOULIN ROUGE's Baz Luhrman and Nicole Kidman reteam for this epic that pays homage to their homeland. In AUSTRALIA, Lady Sarah Ashley (Kidman) is a prim and proper Englishwoman who journeys to... MOULIN ROUGE's Baz Luhrman and Nicole Kidman reteam for this epic that pays homage to their homeland. In AUSTRALIA, Lady Sarah Ashley (Kidman) is a prim and proper Englishwoman who journeys to Australia in the years before World War II reached the country's shores. She is determined to have her estranged husband sell his cattle ranch to a monopoly-craving businessman named King Carney (Bryan Brown), but when she arrives, Lord Ashley is dead, and her plan to sell the ranch changes when she sees an employee named Fletcher (David Wenham) cheating her husband's business and mistreating a young boy named Nullah (Brandon Walters) because he is of mixed race. Urged on by both pride and a sense of justice, Lady Ashley wants to drive her herd of cattle to Darwin so she can sell them to the troops, but she'll require the help of an independent cowboy (fellow Aussie Hugh Jackman) to get them there. AUSTRALIA changes genres almost as much as Kidman's character changes from fantastic costume to fantastic costume (courtesy of Luhrman's wife and collaborator, Catherine Martin). The film begins as a fish-out-of-water comedy, then changes into a Western, then morphs into a romance, and it finishes as a World War II drama. But in this genre-bending epic, there's something for everyone, especially for fans of Jackman. The actor has rarely looked better, and there's plenty of opportunity for him to show that he can be an action star as well as a romantic lead in the mold of the Golden Age stars. The film itself harks back to classic Hollywood, at times resembling essentials such as GONE WITH THE WIND and THE AFRICAN QUEEN. And fans of THE WIZARD OF OZ will enjoy seeing how the beloved film works its way into AUSTRALIA's plot and score. [More]

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

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

Director: Baz Luhrmann

Director: Baz Luhrmann
Screenwriter: Baz Luhrmann, Stuart Beattie
Story: Baz Luhrmann
Producer: Baz Luhrmann, G. Mac Brown, Catherine Knapman
Studio: 20th Century Fox

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