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Australia is a 2008 film directed and produced by Baz Luhrmann. The screenplay was written by Ronald Harwood, Stuart Beattie, Richard Flanagan, and Luhrmann. The cast includes Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, and Bryan Brown. Mandy Walker served as director of photography, while Dody Dorn was the film editor. David Hirschfelder composed the music, and Catherine Martin was the production designer.
The movie is a romance, drama, and war film that deals with the Pacific War and World War II. It was filmed in Sydney, Australia, with the narrative set in Australia. The original language is English. The film has a runtime of 165 or 166 minutes. It was distributed by 20th Century Studios, Netflix, and Disney+. Production companies included Bazmark, 20th Century Fox, Dune Entertainment, and Ingenious Film Partners.
The film originated from Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom. It was released on November 18, 2008, with other publication dates listed as November 26 and December 25, 2008. The tagline is "Welcome to Australia!". The film received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design. It is part of the Museum of Modern Art collection.
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Film · TMDB
6.6Set 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.
Cast
- Nicole Kidman as Lady Sarah Ashley
- Hugh Jackman as The Drover
- Essie Davis as Katherine
- David Wenham as Neil Fletcher
- Bryan Brown as King Carney
- David Gulpilil as King George
Themes
- australia
- missionary
- world war ii
- ranch
- cattle drive
- racist
- prejudice
- suspicion of adultery
- australian outback
- 1940s
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Baz Luhrmann
- Screenplay by
- Baz Luhrmann Ronald Harwood Stuart Beattie Richard Flanagan
- Story by
- Baz Luhrmann
- Produced by
- Baz Luhrmann Catherine Knapman G. Mac Brown
- Starring
- Nicole Kidman Hugh Jackman David Wenham Bryan Brown Jack Thompson David Gulpilil
- Cinematography
- Mandy Walker
- Edited by
- Dody Dorn Michael McCusker
- Music by
- David Hirschfelder
- Production companies
- Bazmark Films Dune Entertainment III Ingenious Media ScreenWest
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox
- Release dates
- 18 November 2008 ( 2008-11-18 ) ( Sydney ) 26 November 2008 ( 2008-11-26 ) (Australia and United States) 26 December 2008 ( 2008-12-26 ) (United Kingdom)
- Running time
- 165 minutes
- Countries
- Australia United Kingdom United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $130 million
- Box office
- $211.8 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Named after
- Australia
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- World War II
- Creator
- Baz Luhrmann
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Director
- Baz Luhrmann
- Screenwriter
- Baz Luhrmann
- Cast member
- Ray Barrett
- Composer
- David Hirschfelder
- Producer
- Baz Luhrmann
- Cinematographer
- Mandy Walker
- Narrative location
- Australia
- Filming location
- Australia
- Duration
- 166
- FilmAffinity ID
- 870399
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.australiamovie.com
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- Commons category
- Australia (2008 film)
- publication date
- 2008-12-25
- title
- Australia
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Costume Design
- production designer
- Catherine Martin
- distributed by
- Disney+
- film editor
- Dody Dorn
- narrator
- Brandon Walters
- box office
- 37555757
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 53%
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Production took place in Sydney, Darwin, Kununurra and Bowen. The film was released in cinemas on 26 November 2008 in Australia and the United States and on 26 December 2008 in the United Kingdom, with subsequent worldwide release dates throughout late December 2008, and January and February 2009, by 20th Century Fox. Australia received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $211 million worldwide.
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