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Australia - Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Baz Luhrmann

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A romantic action-adventure set in northern Australia prior to World War II, Australia centres on English aristocrat Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) who inherits a cattle station. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn cattle driver (Hugh 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 by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbour only months earlier.

With his new film, Baz Luhrmann is painting on a vast canvas, creating a cinematic experience that brings together romance, drama, adventure and spectacle.

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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film Australia adventure romance cattle drover World War II Japan bombing Darwin horse history aboriginal

Persons of interest

Hugh Jackman .... Drover
Ray Barrett .... Bull
Nicole Kidman .... Lady Sarah Ashley
Bryan Brown .... King Carney
Tony Barry .... Sergeant Callahan
Lillian Crombie .... Bandy Legs
Essie Davis .... Cath Carney
Arthur Dignam .... Father Benedict
Sandy Gore .... Gloria Carney
David Gulpilil .... King George
Jacek Koman .... Ivan
Adam McMongial .... Darwin Policeman
Ben Mendelsohn .... Captain Dutton
David Ngoombujarra .... Magarri
Barry Otto .... Administrator Allsop
Angus Pilakui .... Goolaj
Bruce Spence .... Dr Barker
Jack Thompson .... Kipling Flynn
Wah Yuen .... Sing Song
Kerry Walker .... Myrtle Allsop
Brandon Walters .... Nullah
David Wenham .... Neil Fletcher
Matthew Whittet .... Brother Frank
Ursula Yovich .... Daisy
Anton Monsted .... Maitland Ashley
Baz Luhrmann .... Screenwriter
Ronald Harwood .... Screenwriter
Stuart Beattie .... Screenwriter
Richard Flanagan .... Screenwriter
Baz Luhrmann .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Australia official movie site
Australia film production notes
Australia QuickTime movie trailers
Awards and film festivals:

Australian Film Institute (AFI) 2009: Won: Highest grossing film award, Best production design (Catherine Martin, Ian Gracie, Karen Murphy, Beverley Dunn), Best costume design (Catherine Martin, Eliza Godman), Visual effect award (Chris Godfrey, James E Price, Andy Brown, Rob Duncan)