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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 .. Read more
| Starring | Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Jack Thompson |
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| Director | Baz Luhrmann |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive, Drama, Romance |
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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 mould 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.
| Starring | Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Jack Thompson, Bryan Brown |
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| Director | Baz Luhrmann |
| Studio | 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 45 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 38 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Hot Hits, 100 Most Wanted, Muller's Indulgent Movies |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive, Drama, Romance |
| Language | DVD: English, English Audio Description Blu-ray: English, English Audio Description |
| Released | Production year: 2008 To Rent: DVD: 27 Apr 2009 Blu-ray: 27 Apr 2009 |
Baz Luhrmann returns with this epic romance tale starring Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman. read more »
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Beautiful scenery and people... and a very Mills and Boon storyline
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Class down below.
Now if you want a film that keeps you on the edge of your seat but lets you relax and enjoy it this is it. If you want a film that keeps you awake, keeps you ... read more »
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Good old-style romantic film
This film really surprised me. I was not in to it at all when it first began but I really enjoyed watching it. It was a good film and it was superbly acted.
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Aussi flop.
Very disappointing. There is a great film to be made about Australia but this isn't it. The only thing that rings true in this movie is the scenery.
Actress Rachael Taylor has vowed to keep making movies in her native Australia, because she's "passionate" about boosting the country's film industry. The Transformers star is based in Los Angeles but is adamant she'll always return to Oz to work on movies, such as last year's (11) Red Dog, which grossed £14.4 million at the box office Down Under. She tells the Sydney Daily Telegraph, "I will always come back to do Australian films. I've done four over the busiest five years of my career... Read more