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Australia (2008)

Australia (2008)

Drama Romance Adventure

Welcome to Australia!

Release Date: 2008, November 18
Directors: Baz Luhrmann
Countries: Australia, United Kingdom, United States of America
Production: Bazmark, 20th Century Fox, Dune Entertainment, Ingenious Film Partners
Cast: Nigel Harbach, David Wenham, Hugh Jackman, Crusoe Kurddal, Ben Mendelsohn, Bruce Spence, Bill Hunter, John Jarratt, Jacek Koman, Nicole Kidman, Essie Davis, Yuen Wah

Overview:

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 by Japanese forces firsthand.

Keywords:

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