Australia

About Australia

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.

Australia (2008) is a romance film directed by Baz Luhrmann. Its themes are australia, ranch, australian outback, and prejudice.

Nicole Kidman stars as Lady Sarah Ashley, Hugh Jackman as The Drover, Essie Davis as Katherine, and David Wenham as Neil Fletcher. It runs 165 minutes and was released in November 2008.

The screenplay is by Baz Luhrmann and Richard Flanagan. It was produced by 20th Century Fox, Bazmark, and Dune Entertainment.

Memoirs of a Geisha, The Last Emperor, and Mirror make useful companions to Australia, all filed under 1930s, 1940s, and world war ii. TMDB voters put it at 6.6 out of 10 across 2,504 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.