Australia
2008 · Movie · 165 min. · Australia
Australia is the story of Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman), an English, aristocratic woman who leaves England to follow her husband to Australia. He is in Australia with the intention of selling his cattle station the size of Belgium. However, Lady Ashley believes he is having an affair and travels out there to confront him. The property is in the north of Australia, and she embarks on an African Queen type journey, accompanied by a rough, hewn cattle drover (Hugh Jackman). Ultimately, Lady Ashley finds herself inheriting the cattle station and, in order to save it, she and the drover must undertake an epic cattle drive to Darwin. In the course of that journey, she falls in love with the drover, and the Australian landscape, and realises that her life is not over, and there’s always a new life to be had. The title Australia is intended to sum up the story of her life - her journey, the landscape, and the people she meets - all of which transform her life forever.
Direction Baz Luhrmann
Cast Nicole Kidman · Hugh Jackman · David Wenham · Bryan Brown · Jack Thompson · Bruce Spence · Brandon Walters · James Hong · Ray Barrett · Jacek Koman · Bill Hunter · John Jarratt · Yuen Wah · Ben Mendelsohn · David Gulpilil · Sandy Gore · Essie Davis · Max Cullen · Nathin Butler
Soundtrack David Hirschfelder
Screenplay Baz Luhrmann · Ronald Harwood · Stuart Beattie · Richard Flanagan
Cinematography Mandy Walker
Original title Australia
5.8
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