Australia (2008)
Directed by Baz Luhrmann
“Welcome to Australia!”
Adventure, Romance, History · 2h 45m
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.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Baz Luhrmann
- Screenplay
- Stuart Beattie, Ronald Harwood, Richard Flanagan, Baz Luhrmann
- Director of Photography
- Mandy Walker
- Original Music Composer
- David Hirschfelder
- Editor
- Michael McCusker, Dody Dorn
- Producer
- Catherine Martin, Paul Watters, G. Mac Brown, Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Knapman
Details
- Release date
- 2008-11-18
- Runtime
- 2h 45m
- Genres
- Adventure, Romance, History
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- Mandarin, Japanese, English
- Countries
- Australia, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Production
- Bazmark, 20th Century Fox, Dune Entertainment, Ingenious Film Partners
- Budget
- $130,000,000
- Box office
- $211,787,511
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