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In the seven years since the release of MOULIN ROUGE, director Baz Luhrmann has had time to craft this epic action-romance set in the first half of the 20th century. He reunites with Nicole Kidman, who stars as an English beauty trying to save her Australian ranch by teaming up with a cattle driver, played by Hugh Jackman.Product Identifiers
ProducerG. Mac Brown, Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Knapman
EAN5039036040990
eBay Product ID (ePID)72536701
Product Key Features
ActorNicole Kidman, David Wenham, Bryan Brown, Hugh Jackman, Jack Thompson
Film/TV TitleAustralia
DirectorBaz Luhrmann
LanguageEnglish
Run Time158 Mins
Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
FormatDVD
Release Year2009
FeaturesWidescreen, Deleted Scenes
GenreDrama, General
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate12A/12
Country/Region of ManufactureAustralia
ReviewsTime Out London - A fine romp, epic in both ambition and visuals [à] terribly entertaining, Empire - Beautiful, The Times - If it sounds shallow and predictable, Australia is, in fact, anything but, Hollywood Reporter - The most expensive Australian film ever made is rousing and passionate, USA Today - Visually arresting [à] ambitious [à] grandiose [à] full of spectacle, Variety - Embracing grand old-school melodrama while critiquing racist old-fashioned politics, Baz Luhrmann's grandiose Australia provides a luxurious bumpy ride, Time Magazine - Australia delivers with real panache
Additional InformationMOULIN 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. <BR><BR><br><BR><BR>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.
ScreenwriterStuart Beattie, Baz Luhrmann
Costume DesignerCatherine Martin
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleAustralia
EditorMichael McCusker, Dody Dorn
Director of PhotographyMandy Walker
Consumer AdviceContains one use of strong language, moderate war violence and injury
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- 30 Nov, 2022
Lovely movie
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- 02 Jul, 2021
Australia
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- 06 Jan, 2024
disappointing.
The dvd was loose in it's case when it arrived and it was scratched so didn't play properly. It kept freezing and jumping all over the place. I have had to reorder another copy and hopefully this one will play properly.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 28 Apr, 2021
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