Australia (2008)
Release: November 18, 2008 | Runtime: 2h 45m | Rating: 6.6
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.
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Main cast
- Nicole Kidman as Lady Sarah Ashley
- Hugh Jackman as The Drover
- Essie Davis as Katherine
- David Wenham as Neil Fletcher
- Bryan Brown as King Carney
- David Gulpilil as King George
- John Jarratt as Sergeant
- Shea Adams as Carney Boy
- Nathin Art Butler as Carney Boy
- John Walton as Carney Boy
- Nigel Harbach as Carney Boy
- Eddie Baroo as Bull
- Arthur Dignam as Father Benedict
- Sandy Gore as Gloria Carney
- Bill Hunter as Skipper (Qantas Sloop)
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What is Australia about?
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.
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