Australia (2008)
Rating: 6.6/10
Duration: 165 min
Genres: Drama, Romance, Adventure,
Director(s): Baz Luhrmann,
Description:
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
- Nicole Kidman as Lady Sarah Ashley
- Hugh Jackman as The Drover
- Bryan Brown as King Carney
- David Wenham as Neil Fletcher
- Essie Davis as Katherine
- Bill Hunter as Skipper (Qantas Sloop)
- David Gulpilil as King George
- Eddie Baroo as Bull
- 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
- Arthur Dignam as Father Benedict
- Sandy Gore as Gloria Carney