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Visionary director Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge!, Romeo + Juliet) brings us AUSTRALIA an epic and unforgettable tale of love, war and passion in a beautiful but unforgiving land. This spectacular action adventure is set in the wilds of the Australian outback at the beginning of the 1940s. English aristocrat Lady Ashley (Oscar® winner Nicole Kidman) must save her newly inherited cattle ranch from a dangerous rival businessman. Forced to drive her stock north to safety, she enlists the help of the rugged Drover (Hugh Jackman) and a mysterious orphaned Aboriginal boy. Together, they embark on an emotional and dangerous journey across a breathtaking terrain where only the strongest can survive.
Item specifics
Leading Role: David Wenham, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson
Genre: Drama
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Sub-Genre: General
Release Year: 2009
Format: UMD
Rating: 12A/12
EAN: 5060179612522
Description
MOULIN 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.
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.
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Credits
Leading Role 1Bryan Brown
Director 1Baz Luhrmann
Leading Role 2Hugh Jackman
Leading Role 3David Wenham
Additional Roles byJack Thompson, Nicole Kidman
ProducerBaz Luhrmann, G. Mac Brown, Catherine Knapman
ScreenwriterBaz Luhrmann, Stuart Beattie
EditorDody Dorn, Michael McCusker
Features
Release Format: UMD
Rating: 12A/12
Release Year: 2009
Genre: Drama
Additional Genre: General
Language: English
Running Time: 159 minutes
EAN: 5060179612522
Seller location:CZ, 61800, Czechia
Shipping conditions: Buyer pays shipping expenses, International shipping Payment methods: PayPal Auction started: 2019-01-15 15:25 Auction ends: 2019-02-06 13:47 Auction ID: 957 Item category: All > Movies & Video > Universal Media Disc (UMD) > Romance |