Australia

Australia

165 mins | Drama, Adventure, Romance | Nov. 18, 2008

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.

Australia

165 mins | Drama, Adventure, Romance | Nov. 18, 2008

Australia
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers 20th Century Fox, Bazmark Films, Ingenious Media, Dune Entertainment III, ScreenWest
Original title Australia
Directors Eliska Yojtechovska, Simon Warnock, Victoria Sullivan, Sophie Fabbri-Jackson, Baz Luhrmann
Writers Steven McGregor, Richard Flanagan, Baz Luhrmann, Ronald Harwood, Stuart Beattie

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 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)

Jacek Koman

as Ivan

Ben Mendelsohn

as Captain Dutton

Barry Otto

as Administrator Allsop

David Ngoombujarra

as Magarri

Bruce Spence

as Dr. Barker

Jack Thompson

as Kipling Flynn

Yuen Wah

as Sing Song

Kerry Walker

as Myrtle Allsop

Ray Barrett

as Ramsden

Jamal Sydney Bednarz

as Mission Boy

Tony Barry

as Sergeant Callahan

Ursula Yovich

as Daisy

Brandon Walters

as Nullah

Matthew Whittet

as Brother Frank

Lillian Crombie

as Bandy Legs

Max Cullen

as Old Drunk

Haidee Gaudry

as Essential Services Woman

Jamie Gulpilil

as Porter (Wharf)

Peter Gwynne

as Lady Sarah's Butler

Jimmy Hong

as Carney Manservant

Angus Pilakui

as Goolaj

Adam McMonigal

as Darwin Policeman

Robin Queree

as Ball Guest

Mark Rathbone

as Stockman

Crusoe Kurddal

as Aboriginal Tracker

Siena Larsson

as Flying Boat Passenger Child

Danielle Carey

as Evacuee Mother (uncredited)

Anton Monsted

as Maitland Ashley (uncredited)

William Gabriel

as Drover / Guest / Waiter (uncredited)

Chris Polzot

as Firefighter (uncredited)