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26 November 2008 (USA) morePlot:
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, Australia, by Japanese forces firsthand. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
1 win & 11 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(52 articles)
Kidman Ran Away From Australia Criticism (From WENN. 9 January 2009, 11:01 AM, PST)
U.K. Still Says Yes To Carrey Comedy
(From WENN. 7 January 2009, 4:05 AM, PST)
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An Enormous Pretty Pill, Impossible To Swallow moreUS Showtimes:
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Shea Adams | ... | Carney Boy #3 |
 | Hugh Jackman | ... | Drover |
| Eddie Baroo | ... | Bull |
 | Nicole Kidman | ... | Lady Sarah Ashley |
 | Bryan Brown | ... | King Carney |
| Tony Barry | ... | Sergeant Callahan |
| Jamal Bednarz-Metallah | ... | Mission Boy |
| Damian Bradford | ... | Constable #1 |
| Nathin Butler | ... | Carney Boy #1 |
| Tara Carpenter | ... | Essential Services Woman |
| Rebecca Chatfield | ... | Magarri's Niece |
| Lillian Crombie | ... | Bandy Legs |
| Max Cullen | ... | Old Drunk |
| Essie Davis | ... | Cath Carney |
| Arthur Dignam | ... | Father Benedict |
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Rated PG-13 for some violence, a scene of sensuality, and brief strong language.Parents Guide:
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USA:165 minLanguage:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
Australia:M | South Korea:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #44939) | Singapore:PG | Ireland:12A | Finland:K-13 | Norway:11 | UK:12A | Czech Republic:U | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Netherlands:12 | Portugal:M/12 (Qualidade) | New Zealand:MMOVIEmeter: 
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Nicole Kidman revealed that she agreed to star in the film without reading the script. Hugh Jackman stated in an interview for "60 Minutes" (1979), which aired on Sunday the 16th of October 2008, that Nicole told Hugh he had to be in the movie at a Super Bowl party, and when Hugh told her he didn't even have a script Nicole told him to forget the script, because Baz Luhrmann was directing. moreGoofs:
Anachronisms: Lady Sarah Ashley's mount - the last before she leaves England - has what appears to be a freeze brand on his shoulder. Freeze branding was invented in the 1960s and used as ID for valuable horses in the 1980s. moreQuotes:
Drover: We're not really used to...Lady Sarah Ashley: A woman? I suppose you think I should be back in Darwin, at the church fete or a lady's whatever you call it. Well I will have you know, I am as capable as any man.
Drover: Guests. We're not used to guests is what I was about to say but now that you mention it I happen to quite like the women of the outback.
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Shapeless epic with a shifting center. Everything feels fake even the real magnificent scenery but it's really the script that tried to be about a lot of things but ends up being about nothing. The potential poetry in the plight of the Aborigines smells of opportunism, at least, it wasn't filled with the honesty of Philip Noyce's "Rabbit Proof Fence" for instance. On a personal, and maybe shallow perspective, I'm truly upset about Nicole Kidman for whatever she's done to her face, I was so aware of the swelling in her upper lip that it distracted me away from any sort of emotion. Hugh Jackman is gorgeous but his acting here is so exterior that I couldn't believe him for a moment. He is the new Rock Hudson and I think he'll be at his best in bright feel good, sexy comedies. Buz Lhurman's "Australia" seems filmed by a foreigner. There is not a hint of the Australia I got to know and be fascinated by of the films of Peter Weir just to name one great Aussie director. Buz Lhurman has been a lucky director with lots and lots of of chutzpah. Let's see what happens next.