Australia

2008 · 2h45 · Film

Directed by Baz Luhrmann

Starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Essie Davis, David Wenham, Bryan Brown, David Gulpilil, John Jarratt, Shea Adams, Nathin Art Butler, John Walton

Ideal when you feel… Romantic Bored Happy

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.

Original language

English

Screenplay

Baz Luhrmann, Ronald Harwood, Richard Flanagan, Stuart Beattie

Music

David Hirschfelder

Cinematography

Mandy Walker, Damian Wyvill

Cast

David Wenham, Bryan Brown, David Gulpilil, John Jarratt, Shea Adams, Nathin Art Butler, John Walton, Nigel Harbach, Eddie Baroo

Updated July 22, 2026

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