Australia

Australia

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  • 3.3

Average of 1632 ratings: 3.3 Stars

2008 M Contains violence and offensive language.

Baz Luhrmann's film is set in northern Australia prior to World War II and centers on an English aristocrat (Nicole Kidman) who inherits a cattle station the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn stock-man (Hugh Jackman) to drive 2,000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the country's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier.

Cast:
Jack Thompson, Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Bryan Brown, David Wenham, Brandon Walters
Director:
Baz Luhrmann
Genres:
War , Australian & NZ , Australian , Drama , Romantic Drama , Romance
Format:
DVD and Blu-ray
Demand:
Low

More movie details

Duration
159 minutes

DVD details

Screen Format
2.35:1 Widescreen 16x9 Enhanced
Zone
4
Subtitles
English for the hearing impaired
Audio
English Dolby Digital 5.1, English Descriptive Audio 5.1

Blu-ray details

Screen Format
1080p High Definition Widescreen 16x9 2.35:1
Zone
B
Subtitles
English for the hearing impaired, Brazilian Portuguese, Cantonese, French, Korean, Latin Spanish, Mandarin
Audio
English Dolby Digital DTS 5.1, French 5.1

44 Member Reviews Write a review

3 by DebsM

I know it's not fashionable to like this movie, but I did. I love the scenery, the Aboriginal magic, the tough characters. It's all very outback, and I think conveys just some of the magic of Australia.

1 by leeluu

What a lot of bull**it! This was like watching someones far fetched dream. Its like American bull**it movies.

4 by Jowo

Thoroughly enjoyable the movie, loved the cast and the plot. I would suggest that people from other Countries other than NZ and Aussie, would have trouble understanding the humour and idioms used, but never-the-less quite entertaining.

1 by jane4

Utter rubbish! Like a B grade western. Don't waste your time

1 by Darth Vader

Didn't even finish wastching this film, the bad reviews were all correct

1 Star

3 by yjeva

I also found this disappointing and very cliched. It didn't add anything to my knowledge of Australia.

5 by lois

briliant movie have to watch it got everything in it funny sad good guys bad guys hits your emotions well worth to see best two aussie actors

3 by Joy

I quite liked it. It did seem to be too long. I thought that the child actor was fantastic.

At times though, it seemed much more like a western movie and not so much the Australian outback.

4 by Paycheck

I am not normally a fan of this kind of story, however the scenery, characters, act. I am from the UK, so don't worry about not understanding the humor, its fine.

Such a great film, and great for a date!

5 by FranceC

This movie has everything, adventure, comedy, love, sadness, all rolled into one movie. Beautiful scenery & a bit of education about the aboriginal people.