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Lose yourself in Australia

 

Australia is the new Baz Luhrmann film starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. Check out the latest news, trailers and more.

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Australia is an Australian romance film-epic film directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. The screenplay was written by Luhrmann and screenwriter Stuart Beattie, with Ronald Harwood also later credited. The story takes place before and during the bombing of Darwin in Australia during World War II. Production took place in Sydney, Darwin, Kununurra, and Bowen. The movie was to be released on 13 November 2008 in AustraliaVal Morgan Cinema Network - : Details view and 16 November 2008 in the United States; however, Fox announced that it had pushed back the release dates in both Australia and the United States to 26 November 2008, with subsequent worldwide release dates throughout late December and January 2009.

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Australia 2008 Movie Official Trailer (High Definition WideScreen)

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.

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Annie Leibovitz's Photos of Baz Luhrmann's Australia 

Source: Vogue and Alex Billington (firstshowing.net)

Vogue hired Annie Leibovitz to do a photo shoot with Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman on the set of Luhrmann's Australia - check out some of the amazing photos here.

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More about the director, producer & co-writer of "Australia" 

Watch the (unofficial) trailer 

Australia Trailer

The first (unofficial and completely not real) released trailer for Baz Luhrmann's film 'Australia'. Starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman - this is an epic story of survival in the harsh Australian Outback.

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The cast 

Nicole Kidman ... Lady Sarah Ashley
Hugh Jackman ... Drover
Brandon Walters ... Nullah
David Wenham ... Neil Fletcher
Bryan Brown ... King Carney
Jack Thompson ... Kipling Flynn
Ben Mendelsohn ... Dutton
David Gulpilil ... King George
Barry Otto ... Administrator

Featured cast member 

Nicole and Hugh on Oprah 

Latest blogs on the film 

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You might think that when you go to the cinema you are watching a movie, but if you go to a screening of Australia over the next few weeks, chances are that the movie (or at least hired goons from 20th Century Fox) will be watching you. ...
/Filmcast Ep. 28 - Australia (GUESTS: Chris and Jimmy from Scene ...
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Long Road | Australia: the movie
I don't know if I'll have the stomach for the new movie, Australia . The tourist commercials that used the film as their backdrop were really bad enough. But PostBourgie has a great post ?Ballad of the Magical Half-Negro? which pretty ...

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Some of the reviews have been less than complimentary towards Nicole Kidman's acting in Australia. Do you agree ?

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The Soundtrack - coming soon 



We understand there is a soundtrack on the way and hopefully soon! As the film was in post-production right up until the last minute, the soundtrack is still in the process of being pieced together due to the final product finishing recording only three short weeks ago!

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Watch the director's intro to Australia 

Baz Luhrmann's introduction to - 'Australia' Movie

Baz Luhrmann introduces his new (in progress) film Australia.

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More videos on the production 


On Set Photography for Luhrmann's film Australia


Production Design on Baz Luhrmann's 'Australia'


Costume Design on Luhrmann's 'Australia'


Courtesy of Baz Luhrmann - 'Australia' Movie - Part 1


Pt 2 - AUSTRALIA Movie - BIG PICTURE - Mr Baz Lahrmann


Making of Australia, new movie with Nicole Kidman & Hugh Jackman

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The Making of Baz Luhrmann's Australia Movie

Take a peek behind the scenes of Baz Luhrmann's movie Australia, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. Set in 1940s Australia, the film is being shot on location in Bowen, Queensland. Highlights of this video include the landmark Bowenwood sign, stars going through their paces, and the much-anticipated droving scene in which hundreds of shorthorn cattle stampede through the streets.

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