cast: Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman
directed by Baz Luhrmann
studio: 20th Century Fox
release date: November 14, 2008
While everyone was busy asking where is Baz Luhrmann, this man was busy working his way around with the epic movie, which he took the easy way out and named AUSTRALIA.
Baz goes ahead and casts his Moulin Rouge lady - Nicole Kidman to play the lead and ropes in Hugh Jackman to get things kicking and moving. And together they look a pretty promising combination. Obviously Russell Crowe was the original choice of the makers for the role, and it was only when Crowe did not agree on certain terms that Jackman came on board.
And while toying with other titles such as Faraway Downs , and Great Southern Land, filmmaker Luhrmann opted to go for a simple one like AUSTRALIA. (yes ,for those curious...Luhrman is an Australian).
AUSTRALIA is a 150 million epic project financed by 20th Century Fox.
The film tells the tale of an english aristrocrat Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) who inheritus a huge ranch. Together with an Outback drover (Hugh Jackman), they set about to protect the property from a takeover plot. However as the drive the cattle over the landscape, they are caught up in the bombing of Darwin by the Japanese forces during World War II.
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