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Australia

Name: Australia
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Genre: Adventure, Romance, Drama
Released: 2008-11-18
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Essie Davis, David Wenham, Bryan Brown

AdventureRomanceDrama

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.

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Cast

Nicole KidmanHugh JackmanEssie DavisDavid WenhamBryan BrownDavid GulpililJohn JarrattShea AdamsNathin Art ButlerJohn WaltonNigel HarbachEddie Baroo

Director

Baz Luhrmann

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