Director : Baz Luhrmann
Release Date : 26 November 2008 (USA)
Genre : Adventure, Drama, War, Western
Cast : Shea Adams as Carney Boy #3, Hugh Jackman as Drover, Ray Barrett as Bull, Nicole Kidman as Lady Sarah Ashley, Bryan Brown as King Carney, Tony Barry as Sergeant Callahan, Jamal Bednarz-Metallah as Mission Boy, Damian Bradford as Constable #1, Nathin Butler as Carney Boy #1, Tara Carpenter as Essential Services Woman, Rebecca Chatfield as Magarri’s Niece, Lillian Crombie as Bandy Legs, Max Cullen as Old Drunk, Essie Davis as Cath Carney, Arthur Dignam as Father Benedict
Plot : 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.
Run Time : USA:165 min
Country : Australia | USA
MPAA : Rated PG-13 for some violence, a scene of sensuality, and brief strong language.
Language : English
Filming Locations : Bowen, Queensland, Australia
Company : Bazmark Films
Trivia : Even though the filming schedule was pushed back a half year, Nicole Kidman never lost her faith in the project and instead prepared for the role, by touring the country with her family, riding horses and even castrating bulls.
Goofs : Crew or equipment visible: As Nullah gallops back to Faraway Downs after mounting the horse in the waterhole, there is a dust trail visible in front of his horse. Evidently someone is galloping ahead of him to ensure that his mount will follow, since Nullah is obviously too small to control an animal safely at speed.
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Plot Summary : In northern Australia at the beginning of World War II, an English aristocrat 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 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.</p><hr/>
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Director : Ed Harris