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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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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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About Australia
Cast
Nicole KidmanLady Sarah Ashley
Hugh JackmanThe Drover
Essie DavisKatherine
David WenhamNeil Fletcher
Bryan BrownKing Carney
David GulpililKing George
John JarrattSergeant
Shea AdamsCarney BoyCredits
- Directed by
- Baz Luhrmann
- Written by
- Stuart Beattie, Ronald Harwood, Baz Luhrmann, Richard Flanagan, Baz Luhrmann
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $130M
- Box office
- $211.8M
Production
BazmarkAustralia
20th Century FoxUnited States- Dune EntertainmentUnited States
Ingenious Film PartnersUnited Kingdom
