Australia

2008 • 2h 45m • Adventure, Romance, History

53%Rotten Tomatoes

Welcome to Australia!

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.

Director

Baz Luhrmann

Writers

Stuart Beattie, Ronald Harwood, Richard Flanagan

Status

Released