Australia
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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.
- Director
- Baz Luhrmann
- Worldwide
- $212M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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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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The record
Awards
0 wins · 1 nomination
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Costume Design
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Australia returned 1.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $130M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $212M
- Release date
- Nov 18, 2008
- Runtime
- 2h 45m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English, Japanese
- Country
- Australia, United Kingdom
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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