Australia [blu-ray] / Twentieth Century Fox presents a Bazmark production, a Baz Luhrmann film ; produced by Baz Luhrmann, G. Mac Brown, Catherine Knapman ; story by Baz Luhrmann ; screenplay by Baz Luhrmann & Stuart Beattie & Ronald Harwood & Richard Flanagan ; directed by Baz Luhrmann.
THIS BLU-RAY DISC WILL NOT PLAY IN STANDARD DVD PLAYERS. Title from container. Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson, David Gulpilil, Brandon Walters. Originally released as a motion picture in 2008. Special features: Deleted scenes; "Australia: the people, the history, location" featurette; behind-the-scenes featurette: photography, production design, costume design, locations, cinematography, sound, editing, music and visual effects.
Summary:
Australia, 1940s. An English aristocrat travels to Australia where she meets a rough-hewn cattle driver and an Aboriginal child. This unlikely trio join forces and embark on a transforming journey, driving a herd of cattle across hundreds of miles of beautiful, yet unforgiving, terrain. Their world is torn apart by powerful enemies and they must try to find each other admidst the bombing of the city of Darwin by Japanese forces.
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