Twentieth-Century Fox's "Australia"
is now playing and stars Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. It also stars Aussie actors David Wenham, Jack Thompson, Bryan Brown, Ray Barrett, Jack Thompson, Bill Hunter and David Gulpilil and introduces 11-year old Broome boy Brandon Walters. It is produced and directed by Aussie Baz Luhrmann who also directed "Moulin Rouge","Romeo and Juliet" and "Strictly Ballroom".
It is a romantic sweeping epic set in Australia just before World War II and also tells the story of the bombing of Darwin. Nicole Kidman portrays Lady Sarah Ashley, an english aristrocrat, who travels down under to sell her inherited cattle station which is the size of Belguim. Instead of selling it, she teams up with Hugh Jackman and together they save the station and fall madly in love with one another. Some say it is a cross between "Gone with the Wind" and "Out of Africa".
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The movie was written by Richard Flanagan, a native of Hobart, Tasmania and the 2,000 plus costumes were designed by two-time Oscar winner Catherine Martin, another Aussie. The other big star in this movie is the country
Australia which was filmed lovingly by Baz Luhrmann in Western Australia in the Kimberley region, Darwin in Northern Territory, Bowen, Queensland and several locations outside of Sydney, New South Wales. Filming began on
September 2007. To the right are some links to other websites about the movie and if you click on Movie Information above you can learn more about where it was filmed.
The Kimberley - Photo courtesy of Western Australia Tourism
Photo courtesy of Western Australia Tourism
Photo courtesy of Tourism Australia
GET 5% OFF AUSSIE WINES! See "Australia" and show your ticket stub at BevMo! in Fairfield and get 5% off any of their Aussie Wines! 1545 Holiday Lane - Fairfield, CA
(707) 427-8182
Photo courtesy of The Great Australian Outback Cattle Drive, South Australia, Flinders Ranges.
Photo courtesy of Down Under Answers
WHERE TO SEE "AUSTRALIA" Now playing! If you don't live in Solano County, then check out Edwards Cinemas and Brenden Theaters in your area because the movie will be playing
there.
BRENDEN THEATER 531 Davis Street Vacaville, CA - 707-469-0180
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