Australia

• 6.595 Adventure
• 2008-11-18
• 165 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

Nicole Kidman (Lady Sarah Ashley) Hugh Jackman (The Drover) Essie Davis (Katherine) David Wenham (Neil Fletcher) Bryan Brown (King Carney) David Gulpilil (King George) John Jarratt (Sergeant) Shea Adams (Carney Boy) Nathin Art Butler (Carney Boy) John Walton (Carney Boy)

Director:

Baz Luhrmann

Writer:

Baz Luhrmann Stuart Beattie Ronald Harwood Richard Flanagan