Australia
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Bruce Spence, Bryan Brown, Jacek Koman, Jack Thompson, John Jarratt, Bill Hunter, Essie Davis, Ben Mendelsohn, David Gulpilil, Barry Otto, Ray Barrett, Wah Yuen, Matthew Whittet, Kerry Walker, Jamie GulpililDirectors: Baz Luhrmann
Writers: Baz Luhrmann, Stuart Beattie, Richard Flanagan, Ronald Harwood
Producers: Catherine Knapman,
G. Mac Brown, Baz Luhrmann
Co-Producer: Catherine Martin
Associate Producer: Paul Watters
Art Direction: Karen Murphy
Casting: Nikki Barrett, Ronna Kress
Costumes: Catherine Martin
D.O.P.: Mandy Walker
Editor: Dody Dorn
Production Design: Catherine Martin
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, Australia, by Japanese forces firsthand.
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Filming Locations: Bowen, Australia; Camden, Australia; Darwin, Australia;
Kimberley Ranges, Australia; Kununurra, Australia; Sydney, Australia
Production Budget: $120 million
Production Companies: Bazmark Films, Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Production Schedule: 30th April 2007- 21st December 2007
Web Sites: Baz the Great - The IMDb
Filming Locations: Bowen, Australia; Camden, Australia; Darwin, Australia;
Kimberley Ranges, Australia; Kununurra, Australia; Sydney, Australia
Production Budget: $120 million
Production Companies: Bazmark Films, Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Production Schedule: 30th April 2007- 21st December 2007
Web Sites: Baz the Great - The IMDb
Shooting on Baz Luhrmann's much-talked-about big budget epic "Australia" will wrap this Friday. Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman star in the project...
Baz Luhrmann's "Australia" has suffered a bit of an unexpected setback - flooding. According to The Sydney Morning Herald, the Faraway Downs homestead...
- Russell Crowe was attached as the lead during pre-production. 20th Century Fox executives wanted to reduce Crowe's salary considerably, in order to appease the film's budget. This decision compelled him to ultimately leave the project.
- Heath Ledger was then set to star in this film, but dropped out to play The Joker in The Dark Knight. Luhrmann ultimately set actor Hugh Jackman for the role.
- Two other titles that he considered for the film were Great Southern Land and Faraway Downs.
- In October 2007, it was also revealed that the set of Faraway Downs had been reconstructed within the studios, presumably for interior footage within the homestead.
- Strickland House is a heritage listed property located in Vaucluse, near Sydney. Strickland House doubled as Darwin's Government House in the film.
- In December 2006, Bowen was chosen as a filming location for a third of the production, portraying the look of Darwin.
- In April, Kununurra was chosen as another location for Australia, this time to serve as Faraway Downs, the homestead owned by Kidman's character.
- Heath Ledger was then set to star in this film, but dropped out to play The Joker in The Dark Knight. Luhrmann ultimately set actor Hugh Jackman for the role.
- Two other titles that he considered for the film were Great Southern Land and Faraway Downs.
- In October 2007, it was also revealed that the set of Faraway Downs had been reconstructed within the studios, presumably for interior footage within the homestead.
- Strickland House is a heritage listed property located in Vaucluse, near Sydney. Strickland House doubled as Darwin's Government House in the film.
- In December 2006, Bowen was chosen as a filming location for a third of the production, portraying the look of Darwin.
- In April, Kununurra was chosen as another location for Australia, this time to serve as Faraway Downs, the homestead owned by Kidman's character.
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15 August 2007: Australia