At a Glance

In the seven years since the release of MOULIN ROUGE, director Baz Luhrmann has had time to craft this epic action-romance set in the first half of the 20th century. He reunites with Nicole Kidman, who stars as an English beauty trying to save her Australian ranch by teaming up with a cattle driver, played by Hugh Jackman.

Detailed Information

Australia is a sweeping romantic adventure event film created by internationally acclaimed and award winning writer, producer and director, Baz Luhrmann.

AUSTRALIA is an epic and romantic action adventure, set in that country on the explosive brink of World War II. In it, an English aristocrat (NICOLE KIDMAN) travels to the faraway continent where she meets a rough-hewn local (HUGH JACKMAN) and reluctantly agrees to join forces with him to save the land she inherited. Together, they embark upon a transforming journey across hundreds of miles of the world’s most beautiful yet unforgiving terrain, only to face the bombing of the city of Darwin by the Japanese forces that attacked Pearl Harbor . With his new film, Luhrmann is painting on a vast canvas, creating a cinematic experience that brings together romance, drama, adventure and spectacle.

Baz Luhrmann, the man who reignited the Hollywood musical with Moulin Rouge, has spent two years creating the biggest movie ever made about Australia – a big movie that tells a big story about a big country.

Filmed throughout the Northern Territory, Western Australia, New South Wales and Queensland, the land of Australia plays a pivotal role in this captivating work. Catherine Martin, the double Academy Award winning Production and Costume Designer, will again inspire with her visual expertise, re-creating outback Australia and Darwin of the 1930s.