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The Screen Guide

At the outbreak of World War II an English aristocrat (Nicole Kidman) inherits a Northern Territory station in Australia’s outback. When cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn cattle driver (Hugh Jackman) to drive two thousand head of cattle across the country's most unforgiving landscape, only to face the bombing of Darwin by Japanese forces.

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Director
Baz Luhrmann
Writers
Baz Luhrmann  Stuart Beattie  Ronald Harwood  Richard Flanagan
Producer
Baz Luhrmann  G Mac Brown  Catherine Knapman
Dir. of Photography
Mandy Walker ASC ACS
Composer
David Hirschfelder
Editor
Dody Dorn ACE  Michael McCusker
Production Designer
Catherine Martin
Cast
Nicole Kidman - Hugh Jackman - David Wenham - Bryan Brown - Jack Thompson - David Gulpilil - Brandon Walters - David Ngoombujarra - Ben Mendelsohn - Essie Davis - Barry Otto - Kerry Walker - Sandy Gore - Ursula Yovich - Lillian Crombie - Yuen Wah - Angus Pilakui - Jacek Koman - Tony Barry - Ray Barrett - Max Cullen
Production Completion
2008
Genre
Action adventure
Production Company
Bazmark Film Pty Limited

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