• StatusReleased
  • Release Date2008-11-18
  • Runtime165 minutes
  • TaglineWelcome to Australia!
  • Revenue211,787,511$
  • GenreAdventure, Romance, Drama
  • Production
    CompaniesBazmark, 20th Century Fox, Dune Entertainment, Ingenious Film Partners
  • Budget130,000,000$

Movie Overview

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.

Casts

Nicole Kidman

Hugh Jackman

Essie Davis

David Wenham

Bryan Brown

David Gulpilil

John Jarratt

Shea Adams

Nathin Art Butler

John Walton

Eddie Baroo

Arthur Dignam

Sandy Gore

Bill Hunter

Jacek Koman

Ben Mendelsohn

Barry Otto

David Ngoombujarra

Bruce Spence

Jack Thompson

Yuen Wah

Kerry Walker

Ray Barrett

Tony Barry

Ursula Yovich

Brandon Walters

Matthew Whittet

Lillian Crombie

Max Cullen

Peter Gwynne

Angus Pilakui

Robin Queree

Mark Rathbone