Australia

2008 · directed by Baz Luhrmann

Rating

61/100

Hit

no

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.

Australia (2008), directed by Baz Luhrmann, rates 61/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Nicole Kidman
• Hugh Jackman
• Essie Davis
• David Wenham
• Bryan Brown
• David Gulpilil
• John Jarratt
• Shea Adams
• Nathin Art Butler
• John Walton

Crew

• Mandy Walker — Director of Photography
• Dody Dorn — Editor
• Michael McCusker — Editor
• David Hirschfelder — Original Music Composer
• Baz Luhrmann — Screenplay
• Richard Flanagan — Screenplay
• Ronald Harwood — Screenplay
• Stuart Beattie — Screenplay

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5. Romeo + Juliet (1996) — 67/100
6. The Great Gatsby (2013) — 64/100

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