---
title: 'Australia (2008)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Baz Luhrmann'
released: '2008-11-26'
runtime_minutes: 166
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Australia'
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/australia-2008'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455824/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Australia (2008)

2008 · 166 min · Drama, War, Romance · Australia, United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

Australia is a 2008 epic adventure drama film directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. The screenplay was written by Luhrmann and screenwriter Stuart Beattie, with Ronald Harwood and Richard Flanagan. The film is a character story, set between 1939 and 1942 against a dramatised backdrop of events across northern Australia at the time, such as the bombing of Darwin during World War II, and government policies of seizing half-caste Aboriginal children then in effect.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Baz Luhrmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/baz-luhrmann)
- **Screenplay:** [Baz Luhrmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/baz-luhrmann), [Ronald Harwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/ronald-harwood), [Richard Flanagan](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-flanagan), [Stuart Beattie](https://cinepixo.com/people/stuart-beattie)
- **Producer:** [Baz Luhrmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/baz-luhrmann)
- **Original Music Composer:** [David Hirschfelder](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-hirschfelder)
- **Director of Photography:** [Mandy Walker](https://cinepixo.com/people/mandy-walker)
- **Editor:** [Dody Dorn](https://cinepixo.com/people/dody-dorn)

## Cast

- [Barry Otto](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-otto)
- [Brandon Walters](https://cinepixo.com/people/brandon-walters)
- [Bill Hunter](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-hunter)
- [John Jarratt](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-jarratt)
- [Ben Mendelsohn](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-mendelsohn)
- [Jack Thompson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-thompson)
- [Bruce Spence](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-spence)
- [Bryan Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/bryan-brown)
- [David Wenham](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-wenham)
- [Jacek Koman](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacek-koman)
- [Nicole Kidman](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicole-kidman)
- [Tony Barry](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-barry)
- [Essie Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/essie-davis)
- [David Ngoombujarra](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-ngoombujarra)
- [Hugh Jackman](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-jackman)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/australia-2008
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