Australia (Luhrmann, 2008) — Kidman and Jackman in WW2 / outback western
03-03-08, 11:19 AM
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Australia (Luhrmann, 2008) — Kidman and Jackman in WW2 / outback western
IMDB | Releases: November 2008
Having only seen Luhrmann's "musicals" (Romeo, Moulin), I'm kind of surprised at seeing what he's working on next:
The IMDB page for the movie summarizes the plot as follows:
Luhrmann's film is set in northern Australia prior to World War II and centers on an English aristocrat (Kidman) who inherits a cattle station the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn stock-man (Jackman) to drive 2,000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the country's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier.
If you really want to know a lot about the movie, here's a fansite. It comes out in the fall from Fox.
03-03-08, 10:04 PM
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Kidman's definitely hittin' the botox.
I have to admit the plot on this is fairly generic, but I'm counting on Luhrmann to make it visually marvelous, and I'm excited to see an epic set down in this part of the world myself. Not sure how good it will be but the fact Kidman, Jackman and Luhrmann are all actually Australian makes me hopeful...
I have to admit the plot on this is fairly generic, but I'm counting on Luhrmann to make it visually marvelous, and I'm excited to see an epic set down in this part of the world myself. Not sure how good it will be but the fact Kidman, Jackman and Luhrmann are all actually Australian makes me hopeful...
03-04-08, 12:55 AM
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Originally Posted by B.A.
I realize people's looks change as they grow older, but is it me or has Kidman had plastic surgery sometime in the recent past?
I swear she did something before "Stepford Wives" because that was around the time I first thought she got a nose-job or something.
I still think she looked her all-time best in "Batman Forever".
03-04-08, 06:52 AM
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Originally Posted by B.A.
I realize people's looks change as they grow older, but is it me or has Kidman had plastic surgery sometime in the recent past?
Re: "Australia", I'm all over this. I've always felt Luhrmann was way style over substance. This could be the movie that brings him home an Oscar.
04-18-08, 12:36 PM
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More new pictures. Just beautiful!
04-18-08, 12:40 PM
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Wow, that looks like it might be really interesting.
04-18-08, 12:45 PM
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I'll still hold my breath since you can get nice shots of movies like 300. I hope this is real/deserving Oscar material, not made-for-Oscar material.
04-18-08, 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by The Bus
I'll still hold my breath since you can get nice shots of movies like 300. I hope this is real/deserving Oscar material, not made-for-Oscar material.
And riotinmyskull, "Unforgiven" won the Oscar. "TAOJJ" was robbed though. So much better than "Juno".
BTW, I was bummed with Russell Crowe had to back out of "Australia" due to other obligations. But now, after seeing these pictures, I'm not so much. These guys have great chemistry in the photos alone.
04-18-08, 01:21 PM
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And riotinmyskull, "Unforgiven" won the Oscar. "TAOJJ" was robbed though. So much better than "Juno".
04-18-08, 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by riotinmyskull
i realize UNFORGIVEN won not too long ago but i just meant no hope nowadays and the JUNO nom was the nail in the coffin.
04-18-08, 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by The Bus
I'll still hold my breath since you can get nice shots of movies like 300.
04-18-08, 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by riotinmyskull
JUNO getting the oscar nom for best picture over THE ASSASINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD = no hope for westerns in hollywood
04-19-08, 02:46 AM
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Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
I can't picture Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman as Australians.
04-19-08, 03:23 AM
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WWII? Hell yeah! A war setting guarantee rich story. I mean look at the recent output.
Nowhere in Africa
The Pianist
A Very Long Engagement
Downfall
Sophie Scholl
Days of Glory
Pan's Labyrinth
Black Book
Flags/Letters
Atonement
Lust, Caution
Australian outback with McLeod's Daughters? Damn, I will still watch it.
Nowhere in Africa
The Pianist
A Very Long Engagement
Downfall
Sophie Scholl
Days of Glory
Pan's Labyrinth
Black Book
Flags/Letters
Atonement
Lust, Caution
Australian outback with McLeod's Daughters? Damn, I will still watch it.
04-19-08, 06:26 PM
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Not quite, my sweettree. It was set after the Spanish Civil War and during 1940s. They talk about the Allies landing in Normandy, Franco's post-civil-war uniforms and etc. Now I was wrong about A Very Long Engagement because that's WWI but the point still remains - war background stories sell esp. dramas! 
04-23-08, 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by PopcornTreeCt
What the hell then were the rebels rebelling against if they already won? What the hell was this film about?
I'm so confused.
I'm so confused.
And the movie was about goblins who kill and/or eat babies. Or something.