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Australia is a 2008 epic adventure drama film directed by Baz Luhrmann [3] and starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. The screenplay was written by Luhrmann and screenwriter Stuart Beattie , with Ronald Harwood and Richard Flanagan .
Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1 and 0 nly [clarification needed]: Martyn Park: Christopher Baker: Mystery, science fiction: $9.99: Tatia Rosenthal: Geoffrey Rush, Joel Edgerton, Samuel Johnson
The mid-1900s had a slow start for Australian film, although the first Academy Award was won for an Australian film, Kokoda Front Line!.The industry picked back up during the 1970s with one of the first internationally released films, Picnic at Hanging Rock, and with the success of the series of Mad Max franchise films.
Australia director Baz Luhrmann had been searching for a young aboriginal boy to fill the role of "Nullah" for over 12 months when one of the film's casting directors saw Walters with his father at a Broome swimming pool in 2007; [3] he also responded to an Australia-wide radio callout for auditions. [4]
The federal Australian government had supported the Australian film industry through the funding and development agencies of Film Finance Corporation Australia, the Australian Film Commission and Film Australia. In 2008 the three agencies were consolidated into Screen Australia.
2008 Australian Film Institute Awards; F. List of Australian films of 2008; L. List of 2008 box office number-one films in Australia; T. 2008 Tropfest finalists
26 February – Melbourne-born film producer Eva Orner wins an Academy Award for Documentary Feature for the film Taxi to the Dark Side. [48] 26 November – Baz Luhrmann's epic film Australia, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman, makes its debut.
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